𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

They’re not burned out, they’re mis-seated.

Hybrid work, automation, and AI are reshaping every seat faster than most leaders can redesign them.

The problem isn’t the people. It’s that the seat they were hired for no longer exists.

We’re still writing job descriptions for a world that doesn’t match the work.

We keep promoting the “best” performers into roles that now demand different energy, tools, and thinking.

And we call it underperformance when it’s really seat decay.

The right person in the wrong seat will always fail. But in 2025, the wrong seat can fail the right person. 

If you’re leading a team, stop asking, “Do I have the right people?”

Start asking, “Do I even have the right seats?”