What Manager Burnout Is Actually Costing Your Organization (And What to Do About It)

Cost: $10, QCowork members receive a private discount code (Price includes a catered lunch)!

Most leaders know their managers are struggling. The follow-through isn't there. Productivity is slipping. The team feels disengaged. Turnover keeps climbing. And somehow, decisions that should stop at the manager level keep landing back on you. What's harder to see is the price tag.

In this research-backed, no-fluff session, executive coach, fractional Chief HR Office, and Virginia Tech Professor of Practice, Wendy Glass, SHRM-SCP, puts a real number on what an unsupported management layer is costing your business in turnover, lost productivity, and your own time. Then she tells you exactly what to do differently.

The data tells us middle managers are now the most burned-out group in the entire workforce, surpassing both frontline employees and senior executives. Gallup recorded the steepest single-year drop in manager engagement ever, five full points in one year. And because managers drive up to 70% of the variance in team engagement, when they check out, so does everyone beneath them. That ripple hits your retention numbers, your productivity, and your bottom line, whether you're tracking it or not.

This session is not about asking managers to push through or be more resilient. It's about what senior leaders need to do differently to protect the people who hold their organizations together.

WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH

• A real-time look at what the leadership gap is costing businesses like yours, calculated live using the Ignite Leadership Gap Calculator

• The Gallup data you need to understand why your manager problem is a business problem

• Actionable strategies you can take right now to reduce the burden on your managers and stop the organizational drain

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

CEOs, senior leaders, business owners, and HR professionals who are responsible for the performance, culture, and retention of their teams. If decisions keep landing back on you that should be handled at the manager level, this session is for you.