2025 Award WinnerBeat Burnout,Ignite Performance
A practical playbook with 100+ action tips for leaders who want to regain control without adding more work.
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Burnout isn't just wellbeing. It's a delivery constraint.
When managers are overloaded, you don't just lose energy—you lose decision speed, ownership, and execution flow. Escalations rise. Meeting load grows. Teams wait for clarity.
Journey to "Beat Burnout"
Join Jimmy Burroughes as he shares the journey behind writing Beat Burnout, offering insights and lessons to help leaders thrive without sacrificing well-being.
What You'll Discover Inside
5 research-backed variables that drive high-performance cultures while preventing burnout.
Discover how to find clarity on what matters so priorities don't churn. Learn why purpose and authenticity are intertwined, and how finding your personal purpose leads to a new level of authenticity.
"Have you ever stopped to think about the concept of doing something "on purpose"? Many of us might associate this phrase with simply being intentional, but there is so much more to it, especially when it comes to building a team culture that is driven by purpose."
Move from scarcity-driven firefighting to sustainable execution. Understand how abundance mindset activates your "wizard" brain versus the reactive "lizard" brain.
"The scarcity-driven individual sees modern work events as threats or stresses. They become focused on conserving seemingly insufficient resources, avoiding risk, and surviving. Abundant leaders focus on playing to win, versus playing not to lose."
Build trust as an operational input, not a fluffy value. Create micro-moments of human connection that flood your team with oxytocin instead of cortisol.
"When we know we are part of a tribe, and we know how to tap into the information we need to help us solve problems, we can perform better. Connection is about allowing people to enter a state of clarity, certainty, agility, and innovation."
Develop judgement and options under pressure. Understand why the highest burnout rates are in mid-senior roles and how to combat "hamster wheel" syndrome.
"Those who explore more are much more likely to stay the course, versus those exploiting the same skills repeatedly. It is the exploration of the unknown which keeps us fresh and rewards us with a sense of achievement."
Use recovery as a performance enabler for better decisions. Learn why taking breaks actually activates the Default Mode Network (DMN) for improved creativity and problem-solving.
"Research in neuroscience has shown that taking breaks from focused tasks can improve cognitive functions, leading to enhanced creativity, problem-solving, and memory consolidation. Stress plus rest equals growth."
A Glimpse from Chapter 1:Purpose
The foundation of sustainable high performance starts with understanding why you do what you do.
Have you ever stopped to think about the concept of doing something 'on purpose'? Many of us might associate this phrase with simply being intentional, but there is so much more to it, especially when it comes to building a team culture that is driven by purpose.
For me, purpose and authenticity are intertwined. Finding my own personal purpose was a journey of self-discovery that allowed me to step into a new level of authenticity that I had been seeking for years.
I believe that each of us has a light or energy inside us, and the universe is made up of energy. For things to be easy, authentic, and on purpose, that energy needs to flow freely. To be seen as authentic, your light needs to shine bright and not be obscured or covered up.
Jimmy Burroughes
Author, Beat Burnout
Key Insight
Purpose isn't just about goals—it's about aligning your energy with what matters most.
The Science
Research shows purpose-driven leaders experience 64% less burnout and 4x higher engagement.
What You'll Learn
- •How to discover your authentic purpose
- •Aligning team goals with individual purpose
- •Practical exercises for immediate application
Plus 4 more chapters: Abundance, Connection, Exploration, Downtime
What Leaders Are Saying
Join thousands of HR and L&D professionals who have transformed their approach to leadership development.
'Beat Burnout - Ignite Performance' is a book that is easily read, and has been written for busy leaders who do not have time to wade through tomes of information to get those vital insights into the often unrecognised hazards of leadership burnout. More importantly, it provides really practical and meaningful solutions to help recognise and overcome those hazards! I would highly recommend this book!
Sue Burly
Leadership Professional
Identifying and preventing burnout is an invaluable tool for any leader. This go-to guide not only explains the concepts in a clear and concise way, it also gives you practical tips to combat and prevent the symptoms of burnout in you and your team. A must in any leader's toolkit.
Paul Teasdale
Business Leader
A must read for anyone who needs to recalibrate themselves and/or their team! The PACED framework gave us a common language to address burnout before it becomes a crisis.
Brian Hennes
Senior Director, Operations
'Beat Burnout - Ignite Performance' is a book that is easily read, and has been written for busy leaders who do not have time to wade through tomes of information to get those vital insights into the often unrecognised hazards of leadership burnout. More importantly, it provides really practical and meaningful solutions to help recognise and overcome those hazards! I would highly recommend this book!
Sue Burly
Leadership Professional
Identifying and preventing burnout is an invaluable tool for any leader. This go-to guide not only explains the concepts in a clear and concise way, it also gives you practical tips to combat and prevent the symptoms of burnout in you and your team. A must in any leader's toolkit.
Paul Teasdale
Business Leader
A must read for anyone who needs to recalibrate themselves and/or their team! The PACED framework gave us a common language to address burnout before it becomes a crisis.
Brian Hennes
Senior Director, Operations
Beat Burnout delves into the topic of purpose and presents a thought-provoking exploration of its significance in combating burnout. The practical tips and exercises for readers to explore their own sense of purpose are particularly useful.
Christine Hanatschek
VP People & Culture
I picked up "Beat Burnout - Ignite Performance" seeking insights to navigate the complexities of leadership, and this book exceeded my expectations. The blend of real-world anecdotes and research-backed insights creates a compelling narrative. What sets this book apart is its actionable content—the author doesn't just identify problems; he provides a playbook for solutions.
Verified Reader
Amazon Review
This is a practical, easy to action and powerful way of energizing individuals, teams and whole organizations. I am going to implement the Purpose exercises with my new team as soon as they are all on board!
Gil Sewell
Chief People Officer
A powerful book that helps give any leaders a toolkit to get the best from teams, weaving together powerful research, personal stories and general common sense. Worth diving into.
Verified Reader
Amazon Review
This book is a really useful way of tackling the paradox of achieving high performance without burning out your people. Finally, a framework that treats wellbeing as a performance lever.
Gary Armstrong
Regional GM, APAC
Jimmy Burroughes has clearly spent many years testing leadership processes and theories as part of his career in businesses around the world, and has distilled that learning down to some simple but really important lessons. I've started implementing some of Jimmy's suggestions in the way I lead, and it's helped give my team extra confidence in their work.
Nat S.
Business Leader
What a great read! A very relevant subject matter as we are all getting to grips with this new post pandemic world. Clear and simply written, speckled with stories and data with practical advice.
Guy Askew
Head of L&D
We bought copies for our entire leadership team. The chapter on Downtime alone transformed how we think about recovery and sustainable performance. Highly recommend for any HR leader.
Sarah Mitchell
CHRO, Technology
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Who this is for
This book is useful when you're seeing:
Managers acting as the "hub" (everything routes through them)
Slow decisions and repeat escalations
Cross-functional friction and unclear ownership
Meeting sprawl and constant churn
Good leaders stuck too deep in the weeds
How this connects to JBL programmes
Many HR and OD leaders use the book as:
A shared language for overloaded managers ("decision friction", "dependency", "operational noise")
A pre-read or reinforcement tool alongside the 6-Week Reset or Amplify programmes
A credible way to support leaders without launching a large programme
About the author
Jimmy Burroughes is a former British Army Officer and corporate GM who has coached 3,000+ leaders. His work focuses on practical behaviour change that improves execution—clearer decisions, fewer escalations, less operational noise, and stronger ownership across teams.
He suffered burnout in 2017 that resulted in him leaving a job, a relationship and his home. Since then he has immersed himself in understanding how burnout and high-performance are related and how to prevent one whilst accessing the other.
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