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

https://37signals.com/remote


Remote Working - negative

Can't separate work from home life.


Martyrs on film - Monitorama PDX 2017 - Alice Goldfuss

https://vimeo.com/221050366

(Thanks to Paul Salmon for the notes!)