What's actually happening to founders right now
Each of these numbers describes what's happening right now in companies like yours, at the leadership level
Burnout doesn't show up
on the P&L — until it does
A burned-out executive costs
$20,683 per year in lost productivity
For a 1,000-person company that's up to $5M annually in missed decisions, slower output, and strategic drift. Before anyone resigns
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2025
One burned-out leader
takes the whole team down
70% of team engagement is determined by the manager's state. When a VP or founder operates from stress and survival mode, people around them shrink. They stop pushing back, stop bringing ideas, start doing just enough. You lose the team you hired without anyone formally quitting
Gallup State of the Global Workplace, 2024
Workplace Peace Institute · CPP Global
Leadership conflict eats time,
kills decisions, and drives exits
U.S. companies lose $359 billion
a year to workplace conflict
When two strong leaders operate from tension instead of alignment, the cost isn't just morale it's missed revenue, delayed products, and departures