I recently went searching for a definition of burnout and looked for solutions.

Here is what I found:

· Dr. Christina Maslach has researched burnout for four decades. (There are other researchers focusing on burnout, but her name came up frequently.)

· Burnout is essentially (a) emotional and mental exhaustion, (b) feeling negative or cynical about work, and (c) believing your work doesn’t matter or your efforts aren’t enough.

· She created the Maslach Burnout Inventory to assess these three dimensions.

· And the solution that many of us are looking for isn’t within ourselves.

· Per Maslach, “Fixing burnout is truly possible only when employers eliminate the conditions that produce it in the first place and pare down workloads, support and listen to employees, and give people control over their work and time.”

READ THAT AGAIN.

So, this is an employer problem and not solely something employees can fix on their own.

As you consider your compensation or total rewards philosophy, go beyond the basics of competitive and equitable pay and benefits.

Company culture can be a reward or punishment.

Company culture is built within one on one and group interactions. Reward the behaviors you want.

Focus on fixing the things that cause burnout. You’ll find attracting and keeping great talent easier if you focus on this along with getting compensation and benefits right.

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Source: Time, I Tried to Cure My Burnout. Here’s What Happened by Jamie Ducharme