Measure what matters.
Two powerful tools that give leadership teams immediate, data-backed intelligence on the human health of their organisation — and exactly what it’s costing them.
Human performance, cognitive health, and organisational resilience are not soft subjects. They are measurable, quantifiable, and directly linked to commercial outcomes.
For years, Softer Success® has been researching the science behind burnout, cognitive loss, moral stress, and human flourishing — in active partnership with some of the world’s leading universities, psychologists, and researchers. That science underpins every tool we build, every programme we design, and every recommendation we make.
Original Research. Real-World Application.
King's College London
Determining Burnout in Founders, CEOs & Entrepreneurs
A scientific research collaboration between King’s College London and Softer Success® — examining how burnout manifests specifically in founders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs, and how to measure and prevent it. This research directly informs our leadership-focused diagnostic and advisory work.
University of Sheffield & Affinity Health at Work
Links Between Burnout & Moral Injury
A scientific research collaboration between the University of Sheffield, Affinity Health at Work, and Softer Success® — exploring the relationship between moral injury (the harm caused when people are asked to act against their values) and burnout in organisational settings. This research underpins our moral stress pillar and our work with leadership teams navigating transformation.
Imperial College London & Affinity Health at Work
Eco-Anxiety in the Workplace: Understanding the Link to Burnout
A research collaboration between Imperial College London, Affinity Health at Work, and Softer Success® — examining the emerging connection between eco-anxiety and workplace burnout. Particularly relevant for purpose-led organisations and teams working on sustainability and social impact.
University of Leuven, Belgium
Burnout Risk Assessment Methodology
Our psychometric assessment tool is grounded in burnout risk methodology developed in collaboration with the University of Leuven — one of Europe’s leading research universities. In studies across multiple global organisations, we identified that up to 40–50% of employees are already at high risk of burnout. Early measurement is everything.
Harvard Human Flourishing Programme
Flourishing at Work
Softer Success® works in close collaboration with the Harvard Human Flourishing Programme — one of the world’s leading research initiatives on what it means for humans to truly thrive across work, relationships, and purpose. This partnership shapes our vision of what organisations can become when they move beyond preventing harm and begin actively designing for flourishing.
Our Academic Advisors
Softer Success® is supported by an advisory team of international experts — leading global work psychologists, neuroscientists, and burnout researchers who bring decades of peer-reviewed research to everything we do.
Professor Michael Leiter
Professor of Organisational Psychology, Acadia University, Canada Senior Advisor, Softer Success®
Professor Leiter has spent over 20 years researching the psychology and performance of organisations. As our lead academic advisor, he provides deep expertise on burnout measurement, organisational intervention, and the relationship between individual wellbeing and workplace culture.
Professor Michael Clinton
Professor of Work Psychology, King's College London Advisor, Softer Success®
Professor Clinton brings the latest research on sustainable productivity and organisational effectiveness to our work. We are collaborating with Professor Clinton and his team at King’s College London on ongoing research into leadership wellbeing and the prevention of founder burnout.
Sustainable productivity is not a compromise. It is the goal.
Sustainable productivity is about maintaining a genuine balance between the needs of employees and the needs of the organisation. The evidence is clear: people perform better when they feel valued, psychologically safe, and supported. Organisations that invest in that reality consistently outperform those that don’t.
This is not a wellbeing argument. It is a performance argument.
The Softer Success® Assessment is designed to measure that balance precisely — identifying the specific pressure points at individual, team, and organisational level that are limiting performance, and giving leadership the intelligence to act before those pressure points become crises.
Regular measurement matters. Business pressures change. Stress and cognitive load shift over time. That’s why we recommend a quarterly assessment cycle — giving leadership teams ongoing visibility and the ability to intervene early, always.
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