Manager burnout prevention strategies rarely work when they focus on resilience and self-care alone. The deeper driver is structural: managers hit a ceiling of authority, and when support doesn't arrive from above, the pressure lands on them and their teams. Here's what effective organisations do differently, and what it looks like in practice.

What people do not see is the side effect of all that. At work, you put a face on. Most people do, to some degree. But when neurodivergence or a family member's mental health condition is part of your daily reality, and you are also trying to manage ordinary workplace burnout on top of it, the toll is heavier than anyone around you can tell. Keeping that face on takes every ounce of power you have.