The Hidden Cost of Low Trust: Why the People Who Care Most Often End Up Carrying Everyone Else’s Backpack accountability burnout prevention emotional intelligence high achievers human performance leadership organisational psychology professional growth psychological safety sustainable achievement workplace culture workplace trust Jun 10, 2026

The Hidden Cost of Low Trust: Why the People Who Care Most Often End Up Carrying Everyone Else’s Backpack

A few years ago, I was speaking with someone who was exhausted.

Not because they lacked capability.

Not because they lacked motivation.

Not because they didn’t care.

In fact, they cared ...

The Most Expensive Trust Problem Is the One You Can’t See burnout prevention business owners decision making emotional intelligence high performance human performance leadership personal growth professional development psychology of business sustainable achievement workplace wellbeing Jun 09, 2026

The Most Expensive Trust Problem Is the One You Can’t See

A leader I was working with recently told me they had a communication problem.

People weren’t speaking up.

Change initiatives were meeting resistance.

The same frustrations kept appearing in engagement surveys.

And despite repeated ef...