08/14/2026
Is your response to burnout effective, or is it instinctive?
Employees with dominant Relationship Building themes tend to respond to burnout by thinking about how their coworkers would feel in the same situation. But Gallup data show that this response is associated with a 35% increase in burnout symptoms, not a decrease. These employees experience a 43% reduction in burnout symptoms when they reflect instead on how they have approached similar situations before.
The same principle applies across all four CliftonStrengths domains. People with dominant themes in the Executing, Influencing and Strategic Thinking domains also turn to coping strategies that align with their natural patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. While those instinctive responses do help reduce burnout, other strategies are more effective than the default.
Learn how to manage burnout based on your dominant strengths: https://on.gallup.com/4xqILv3