HBR Guide to Beating Burnout

Harvard Business Review

• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781633697126
  9781647820022
• eBook ISBN:
  9781647820015
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Personal Success

Burnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes now.

The always-on workplace and increasing social pressures are leading to an unprecedented rate of burnout. Unmanaged, chronic work stress doesn't just lead to lower productivity and negative emotions--it can have dire personal and professional consequences. Are you and your team at risk?

The HBR Guide to Beating Burnout provides practical tips and advice to help you and your team navigate the perils of workplace burnout and rediscover healthy engagement at work. You'll learn how to:

• Recognize the risk factors
• Unravel the difference between being stressed and being burnt out
• Recognize the symptoms in yourself and others
• Understand how passion can lead to burnout
• Make the changes you need to make, now
• Return to productivity after burnout leads to apathy
• Help prevent burnout on your team

Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

Index

absenteeism, 49, 139, 140, 190

accountability, for burnout, 2

adaptability, 117

African Americans, 8–9

agency, lack of, 99

agile principles, 206

“always on” culture, 53, 67, 169, 199, 205

ambition, 55

Anderson, Deirdre, 174

Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS), 24, 218

Ashforth, Blake, 37

at-risk groups, 8–9

autonomy

for employees, 144, 159, 207

lack of, 25, 98, 99

value of, 103–104

bad leadership, 190–194

behaviors, 53

beliefs, 53

Bennis, Warren, 128

Benson, Herbert, 21

Bersin, Josh, 145

Beveridge, 'Alim, 46

biases, 45

Black burnout, 8–9

Bloom, Nicholas, 9

Bohns, Vanessa K., 35–40

boredom, 97–98, 100–101, 103, 115–116

bosses

See also leaders; leadership

as cause of stress, 190

conflicts with, 42

discussing limits with, 87–88

focus on “why” as, 161

personal conversations with employees by, 200–201

removing toxic, 192

setting example as, 160

unpredictable, 193–194

work-life balance for, 166

boundaries

physical, 37

setting, 25, 59, 87–88, 142

social, 37

temporal, 37–38

when working from home, 36, 37–38

Boyatzis, Richard, 46, 113–135

Boyes, Alice, 29–34

brainstorming sessions, 141

breaks

encouraging, 160, 175

mental, 31–32

during workday, 82, 87, 141–142

breathing exerci...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• What You’ll Learn
• Contents
• Introduction: Rethinking Burnout
• Section One: Protecting Yourself from Burnout
• Section Two: Bouncing Back from Burnout
• Section Three: Preventing Burnout on Your Team
• Section Four: How Organizations Can Combat Burnout
• Index