295 — How do we prevent burnout
Episode description
Why is chronic stress, or burnout, on the rise? Who suffers the most? Is it an individual or an organisational problem?
In this week's episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, author Jennifer Moss speaks to Gemma and Ross about the problem of burnout.
- What burnout is
- What causes such chronic stress
- What does and doesn't help ease the problem?
You can find out more about Jennifer's work, and her book The Burnout Epidemic, at jennifer-moss.com
In 'What I Learnt This Week', Ross told us about Shakespeare's missing skull https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-shakespeare-idUSKCN0WQ192
Gemma talked about Dan Gilbert's End of History illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-of-history_illusion
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Connect with our speakers
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- Ross Garner - @RossGarnerMT
- Gemma - @gemmatowersey
- Jennifer Moss - @jenleighmoss