Employee burnout has been a contributing factor in the Great Resignation and its crucial for employers to understand how to prevent employee burnout. Let’s examine some of the causes of employee burnout and what we can do to prevent it.
How Engagement Staves Off Employee Burnout
Everybody knows that you have to work hard if you want to be successful, but even challenging work has its limits. You can push yourself too far — or take too few breaks — and end up with a bad case of burnout; then, all your challenging work may actually wind up counterproductive.
I talk to a lot of business owners who are eager to do what they can to achieve some balance in their lives, and to prevent burnout as best they can. It seems to me that the first step toward preventing burnout is understanding what really causes it. So, let’s take a quick look at some of the science behind burning out.
The Real Cause of Employee Burnout
All of us have unconscious needs — physical, mental, and emotional ones — and we also have demands within our professional lives. Burnout comes when there is a mismatch…
