The Burnout Battle: Why Leaders Must Lead the Charge

Five proactive measures to prevent and combat burnout within teams

Burnout won’t go away on its own or work itself out. Leaders and organizations must be intentional and strategic to prevent it.

Burnout is affecting every industry, company, and role. There are no exceptions.

Leaders often find themselves in the trenches, navigating through the chaos and driving their teams toward success. However, amidst the pursuit of goals and objectives, burnout remains a lurking enemy that can undermine all efforts.

In the burnout battle, we often find a great divide. Leaders believe that their employees aren’t experiencing burnout, or that their people have everything they need to beat it. Yet, employees struggle with the day-to-day issues and believe they don’t have the strategies, tools, or support to help them.

We call this the burnout gap—the distance between what leaders think and how employees feel.

Much of the burnout battle begins with educating leaders not only on the importance of burnout but also the urgency of it, because burnout won’t go away on its own or work itself out. You must be intentional and strategic as a leader and organization to prevent it.

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After seeing a counselor who…

After seeing a counselor who diagnosed me with high burnout, I went to my boss letting her know I was burnt out and that I needed some help with my workload. Her response was a very snippy "I don't know what you are doing, so I don't know how you are burnt out"

To put things in perspective - I had at least double the assignments as most people in the group... and she had agreed previously that I needed some help in the form of a junior level worker... but that never happened - and it was just dangled in front of me like a carrot - which just fed into the decline of my mental health.

I have a different job at a different company now... and I couldn't be in a better place! I vow to never be like that manager.

Misleading comment

Imagine how much their performance would increase if they received recognition weekly. <<< Or 'may' or 'might' ... this statement is not fact based and now the entire writing is suspect. 500 mg of vitamin C a day s healthy ...imagine how much healthier you would be with 5000mg a day (or would that amount cause harm. Would more frequent recognition be beneficial or would the employees say 'so much talk with no rewards' or similar. If you are writing an article for a Quality magazine, make it fact based.