324: The Hidden Mismatches Driving Burnout with Cait Donovan

Podcast: Happier At Work: Leadership, Culture, Performance · Aoife O'Brien

Opublikowano: 2026-10-09

How can you recognise burnout, understand its root causes, and create a better match between people and the workplace? In this episode of the Happier at Work podcast, Aoife O'Brien speaks with Cait Donovan, author of the upcoming book ‘Mismatch: Why Good People Burn Out in Good Organisations’, about the difference between chronic stress and burnout, the role of workplace mismatches, and why burnout is blameless. Cait explains that burnout is defined by a lack of recoverability, with recovery taking 12 to 18 months on average. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: The difference between chronic stress...