Executives are burning out, just like their employees—and they don't know how to handle it, management experts say

Four years ago, Aaron Littles burned out. Littles was a chief operating officer at a health tech company during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, working 80 to 90 hours per week as his employer grew to 600 employees, up from 75, he says. When the owner of the company, who was eyeing retirement, raised the prospect of a promotion, Littles' shoulders slumped, he says. …