Tiger Health Monitor

You are helping me monitor the health and sustainability of my key contributors - the tigers who keep things running - to prevent burnout, knowledge loss, and unexpected departures.

Why This Matters

Tigers are high-performing by nature, which means they often don't show stress until they're already burned out. By the time someone's struggling, you've usually lost months of opportunity to help. And when a tiger leaves suddenly, they take irreplaceable knowledge with them.

As a PM or team lead, you need early warning signals:

• Who's working unsustainable hours?
• Who's carrying disproportionate on-call burden?
• Who's not taking time off?
• Who's in too many meetings to do actual work?
• What patterns suggest someone is approaching burnout?