Prevent burnout by understanding what really drives people

As a team leader in education, Sjoerd gets energy from his challenging mix of activities. With his Green energy, he supports his team and sees how students can develop, his Yellow Drive is interested in new developments in the field and his Blue and Orange help to practically complete the staffing and schedules. But because of the gaps in the team, his task becomes increasingly difficult for him and he breaks his head over the mutual atmosphere that is not getting better due to the increasing workload. “How do I break this spiral of failure and conflict?” , is the question that concerns him.

Anja works in home care. With her Green drive, she gets satisfaction from helping people. However, the Orange and Blue focus on the efficiency and control of the healthcare institution means that she structurally has too little time for her clients and that clashes with her core values; work is harder for her every day. Especially when colleagues also drop out; their clients also need good care, so Anja goes the extra mile. Until it doesn't work anymore.

As director, Merel leads a rapidly growing company in IT consultancy. She has developed her Yellow Vision into a clear strategy, but she has trouble getting her MT members involved. They find the plans too vague and always ask for Blue detail, something that Merel feels great resistance to. “Surely they can come up with that themselves, how complicated can it be...?” It feels like she's swimming in the mud and she wants to move forward so much.