Burnout in 2025: Why Silence is the Accelerant and Dialogue is the Antidote
Leaders Who Last: Preventing Burnout with Bhakti Karkare
We’ve all seen it: high-functioning teams suddenly faltering, high-performers going quiet, and leaders questioning their ability to lead. Burnout in 2025 isn’t just exhaustion—it's disconnection, disempowerment, and discomfort left unspoken for too long.
In this powerful episode of Leaders Who Last, I sat down with dialogue expert Bhakti Karkare to talk about why burnout is no longer just an individual challenge—it's a systems-level failure of communication.
Bhakti shares this definition:
“Burnout is a deadly crash after prolonged discomfort, disempowerment, and disconnection.”
And here’s the kicker: silence is what accelerates it.
Whether it’s a CEO ignoring their own emotional warning signs, or a team member afraid to say they’re overwhelmed, the absence of honest dialogue is quietly pushing people over the edge. And the solution isn’t a perfectly timed check-in or a well-crafted email—it’s cultivating a culture where dialogue is the norm, not the exception.
We talk about:
Why dialogue is a process, not just a solution
How smart leaders are learning to provoke—not wait for—honest conversations
The subtle warning signs of burnout you can’t afford to miss
Real stories from teams on the brink—and how they pulled back
Bhakti also shares an incredible free assessment to gauge your team’s “dialogue health,” and we explore how our own burnout starter kit at Latitude can help leaders build sustainable capacity before the crash.
🧭 Whether you’re leading a team or leading yourself, this conversation is a must-listen.
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🎙️ Full episode here
🧭 Our Burnout Starter Kit: burnoutstarterkit.com
Bhaktie’s Website: www.thirdlooplearning.com
🌱 Bhakti’s Masterclass: https://thirdlooplearning.com/facilitation-skills-masterclass/
Download Bhakti’s Dialogue guide: https://third-loop-learning.kit.com/8120422afc
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