"As the authors of another Gallup report, The State of the World's Emotional Health 2025, succinctly put it, "The world is on an emotional edge." Have you ever spent most of your day worrying? It turns out, 39% of the more than 145,000 people Gallup surveyed said they did - just the day before. In addition, hundreds of millions more people routinely experience worry and stress than a decade ago, the report also finds."
"Despite these times of extreme change, uncertainty, and complexity, many leaders still expect that they, and the people who work for them, should leave their worries at the proverbial office door. If that ever was a reasonable expectation, however, it clearly no longer is. Across industries and at all levels, people are overwhelmed, exhausted, and burning out like never before. The consequence: ever-growing disengagement, which undermines individual well-being and organizational productivity and performance."
Leaders often expect employees to leave personal worries at the workplace, but that expectation is no longer realistic given current pressures. Employee engagement has declined, with Gallup reporting a drop from 23% to 21%. Contributing factors include return-to-work friction, rising financial stress, polarization, and technological shifts such as AI. The world faces multiple interconnected crises—cost-of-living, climate, misinformation, and mental health—that raise baseline worry. Gallup found 39% of over 145,000 respondents worried most of the previous day, and hundreds of millions more experience increased stress compared with a decade ago. Chronic worry narrows thinking, impairs decision-making, and erodes connection, undermining teams and organizations.
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