Stress doesn't always look stressed

Ever noticed how stress rarely arrives with a big announcement?


It slips in quietly.


• Through the Sunday night dread of a looming deadline.

• Through the email ping that makes your chest tighten.

• Through the silence of someone who’s usually full of ideas.

Stress in the workplace isn’t just about pressure — it’s about people.

And when left unspoken, it can erode wellbeing, confidence, and culture.

Leaders, the most powerful thing you can do isn’t always to have the answers — it’s to notice, to ask, and to listen.

👉 What’s one small way you’ve seen stress show up in a colleague, before they have even put it into words?