The most expensive burnout cases are rarely the dramatic ones. They are the strong performers whose work stayed excellent right up until they left. Here is what to watch for when nothing in the data flags it, and why reintegration runs deeper once it does.

On a Dutch team, "I am fine" gets taken as data. For an employee from a higher-context culture, it can be the opening of a conversation, not the end of one. This is where international teams quietly lose people, and what a manager can do before month nine.