Writing about Life in the digital age

You'd be forgiven for feeling a little burned out from hearing about burnout. For years, experts have been sounding alarms that modern workers are struggling with career-sinking levels of chronic exhaustion and other issues.

So when Charlie DeWitt, vice president of business development at Kronos, a workforce management software company, declares that "employee burnout has reached epidemic proportions," you may think you've heard it all before. But according to new research by Kronos and Future Workplace, burnout really is getting even worse and more widespread, and so are the consequences of it. This time around, there are some surprising reasons why—and a few steps employers can take right away to turn things around.

There are a number of qualities that confident, servant leaders share. 

1. They Admit Being Wrong

The conceited leader that proclaims his position and disregards differing points of view is a leader that will have few followers, mostly out of fear and intimidation. Typically, they know they're right, and they need you to know it too.

But truly respected servant leaders are quite secure in admitting when they're wrong and made a mistake, or don't have all the answers. 

And they will back down graciously when being proven wrong. To them, it's more important to find out what is right than being right.