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A Practical Guide to Managing Burnout - For Yourself and Your Team with Lindsey Coit


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Burnout is all too prevalent in the workplace these days, so what are you doing to manage it for yourself and your team?


Take a listen to a special Mental Health Awareness Month episode as I talk to Lindsey Coit about the L-I-T Process:

1 - LISTEN: Why do you think there’s a burnout issue? What is the canary in the coal mine?

2 - IDENTIFY: Identify the root cause(s).

3 - TEST: Choose 2-3 solutions to experiment with


If you may be experiencing burnout or trying to prevent/manage burnout for your team, this could be the most important 40 minutes of your week!



Resources:

The Burnout Breakthrough:

https://www.capitalhconsultants.com/the-burnout-breakthrough



7 root causes of burnout*

Workload (most common, typically perceived as being the only cause)

Choice & control: Autonomy over how/when of work

Community: Positive team dynamics, camaraderie, low toxicity

Recognition: Social, monetary, intrinsic rewards

Fairness: Perception of fairness: workload, pay, transparency

Values: Alignment of values between individuals and organization

Personal Resilience: The ability to manage stress, emotionally regulate in difficult situations

*Adapted from Christina Maslach's Burnout Inventory: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4911781/


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