Managing Employee Burnout

MANAGING EMPLOYEE BURNOUT: How to Develop A Happy, Healthy and Engaged Workforce

by Shauna Moran

Burnout is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon in the modern workplace, with some 77% of workers experiencing burnout as of 2021. This translates into real costs for individuals, organizations, and societies, including: healthcare costs, stress-related deaths, employee turnover, reduced productivity, and lower levels of happiness and satisfaction. This book offers practical, evidence-based strategies to address burnout in the modern workplace, with recommendations at individual, organization, and leadership levels

In this summary, you’ll learn:

• What is burnout, why it matters, how it relates to the Stress Cycle, and builds up gradually in 5 stages.

• Specific strategies to deal with burnout as an individual including: (i) Know the signs of burnout, strategies for recovery, (ii) build self-awareness & emotional intelligence, and (iii) improve your remote work practices.

• Specific strategies to address burnout as an organization including: (i) Address 5 key reasons for burnout, (ii) develop a healthy work culture, and (iii) optimize remote team processes.

• Specific strategies to manage burnout as a leader including: (i) Build trust and psychological safety, (ii) offer emotional support for team members, (iii) serve as coaches and role models for the team.

Who should read this:
• Remote workers and employees who are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or disengaged at work.
• Manager, leaders, and HR professionals who wish to improve employee productivity, wellbeing, engagement, and retention.