by Werner Schmidt | Jul 17, 2026 | On Leadership
Her question landed like a dropped stone in still water. “Werner, how long did it actually take you to heal?” What ten years, two Olympians and real science taught me about rising above burnout for good After my article on burnout, and early detection, a...
by Werner Schmidt | Jun 26, 2026 | On Leadership
“My Burnout Came Earlier This Year… February instead of the usual July-August.” What one COO’s alarming sentence reveals about the way we have normalised workplace burnout She said it almost in passing.“My burnout came earlier this year. It was February....
by Werner Schmidt | Jun 17, 2026 | On Leadership
Dear CEO, Founder, Executive under pressure How many of your people are giving you 51%? Just enough to keep the job.Just enough to avoid the difficult conversation.Just enough to look busy, sound fine, meet the minimum, and quietly disappear inside the payroll. They...
by Werner Schmidt | Jun 9, 2026 | Books
Experience Chelsea Glitter Today… Chelsea Glitter and the Graveyard on the Hill Today, my debut novel, Chelsea Glitter and the Graveyard on the Hill, steps into the world through Crystal Cove Press, an imprint of Crystal Lake Publishing. Fifteen years of...
by Werner Schmidt | Jun 2, 2026 | On Leadership
Growth is rarely a straight line The power of revisitation We often imagine success as a relentless march forward, always chasing the next opportunity, the next client, the next market, the next innovation. Yet over the past two weeks, a different pattern revealed...
