# #143 | The IT Burnout: 6 Categories That Are Quietly Destroying Your Team

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Podcast: [Leman Tech Leadership Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357)
Published: 2026-03-17T04:30:02+00:00
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▶︎ #143 | The IT Burnout: 6 Categories That Are Quietly Destroying Your Team The data is already alarming: 62% of IT professionals feel physically or emotionally drained, 47% of tech leaders feel that way every single week, and only 21% can be considered genuinely healthy when it comes to burnout risk. But the bigger problem isn't the scale — it's that most leaders are treating burnout as one thing, and applying generic fixes to what is actually six very different problems. In this episode, your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, introduces the 6 Burnout Categories from the CQ Leadership Method: Stretching Too Much, Excessive Workload, High-Pressure Environment, Constant Learning Pressure, Work-Life Imbalance, and Lack of Recognition. Each one has a different set of early behavioral signals. Each one requires a different leadership response. And any single category, left unaddressed, is enough to lose someone. The episode unpacks what each category looks like before the crisis point — because by the time someone hands in their notice, you've already lost. Alex shares Maya's story: perfect delivery every sprint, never a complaint, gone in two weeks because nobody saw her as a person beyond her output. Replacement cost: six to nine months of lost productivity and over $40,000 in recruitment. Recognition isn't a soft problem. It’s a strategic one. ✉︎ FOLLOW ME ON: ⤵︎ LinkedIn: @aleksandralemanska TikTok: @aleksandra_lemanska X: @lemanskills Startup Community Poznan: @startup-community-poznan-scp www.lemanskills.com Join Leadership Pulse! https://lemanskills.com/pulse/

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