Burnout is a major contributor to the loss of skilled and experienced employees in human service organisations. Noticing the signs early and asking how your staff really feel is key in protecting against burnout rather than a reactive approach when someone needs to take long-term sick leave.
This short session will help you understand burnout and its root causes while highlighting the vital roles of communication, meaning and boundaries.
It also provides the opportunity to explore organisation-specific issues and offers practical strategies for staff and managers to create a work environment that helps prevent burnout at work.
Understanding burnout helps the way we approach and shape the conversations we have about it.
Encouraging open, honest conversations in the workplace and addressing the issue directly, rather than avoiding it, is crucial. It starts with leadership, creating environments where employees feel comfortable asking for help.
“It’s important to have open and honest conversations. We can’t fix burnout by talking loosely about mental health. Burnout is burnout. What’s required is specific to what support that person needs” Dr Rachel Sumner
How do burnout employees really affect your organisation? What we need in order to maintain our mental health and enable us to thrive both at work. Exploring the importance of communication, meaning and boundaries, and opportunities for support and celebration.
We’ll discuss the organisational factors that contribute to burnout, and how the lack of mattering, solidarity and meaning can affect our roles.
Build and support teams where people thrive instead of burning out: we will discuss ideas for making this happen. We’ll take time to reflect on our own situations, acknowledge their limitations, and consider possibilities for development. We’ll think about techniques for avoiding burnout ourselves, and where staff remain engaged.
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