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Executives are burning out, just like their employees—and they don't know how to handle it, management experts say

Cnbc · · 1072 words · By Ashton Jackson
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What to know about Executives are burning out, just like their employees—and they don't know how to handle it, management experts say

Littles was a chief operating officer at a health tech company during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, working 80 to 90 hours per week as his employer grew to 600 employees, up from 75, he says.

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What happened

Littles was a chief operating officer at a health tech company during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, working 80 to 90 hours per week as his employer grew to 600 employees, up from 75, he says.

Why it matters

When the owner of the company, who was eyeing retirement, raised the prospect of a promotion, Littles' shoulders slumped, he says.

Common ground

His marriage was already "on the brink" due to his demanding schedule, and "I was like, wait, you want me to do [even] more work?" Instead, the company started an executive search for a replacement COO, and "that's when I truly recognized that I was spent,"…

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Claim 1: “Steven Rogelberg, an author and Chancellor's Professor of management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Belk College of Business.”
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Claim 2: “55% of workers reported feeling burned out at work, in a November 2025 survey of more than 1,400 randomly sampled full-time U.S. employees conducted by market research firm Ipsos and consulting firm Eagle Hill.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American rapper Kanye West announced his 2020 United States presidential election campaign through Twitter on July 4, 2020. On July 16, 2020, the campaign filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Fede…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and former lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020…
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Claim 3: “Today, he's the CEO of two Tampa, Florida-based health care staffing companies, PDTXperts and DayOne Staffing.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm Aaron Littles is the CEO/Founder of PDTXperts and DayOne Staffing, and is located in the Tampa area.
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web search NEUTRAL — I'm a results-driven executive leader with a track record of building high-performing… · Experience: DayOne Staffing, Inc. · Education: United States Naval Academy · Location: Greater Tampa ...
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web search NEUTRAL — As the co-founder and CEO of Per Diem Therapy Experts (PDTXperts) and founder of Streamlined Consulting, Littles operates at the intersection of purpose and performance.
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web search NEUTRAL — For Aaron Littles, founder of PDTXperts and Streamlined Consulting, two companies rooted in healthcare staffing and operational consulting, the conversation must shift now.
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Claim 4: “Littles co-founded PDTXperts the following year, and acquired DayOne Staffing in April”
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Claim 5: “Tessa West, an author, social psychologist and professor at New York University.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prima Facie is a dramatic one-woman play written by Australian playwright Suzie Miller. It premiered in 2019 at the Stables Theatre, Sydney, Australia, where it picked up major awards from the Austral…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tessa Jane Hadley (born 28 February 1956; née Nichols) is a British author, who writes novels, short stories and nonfiction. Her writing is realistic and often focuses on family relationships. Her no…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tessa Georgina Kennedy (born 6 December 1938) is a British interior designer. Her elopement with society portrait painter Dominick Elwes made headlines in 1957.
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Claim 6: “The firm surveyed 10,796 first-level, mid-level, senior-level and C-suite leaders worldwide.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Development Dimensions International (DDI) is an international human resources and leadership development consultancy. DDI works with organizations to make changes related to leadership development, l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Global leadership is the interdisciplinary study of the key elements that future leaders in all realms of the personal experience should acquire to effectively familiarize themselves with the psycholo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) was a research programme that studied the human and societal aspects of the phenomenon of global change. IHDP aimed t…
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Claim 7: “Michel Koopman, the founder and CEO of leadership development firm CxO Coaching”
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web search NEUTRAL — Michel Koopman is the Chief Executive Officer & Founder at CxO Coaching, with a distinguished career as a senior operator and entrepreneur.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find articles by Michel Koopman, CEO & Founder of CxO Coaching in the Management Consulting industry and member of the Forbes Business Council.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michel Koopman is a top growth strategist, entrepreneur, executive coach, and CEO and founder at CxO Coaching, a 2Swell company. He and his team help elevate leaders and their companies to their maxim…
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Claim 8: “Christy Rutherford, a Harvard University-trained global executive advisor and author of the book "90 Days to Burnout Recovery."”
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web search NEUTRAL — 90 Days to Burnout Recovery Cover Final 3D (2). Get a 90-Day Game Plan to Shift From Burnout to Mental and Physical Wholeness. This book isn't just about Recovery—it's about Transformation. It’s a no-…
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web search NEUTRAL — About Christy Rutherford. With over 20 years of leadership experience, Christy is an international executive leadership coach and business advisor. She assists women with getting promoted through offi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Christy Rutherford: +300 leaders recovered from advanced burnout, reclaimed their peace...💪 Proven 90-day curriculum to recover from burnout in 90 days💡 Live Q&A and Book Club meetings with Christy’s …
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Claim 9: “Seventy-one percent of leaders reported increased levels of stress in leadership consultancy Development Dimensions International's Global Leadership Forecast 2025 report, up from 63% in 2022.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Development Dimensions International (DDI) is an international human resources and leadership development consultancy. DDI works with organizations to make changes related to leadership development, l…
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Claim 10: “Ninety percent of employees who quit their job in 2024 did so due to their boss, according to a report from HR software company BambooHR, which surveyed 1,500 full-time adult employees in the U.S.”
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web search NEUTRAL — According to research from BambooHR, a survey of more than 1,500 U.S. managers found a quarter of C-suite executives hoped for some voluntary turnover among workers after implementing a return-to ...
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web search NEUTRAL — BambooHR State of HR Report 2024 HR is a challenge even during the best of times, but 2023 featured a line-up of harrowing events that disrupted lives, homes, and workplaces around the world. Not to m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Log in to BambooHR to access your account and manage HR tasks efficiently.
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Claim 11: “Littles — who'd previously held other executive and entrepreneurial roles, and was a company commander in the U.S. Marine Corps”
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