Ep. 202 - Why Everyone Is Burned Out (And It’s Not What You Think)

About this episode

Jim Piper Jr. and Winston Harris discuss the widespread issue of burnout in workplaces and challenge common misconceptions about its causes.

Send us Fan Mail Burnout isn’t just a personal problem—it’s a leadership, culture, and systems issue. In this episode of The Today Counts Show, Jim Piper Jr. and Winston Harris unpack why burnout has become so widespread across workplaces, and organizations—and why the common explanations often miss the real cause. This conversation challenges the assumption that burnout is simply about weak boundaries or low resilience. Instead, Jim and Winston explore how broken systems, misaligned expecta...

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Host: Jim Piper Jr.

Guest: Winston Harris

Topics covered

• burnout
• leadership
• organizational culture
• workplace issues
• systemic problems

Keywords

• burnout
• leadership
• workplace culture
• systems issue
• resilience

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