Our World Feels Heavy. Lead with Strengths.

Gallup’s newly-released State of the World’s Emotional Health 2025 report paints a scary picture: the world is more stressed, worried and sad than it was a decade ago. Nearly four in ten people report experiencing significant worry or stress every day. These emotions are shaping our health, resilience and capacity to lead and it seems they have set in deep.

Despite this emotional turbulence, Gallup finds something powerful that many of us intuitively know: positive emotions like laughter, enjoyment and respect remain remarkably steady. Even in uncertainty, people continue to seek meaning, connection and hope.

So What?

The report highlights that peace, health and emotional wellbeing rise and fall together. In workplaces, that translates to this simple truth: emotionally fit and healthy teams are more engaged, more resilient and better equipped to navigate change.

For leaders, this is both a challenge and an opportunity. The world needs leadership grounded in self-awareness, empathy and purpose — the very skills our StrengthsTrail Program helps you cultivate and hone.

Strengths Leadership in a Fragmenting World

At StrengthsTrail, we believe that shaping a more peaceful, emotionally healthy world starts with you. When you understand and use your natural strengths, you build confidence, clarity and energy. When you help others do the same, you create cultures of trust, belonging and shared purpose. This is the antidote to the fragmentation Gallup outlines.

So it turns out, developing your strengths isn’t just about career progression. It’s about personal satisfaction, emotional stability and contributing to better work and life outcomes for everyone around you.

As Jon Clifton, Gallup’s CEO, reminds us:

“What all great leaders have in common is that they did not strive to be someone who they are not. What they were all striving to be is the greatest version of themselves.”

We See You

If the world feels heavy right now, you’re not alone and we feel it too. But... the data tells us that people who know and use their strengths report higher wellbeing, deeper engagement and greater peace of mind.

There has never been a better time to invest in developing yourself, your skills and your strengths or those of the team you lead - for satisfaction, for peace and for better work outcomes.

Learn more about the StrengthsTrail Leadership Development Program — designed to help you lead yourself, lead your people and lead change with confidence and purpose.