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The Invisible Cost of Managerial Burnout on Your Team
We examine how a manager’s own burnout becomes a structural risk for their team, using the specific case of Patagonia’s internal wellness metrics and recent labor data to show why emotional contagion is the hidden driver of turnover. Lucas and Luna break down the mechanics of emotional labor in middle management, arguing that when leaders are depleted, they default to transactional control rather than strategic support, creating a toxic feedback loop that drives away high performers. This episode moves beyond generic advice about self-care to explore the organizational design flaws that place…
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