In many ways, you when it says that job stressors have not been successfully managed, it could be managed by the individuals. There are a lot of ways in which things could be altered or changed and ideas can be proposed. For example, one thing everybody hated was a distinguished service award that got you an extra little bonus check. "It built hope, optimism. Hey, we could actually think of ways of making our working life better"
Leading burnout expert Dr. Christina Maslach shares the fundamental causes of burnout and what individuals and organizations can do to fix them.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why burnout isn’t just an individual problem
2) The 6 key areas of job mismatch that cause burnout
3) What to do when you’re burnt out
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— ABOUT CHRISTINA —
Dr. Christina Maslach is Professor of Psychology, Emerita, at the University of California, Berkeley, and the co-creator of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the most widely used instrument for measuring job burnout, and has written numerous articles and books, including The Truth About Burnout. In 2020 she received the Scientific Reviewing award from the National Academy of Sciences for her writing on burnout.
In 2021, she was named by Business Insider as one of the top 100 people transforming business. She also consults on the identification of sources of burnout and potential interventions.
• Book: The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs
• Website: Christina Maslach, UC Berkeley
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene
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