Stop Solving for Teachers. Ask These 3 Questions.

Your help might be making everything worse. Research shows 90% of highly burned-out workers are on teams where burnout has already spread—and rescuing struggling colleagues often accelerates the cycle. This video gives you three coaching questions that support without creating dependency, build problem-solving capacity, and protect your own energy. Based on Bakker & Schaufeli's burnout contagion research, Karpman's Drama Triangle, and Michael Bungay Stanier's coaching framework. 🎯 IN THIS VIDEO YOU'LL LEARN: ✅ Why burnout spreads through teams (3 specific pathways) ✅ The 90% stat that should concern every team leader ✅ How teacher burnout impacts student stress hormones ✅ Karpman's Drama Triangle and the danger of the Rescuer role ✅ The "advice monster" that drives you to fix instead of coach ✅ The 6-step cycle that turns helping into dependency ✅ Question 1: "What's the real challenge here for you?" ✅ Question 2: "What have you already tried?" ✅ Question 3: "How can I help?" (the Lazy Question) ✅ When coaching won't work and you need to fix the system instead 🎁 FREE RESOURCE: 3 Questions Protocol Card (includes all three questions + scenario practice template): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X... NEED MORE SUPPORT? If you're ready to build coaching capacity across your leadership team or want help creating systems that prevent burnout contagion in your school or district, learn more about my team leadership coaching at https://www.theteamingedge.com/ 👥 WHO THIS IS FOR: Instructional coaches supporting struggling teachers School administrators leading teams through high-stress periods Teacher leaders managing grade-level or department teams District leaders building coaching culture Anyone who keeps taking on other people's problems RESEARCH MENTIONED: Bakker, A.B., Demerouti, E., & Schaufeli, W.B. (2003). "The Socially Induced Burnout Model" - 90% of highly burned-out workers are on teams where half their colleagues are also burned out Oberle, E. & Schonert-Reichl, K.A. (2016). "Stress contagion in the classroom?" - Teacher burnout explains 10% of variance in student stress hormones Karpman, S. (1968). "Fairy tales and script drama analysis" - The Drama Triangle framework Bungay Stanier, M. (2016). The Coaching Habit - The 3 questions and "advice monster" concept Maslach, C. & Leiter, M.P. (2022). The Burnout Challenge - System vs. individual burnout RELATED VIDEO: Stop Drowning: The 3-Project Rule That Transforms School Teams:    • The 3-Project Rule That Stops Team Overwhelm   👍 Like if you recognized yourself in the rescue cycle 🔔 Subscribe for weekly team protocols that survive Monday morning 💬 Comment: What's your go-to rescue behavior? AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE As an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner, I earn from qualifying purchases made through the links below. This helps support the channel at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products and resources I personally use and believe will benefit your team leadership and coaching development. 📚 BOOKS MENTIONED: The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier: https://a.co/d/0bFxU6MJ The Burnout Challenge by Christina Maslach: https://a.co/d/0gM51Jwp