Macro Solutions for Burnout
Creating a Culture of Wellness Through Organizational Change
Provides a practical frameworks and tools HR can use to assess organizational health, make the business case to leadership, and embed well-being into everyday work without relying on surface-level fixes.
Creating a culture of wellness through organizational change
Burnout is not an individual failure or a self-care problem. It is an organizational issue rooted in workload, leadership behavior, belonging, and boundaries. This guide helps HR leaders address burnout at the system level, where lasting change actually happens.
Why This Guide Matters
Employee burnout carries real financial and cultural costs. Research shows burnout can cost employers thousands of dollars per employee each year through turnover, disengagement, and lost productivity. HR needs more than wellness programs. HR needs data, structure, and leadership alignment.
This guide helps HR move from awareness to action by connecting burnout to business outcomes leadership understands.
What’s Inside
Assess Organizational Health
- Tools to evaluate the current state of employee well-being
- Guidance on running the numbers to quantify burnout
- Templates to support data-driven conversations
Build Leadership Buy-In
- Metrics that tie burnout to revenue and risk
- Talking points that align with executive priorities
- Research-backed cost data to support investment
Cultivate Belonging
- Strategies to increase psychological safety
- Guidance on regular leader check-ins
- Inclusive approaches for introverted and neurodivergent employees
Create a Culture of Well-Being
- Workload and role clarity assessment
- Boundary setting and time-off practices
- Employee engagement and participation strategies
Who This Guide Is For
- HR leaders addressing burnout and retention
- Organizations struggling with engagement and overload
- HR teams seeking systemic solutions
- Leaders ready to move beyond wellness perks
The Outcome
This guide helps HR lead burnout reduction efforts with clarity, credibility, and compassion. By focusing on macro-level solutions, organizations can reduce burnout, strengthen engagement, and build cultures where people can sustainably do their best work.
Burnout cannot be solved by asking employees to do more. It is solved by changing how work is designed and led.
