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A lot of leaders reach a point where the work is going fine and they feel nothing about it. Not burned out in the obvious sense, just disconnected from why it ever mattered. Values-based leadership isn't a management philosophy or a mission statement exercise. It's a framework for understanding why that disconnection happens and how to find your way back to work that actually reflects what you care about.

Burnout doesn't usually look like collapse. In leaders, it tends to show up as degraded judgment. Decisions take more effort than they should, difficult conversations keep getting pushed, and calls get made just to clear the plate. It doesn't feel like impairment in the moment. The realization usually comes later.