From Burnout to Buy-In: Rebuilding Team Morale Through Trust

Hosted by Anthony Poponi

Tue, Aug 11, 2026

8:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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What you'll learn

Read your team's burnout signals, starting with you

Take a 15-item self-check, then learn the behavior cues that reveal the same burnout patterns in your team.

Open up honest conversations using our DROPs methodology

Practice being Direct and Other-focused, two trust habits that make it safe for your team to name burnout early.

Master real-time recognition that rebuilds morale

Practice delivering specific, timely praise in the moment, the single habit that lifts engagement faster than any other

Why this topic matters

Burnout and low morale are the quiet drivers of disengagement, turnover, and quiet quitting, and mid-level managers feel the pressure first. In 30 minutes, you'll learn to diagnose burnout in yourself and your team, use two trust habits from the DROPs model to open honest conversations, and apply real-time recognition, the single fastest way to rebuild morale and buy-in.

You'll learn from

Anthony Poponi

Happiness Expert. Management Whisperer for New Leaders.

Anthony Poponi is the founder of Focus on the 40, keynote speaker, and workplace culture strategist who helps organizations build happier, healthier, high-performing teams. Grounded in positive psychology and real-world executive experience, Anthony delivers practical strategies that strengthen leadership, trust, engagement, resilience, and workplace culture. His programs are interactive, entertaining, and packed with tools audiences can apply immediately. Anthony is the author of The Little Book of Workplace Happiness and has partnered with organizations including Hub International, OnPoint Community Credit Union, CrossState Credit Union Association, Stanford University, and organizations across the financial services, technology, and healthcare sectors.

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