Feb 18, 2026 · 22 min · 10 segments
Today’s project professionals are feeling the pressure. And when they don’t manage it well, it could steamroll into full-fledged burnout. What’s the difference between burnout and regular stress? How…
Valerie CarmelGuest
Michele BadieGuest
Steve HendershotHost
Stress is what we just felt trying to get our microphones and cameras in order.
And then there are the different types of stress that we incur when we're at work.
Burnout is different in that According to the World Health Organization, it is specific to professional stress.
So unmanaged stress that is happening at work that incorporates three specific domains.
The first one being emotional exhaustion, the second being depersonalization, where you feel a sense of detachment from the work that you're doing, as well as The last one being a lowered sense of personal accomplishment.
So there is a sense that the work that you are doing is not as good as it used to be or as good as you know that it can be.
Burnout can occur over a very long period of time, and it could also be very temporary.
from the mere adjustments to the increased learning curve, the shifting of someone's responsibilities, and those things are temporary.
But burnout does create a little bit more of a cascade in the way that it impacts the way that that professional is showing up on the day-to-day at work.
Stress is what we just felt trying to get our microphones and cameras in order.
And then there are the different types of stress that we incur when we're at work.
Burnout is different in that According to the World Health Organization, it is specific to professional stress.
So unmanaged stress that is happening at work that incorporates three specific domains.
The first one being emotional exhaustion, the second being depersonalization, where you feel a sense of detachment from the work that you're doing, as well as The last one being a lowered sense of personal accomplishment.
So there is a sense that the work that you are doing is not as good as it used to be or as good as you know that it can be.
Burnout can occur over a very long period of time, and it could also be very temporary.
from the mere adjustments to the increased learning curve, the shifting of someone's responsibilities, and those things are temporary.
But burnout does create a little bit more of a cascade in the way that it impacts the way that that professional is showing up on the day-to-day at work.
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