Burnout Management
Cultivate a life of progress, not pressure: Master the art of burnout prevention and empowered living.
Promote Peak Performance and Banish Burnout
In today’s fast-paced work environment, understanding and nurturing the “3 Spheres of Employee Care” is critical to reducing burnout and bolstering employee productivity.
While larger companies often take two spheres into account—Employee Wellness and Employee Engagement—they often neglect the third and, in my opinion, most crucial sphere–what I call “Holistic Well-Being.”
Recent Articles
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The Missing Ingredient in Burnout Prevention
By Shawn Thomas, Certified Empowered Productivity Coach Burnout isn’t only caused by overwork. It happens when you spend less and less time in what I call the Ready State, the condition of being mentally present, emotionally steady, and clear enough to do your best work. The fix is regular resets, intentional activities matched to whatever’sRead More
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How to Get the Benefits of Vacation: Leave Work Email Behind
If you’re planning time off, here’s a scandalous suggestion: stop checking your email. The whole time. No exceptions. I know what you’re thinking—”I can’t possibly do that!” or “What if something urgent comes up?” or “My team needs me!” If you’re a leader and you work during your “time off,” you may inadvertently discourage yourRead More
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Boost Your Resilience by Tracking HRV
I have to admit, I have a very close relationship with my fitness tracker, and the metric I tend to watch the most closely is my HRV, which stands for Heart Rate Variability. This metric tells me how adaptable my body is to stressors including: Over time, I’ve learned to improve my HRV by practicingRead More
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Promote Peak Performance and Banish Burnout
This post was updated on November 11, 2024 In today’s fast-paced work environment, understanding and nurturing the “3 Spheres of Employee Care” is critical to reducing burnout and bolstering employee productivity. While larger companies often take two spheres into account—Employee Wellness and Employee Engagement—they often neglect the third and, in my opinion, most crucial sphere–whatRead More
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Hostile Vacation Culture? Take These 7 Steps
If you own a company, you may think of paid time off as a perk you offer your employees. The more accurate perspective, however, is to think of it as an investment you make in your business that pays dividends. That said, if you don’t encourage your employees to fully disconnect while on vacation, youRead More
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Want To Improve Productivity? Take A Nap
This post was updated on January 2, 2024. One key for how to improve productivity is more simple than you think. And it doesn’t involve fancy gadgets, complex timekeeping, or an in-depth analysis. In fact, science proves your mother was right when she told you to get enough sleep, eat right, and go outside toRead More
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Unleashing the Power of Vacation
When it comes to vacation time, downtime is critical to overall productivity. Maybe your company has an unlimited vacation policy, so there’s nothing stopping you from leaving work behind, right? Well, maybe not. For many Americans, the idea of taking a vacation from work is extremely stressful. Many believe that returning to a pile ofRead More
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Leaders Beware: Exhausted Workers Can Hurt Your Bottom Line
If you have a leadership role in your organization, you likely want to know this fact: Exhausted workers are costing you big time. In this post, we’ll look at the primary sources of exhaustion among knowledge workers. Then we’ll examine how you can solve this extremely expensive problem. For a more in-depth discussion of howRead More
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11 PROVEN Ways Companies Can Improve Work-Life Balance
No one can “give” someone else better work-life balance—individuals must take it for themselves. But leaders can help their employees achieve better work-life balance. I’ve helped many companies to dedicate resources to improving the work-life balance of their employees, with great success. Companies can create better work-life balance for employees by teaching attention management skills.Read More
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The Burnout Recovery Plan to Regain Balance
This post was updated on January 21, 2022 With “the Great Resignation” in full swing, getting and keeping good talent is on a lot of my clients’ minds. It’s led me to assemble my experience on this topic into a “burnout recovery plan.” Leaders can benefit from a burnout recovery plan not only for theirRead More
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Being Productive in Challenging Times
In many ways, this is a scary time. Being a speaker and trainer, thankfully some of my work has gone virtual. But much of it has been canceled or “postponed until further notice.” I know you’re facing your own challenges, and so I thought I’d share some ways I’m coping, and some ways I mightRead More
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10 Strategies for Managing Stress in the Workplace
This post was updated on February 27, 2020. For reliable productivity, quarter after quarter, year after year, it’s important to have strategies for managing stress in the workplace. Stress is an unavoidable part of our lives. Sometimes it’s just everyday stressors that accumulate, and sometimes it’s those everyday stressors piled on top of major lifeRead More
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Why Weekend Work Emails Are Bad for Your Family
Do you typically read and respond to work emails on the weekend? You probably already realize that these after-hours communications add to your own stress. But you may not be aware just how much those emails affect the rest of your family, too. A 2018 study out of Virginia Tech University shed light on thisRead More
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The Importance of Work Life Balance in the Digital Age
In our digital age, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of work life balance. Today two-thirds of American workers report feeling burned out at work. Having a strategy to combat this is critical to our mental health and emotional well-being. It’s also key to maximizing our productivity. Why is work-life balance harder to manage today?Read More
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Checking Email on Vacation Just Isn’t Productive
If you know my work, you know I’m no fan of checking email on vacation. A recent email exchange I had with a friend reminded me why this is such a damaging habit. Me: When can you get this done? Friend: I’m on vacation, but maybe tomorrow. Friend, on a new topic: See below. I amRead More
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Try This Secret Weapon for Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance used to be a lot more straightforward: When you were at work, you worked. And when you weren’t at the office, you were engaged in the rest of life. Technology, of course, has complicated everything. Today, our work can find us even when we’re far from the office, and steal our attention away fromRead More
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