breaking burnout: understanding & preventing employee burnout
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Breaking Burnout
Anu Mannathikuzhiyil, PHR HR Generalist
What will be covered
• Risk factors that lead to burnout • Ways burnout will impact the company • How to idenBfy burnout in employees • How to miBgate the circumstances that can lead to burnout
Burnout
• ExhausBon, lack of enthusiasm and moBvaBon, feelings of ineffecBveness, and also may have the dimension of frustraBon or cynicism, and as a result reduced efficacy within the workplace
Jobs with high rates of burnout
• Physician • Nurse • Social Worker • Teacher • Police Officer
CEO Burnout
• What happens when burnout strikes the boss?
• 96% of senior leadership report feeling burned out
• Lloyds Banking Group
Causes of Burnout
• Unclear/impossible requirements
• High-‐stress Bme, no “down” Bme
• Big consequences for failure
Stress vs. Burnout
Stress • Characterized by over-‐engagement
• EmoBons are overacBve • Produces urgency and hyperacBvity
• Loss of energy • Leads to anxiety disorders • Primary damage is physical
Burnout • Characterized by disengagement
• EmoBons are blunted • Produces helplessness and hopelessness
• Loss of moBvaBon, ideals, and hope
• Leads to detachment and depression
• Primary damage is emoBonal
The Signs
• Withdrawal behaviors develop • Interpersonal fricBon results • Performance declines • Family life suffers • Health-‐related problems
Phases of Burnout
1. Compulsion to prove oneself 2. Working harder 3. NeglecBng their needs 4. Displacement of conflicts 5. Revision of values 6. Denial of emerging problems
Phases of Burnout (cont.)
7. Withdrawal 8. Obvious behavioral
changes 9. DepersonalizaBon 10. Inner empBness 11. Depression 12. Burnout syndrome
Consequences for the company
• Absenteeism • Lower producBvity • Decreased job saBsfacBon • Reduced commitment/engagement
• Personal conflict with colleagues
• DisrupBon of coworkers’ job tasks
Turnover caused by burnout
• 1 million employees • 60% • $602 • $156,520,000,000
“The Amazon Way”
• Recent arBcles have detailed impossible working condiBons for both warehouse and white-‐collar workers across the globe
• “The joke in the office was that when it came to work/life balance, work came first, life came second, and trying to find the balance came last”
• Amazon has the second highest turnover rate among all Fortune 500 companies
Burnout in America
• No formal recogniBon by any government body
• Work hours • Paid leave
¿Cómo se dice “Burnout”?
• Germany-‐ Ursala von der Leyen
• France-‐ France Telecom • The UK-‐ HSE • Japan-‐ Karoshi • China-‐ Guolasi • South Korea-‐ 6 day workweek
PrevenBon techniques
• Assign realisBc tasks • Follow passion • Provide employees with proper tools and resources
• Encourage socializing • Treats • Acknowledge, Reward, and Promote
Burnout PrevenBon
• Start the day relaxed • Adopt healthy life habits • Set boundaries • Disconnect • Foster creaBvity • Manage stress
CombaBng Burnout
• Problem-‐focused coping • EmoBonal-‐focused coping
• RelaBonship-‐focused coping
• Lifestyle coping
What you can do
• AcBvely address problems • Clarify job descripBons • Assign new job duBes • Suggest Bme off
Summary
• Regardless of who you are, where you are from, and what type of job you do, you can face burnout.
• Burnout has detrimental effects on the both the individual and the company.
• Take the Bme to reassess if you see burnout so that you can stop it in its tracks or alleviate the onset.
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