BURNOUT: What Leaders must know and what they can do to support employees
Our team recently came across an article by Dr. Bill Howatt and Louise Bradley about burnout. Burnout is a frequent topic of conversation with our clients – what is it, and how do we create a culture that prevents (or supports) its occurrence?
The article reads:
Most leaders have heard of the term burnout, but not all understand its legitimacy. Unfortunately, burnout is often dismissed as regular workplace stress, or worse yet, a personal weakness of the employee. In fact, in May 2019 it was added to the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon.
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Burnout does not occur overnight. The decline in confidence, energy and efficiency is gradual, meaning that employers have an opportunity to intervene before the employee reaches the burnout stage.
