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Sidekick has introduced a free 21-day challenge to help property managers manage stress, set boundaries and improve wellbeing, supporting them to thrive in the high-pressure real estate industry.
Sidekick’s Beat the Burnout 21-Day Challenge kicks off next Monday (9 June 2025) and runs until 29 June, offering property managers a free, industry-supported program to learn practical strategies for managing stress and preventing burnout, in collaboration with proptech company Tapi.
Sidekick Coaching & Consulting founder, Hermione Gardiner, said the roots of burnout in the property management sector are deep-seated and can only be overcome through educating and empowering professionals on the issue.
“Burnout isn’t about not coping. It’s about carrying too much, for too long, without enough support,” Gardiner said.
“This challenge is about giving property professionals what traditional training never does, real tools to protect their energy, manage conflict, set boundaries and work in a way that actually feels good again,” she explained.
To help drive this change, the challenge provides participants with 21 days of burnout prevention training and two-minute daily mindfulness actions, informed by the experiences of Australian property managers.
Participants will also have the opportunity to attend various leadership sessions hosted by business owners and team leaders, who will pass on their insights around work/life balance, stress management and energy optimisation.
Sidekick said that the challenge aims to equip property managers for long-term wellness through a series of pre- and post-burnout check-ins to track improvements made over the month of June.
The initiative has occurred at a crisis point for the property management sector, with a previous survey of 773 Australian property managers by MRI Software revealing that 53 per cent of respondents struggle with mental health and switching off after work.
As a result of these challenges, MRI Software’s research showed that more and more property managers have become unsure of whether they will stay in the real estate sector, with just over one in five of those surveyed intending to leave the industry.
Gardiner said that the property management sector is long overdue to shift away from the traditional “pressure models” that are inflicting hardship on professionals.
“The conversation has to shift away from burnout being ‘part of the job’ and towards giving PMs the tools to lead, work and live in a more sustainable way,” Gardiner concluded.
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