Burnout: Coaching Burnout When Low Morale/Motivation on their Team
Suggestions to Start
1. When people are feeling this way, we want to be very empathetic and sensitive because the results are why people are feeling burnt out can be very personal. Ask for permission and then introduce the concept and definition of resilience, which is overcoming times of adversity and challenge through positivity and initiative. 2. After sharing the definition, ask the person(s) you’re coaching their feelings on the definition and what they’re willing to do to embrace the definition? 3. Then ask them what are they currently doing for fun. This will seem off the beaten path, yet this changes the way people are feeling in that moment and gives them perspective of what they need to do. Fun is a great apparatus to change the physiology of how somebody is feeling.
More Aggressive Suggestions
1. An aggressive activity is to find a book on overcoming burnout or something specific to resilience. You’ll want to be extremely thoughtful and considerate when approaching this activity with the person(s) you’re coaching. Ask them to read the book and identify two things from each chapter they are going to put into action. 2. Find videos (typically 3 to 5 minutes on YouTube, etc.) that talk about motivation and resilience and overcoming difficult times. Some great ones use music and powerful motivational speakers that can get people feeling different. The critical thing is to ask them to share how they felt initially right after watching the video.
Suggested Resources
1. 6 Signs You’re Burnt Out, Not Lazy video with Psych2Go 2. The Burnout Fix book by Jacinta Jimenez
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