Cure Your Burnout by Kristina Schmitt Between employee shortages, hybrid workplaces, and high- demand workplaces, it’s no wonder burnout has become a chronic complaint in the workforce. Signs of burnout can include:
Galvanizing : getting everyone excited and moving on with the work. Enablement : being the first to volunteer to help. Tenacity : making sure all tasks and details are complete. When work flows through these six steps in order, then it flows smoothly and great results are achieved, but when a step is missed, then ideas fall flat, no one buys in, and details are missed. We all have 2 Geniuses, work that brings us joy and energy; 2 Competencies, work that we can do but isn’t energizing; and 2 Frustrations, work that quickly frustrates us or that we avoid. Too much work in Competencies and Frustrations will lead to burnout, but work in your Geniuses can reenergize you and cure it! Understanding the Working Geniuses of your work AND your home teams can lead to greater fulfillment and better results. For more information on Working Genius, email kristina@ kristinaschmitt.ca
• Dragging yourself to work • Feeling exhausted or tired • Getting sick more often • Finding it hard to focus at work • Feelings of self-doubt and helplessness
When we feel this way, it affects our work performance and our ability to interact in our home life. If you’re a leader, the impact can be even greater in that you could be spreading these feelings. Not only that, when a leader is feeling burned out, they typically have been running from meeting to meeting, working late or on weekends, losing their cool, and displaying other, less than ideal behaviours. Team members will see this as success, copy these behaviours, and continue the burnout cycle. While some burnout is caused by too much work and can be a result of a tough season, chronic burnout is usually caused by doing the WRONG TYPE of work. The cure is as simple as understanding your geniuses! The 6 Types of Working Genius is a productivity tool that helps you determine what type of work brings you joy and what type of work brings you frustration. All work, whether it’s designing and launching a new product or planning a family vacation, has six steps. Wonder : asking a question like, ‘Why did we put this here?’ Invention : creating something from nothing. Discernment : using your gut instinct to determine if it will work or not.
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