Most managers and leaders would agree that the modern workplace is stressful. Some want to help their employees learn how to manage the stress. But what happens when those managers are burned out themselves? In my research and work with organizations, I’ve found that there is a great deal of denial in the management and … Continue reading Why Managers Are Role Models for Burnout
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Attention all HR practitioners! Post-pandemic, you are now in the ideal position to create “the new normal” without burnout! Exciting? Yes. Challenging? Definitely. An easy fix? Not so fast… Creating an environment that is NOT conducive to burning out employees requires a fundamental, transformational change in the way that your organization operates. The question is: … Continue reading Attention HR Practitioners: How to Spot and Prevent the Spread of Burnout
Burnout doesn’t happen overnight. Burnout is usually not the result of a single stressful event. And the employee who is burning can be stubbornly and unconsciously oblivious to their downward spiral into burnout. So, what can a manager do to prevent burnout in their employees (and themselves)? While it’s not easy to identify, there ARE … Continue reading 3 Steps to Immediately Help a Burned Out Employee
https://youtu.be/8-ellROlH2A Visions and missions are NOT the same - yet too often they're used interchangeably. But this common mistake can derail your operations and reduce the likelihood of achieving your strategic goals. If your vision is too long, employees will be confused on what really needs to be accomplished. A lengthy vision statement also tends … Continue reading The 1-Word Vision to Focus Your Organization
“Cybersecurity stress is an industrywide epidemic among security professions. Burnout is a hard conversation, but it’s necessary for CISOs to face workplace stress before it compromises productivity, talent retention or individual well-being” (Henry, 2020). Long work hours. Constantly changing priorities. Insufficient resources. High turnover. These are just some of the factors that a recent survey … Continue reading Leadership (Not Workload) Linked to Cybersecurity Burnout
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