Retention diagnostic for senior leaders

Your best people are quietly preparing to leave.

It is rarely about the hours. It is almost always about misalignment, lost purpose, and a slow drift from the vision they joined to build.

The Burnout Audit is a half-day on-site diagnostic for 6–10 senior leaders. It names what is actually pulling them away — and gives you a written 30-day plan to keep them.

Book a 15-minute scoping call3 slots remaining this quarter
A Malay Muslim woman in a taupe silk hijab and charcoal blazer standing at her office window at dusk, looking out at the Singapore skyline.
7:42pm — Friday — she is still at her desk

1 in 3

senior leaders are actively considering leaving in the next 12 months

70%

name misalignment with company direction as the reason — not workload

$120k

conservative cost of replacing a single director-level leader

9 mo

average time to fully rebuild what a departing senior leader carried

The real problem

Working too much is the symptom you can see. It is not the thing pulling them away.

The leaders most at risk are not the ones complaining about hours. They are the ones who have gone quiet — still delivering, still senior, already half-gone in their heads. Three patterns show up almost every time.

01

Misalignment

Doing work they no longer believe in

The strategy shifted, or the targets did, and nobody named it out loud. Your leaders kept executing — but stopped recognising the company they signed up for.

02

Lost purpose

The individual reason for being here has faded

Each senior leader joined for something specific. Most can no longer articulate what that was. The role still demands the same energy; the reason it once felt worth it does not.

03

Disconnect from vision

The company's ‘why’ has gone abstract

It still lives on the all-hands deck. It no longer lives in the day-to-day decisions. Senior leaders are the first to feel that gap — and the first to leave because of it.

An empty executive corner office at twilight, with a glowing laptop on the desk and the chair turned away.

What it looks like

The chair is still warm. The decision was made weeks ago.

What you actually get

Three movements. One half-day on-site.

Two empty leather chairs facing each other across a low table by a window at golden hour, two cups of tea and a closed notebook between them.
45 minutes, one leader at a time
0145 min × per leader

Individual diagnostic

Confidential one-to-ones

Every leader walks out with a one-page brief — three highest-risk burnout vectors and a 30-day reset protocol specific to their role.

0290 minutes

Team debrief

Anonymised patterns

Surfacing the patterns across the leadership group without individual attribution. The conversation focuses on structural causes the team can address together.

03Within 7 days

Executive summary

Five-page brief, written

Team-level findings, three highest-leverage interventions for the next quarter, and a phased plan. This is the artefact your CFO and CEO will read.

Delivery

Booking to written plan: four weeks, end to end.

Day 0Scoping call
Week 1Intake briefs
Week 2On-site audit
Week 3Executive summary
Week 4Plan in hand
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Four weeks, end to end

The plan lands on your desk before the month is out.

Why this format

Most corporate wellness addresses the wrong tier of the pyramid.

 
Typical programme
The Burnout Audit
Audience
Whole-company workshops
Senior leadership only
Output
Engagement score deltas
Written 30-day plan
Duration
Multi-month programme
Half-day on-site
Pricing
Per-head or retainer
Flat per team
Confidentiality
Group setting
1:1 + anonymised debrief

Who this is for

Built for senior teams under sustained load.

Team size

6 to 10 senior leaders

Organisation

100+ employees

Sectors

Financial services, professional services, technology, healthcare, government

Trigger

Recent loss to burnout, retention pressure, WFA 2027 readiness

It does not work for groups smaller than five — the anonymity in the team debrief breaks down — or larger than twelve — the diagnostic quality drops.

What clients say

“The audit told us the actual problem in one afternoon and saved us six figures on the wrong intervention.”

Chief People Officer · Professional services

“Within eight weeks, two at-risk directors restructured their reporting lines. Retention in that cohort is 100% twelve months on.”

Head of HR · Regional bank, Singapore
An empty open-plan office at twilight, lit by a single warm pendant lamp over a desk with plants, notebooks and dimmed monitors.
By the time the lights are off, the people you needed have already decided.

The investment

$5,000

SGD · flat · per leadership team

All preparation, on-site delivery, individual briefs, the team debrief, and the executive summary. No hidden assessments. No travel surcharges within Singapore. No per-head pricing.

For context

A single director-level replacement runs SGD $120,000 once recruitment, ramp-up, and lost productivity are counted.

24×payback if one resignation is prevented
A leather-bound executive briefing document and fountain pen resting on a dark boardroom table.

The artefact

A five-page brief your CFO and CEO will actually read.

The Guarantee

If, seven days after the executive summary lands in your inbox, you do not believe it surfaced findings worth acting on — you do not pay.

The decision is yours, made after you have everything in hand. No deposit forfeited. No questions asked. No invoice issued. The risk on this engagement sits entirely with us.

Regulatory context — Singapore

From 2027, the Workplace Fairness Act classifies mental health conditions as a protected characteristic.

Documenting that you took proactive, structured steps on leadership wellbeing — and having an artefact to show for it — moves from good practice to a useful position to be in. The audit is not designed as a compliance exercise, but the executive summary serves that purpose if you need it to.

3

Timing

slots open this quarter. Next opening: Q2.

To use this year's wellness or L&D budget, the audit must be delivered before financial year-end.

FAQ

Can the audit run virtually?+

Half-day audits are designed for on-site delivery in Singapore. Virtual delivery is available for teams based outside Singapore at the same price.

What does the team need to do to prepare?+

Each leader completes a 15-minute written intake the week before. That is the entire preparation requirement on your side.

Is the individual diagnostic confidential?+

Yes. Individual briefs are delivered only to the leader concerned. The executive summary contains team-level patterns only, with no individual attribution.

Can we extend this into ongoing coaching?+

Some clients do. The audit is designed as a stand-alone diagnostic. If a leader wants individual coaching afterwards, that is a separate engagement, quoted separately.

Who is Mizi Wahid?+

A 15-year corporate trainer and author of Burnout: From Fatigue to Fulfilment. Mizi has worked with leadership teams across MNCs, financial institutions, and government agencies in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, sits on several non-profit boards, and is the founder of Mizium Pte Ltd.

Final step

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