Burnout
Burnout and warning signs
Cate Huston burnout - search
https://cate.blog/2015/11/13/book-the-truth-about-burnout/amp
6 causes
- Overwork
- lack of control
- lack of reward
- absence of fairness
- lack of community
- conflict in values
Relate to psychological safety.
Anxiety - Overestimating the problem and underestimating our ability to solve it
Organisational issues that can be worked on.
Is there training on how to help with burnout?
Employee assistance program
Take the shame away from EAP
Remove the stigma - prominent people using EAP and talking about it
What can you do to help?
Take the person to lunch
Ask - "It seems that you are burnt out. Would you like to talk about it?"
Think about power differential when asking this question
Becoming me shaped again - blog
https:/beero.ps//2017/07/17/on-becoming-me-shaped-again
Guardian
Askers vs. guessers (Learning to say no)
https://slackhq.com/ask-vs-guess-culture-in-the-office-db59cd7f04ee
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/08/change-life-asker-guesser
Ask people about Hobbies (ask yourself too)
What do you do in your spare time?
Remote working - positive
Remote Working - negative
Can't separate work from home life.
Martyrs on film - Monitorama PDX 2017 - Alice Goldfuss
(Thanks to Paul Salmon for the notes!)