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Jennifer Moss gets to the heart of why so many are dissatisfied at work—and what we can do about it. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The driving force behind our unhappiness at work 2) 20-minute practices that rebuild hope and morale 3) Why remote work isn't the culprit for loneliness—and what is Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1047 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JENNIFER — Jennifer Moss specializes in future-focused leadership development, expertly balancing employee well-being with performance. As an award-winning writer and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, she specializes in transforming workplace culture using data-driven leadership strategies. She writes for Harvard Business Review, sat on the United Nations' Global Happiness Council, was named to the Thinkers50 radar, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, CNN, Marketplace, TIME, Fortune, Fast Company, and more. Her book The Burnout Epidemic tackled employee burnout and was among Thinkers50's "10 Best New Management Books for 2022."• Book: Unlocking Happiness at Work: How a Data-driven Happiness Strategy Fuels Purpose, Passion and Performance • Book: Why Are We Here?: Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants • HBR Article: "Let's End Toxic Productivity" • Website: Jennifer-Moss.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: World Happiness Report • Researcher: Dr. William Fleming • Book: A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara • Book: Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier by Robert Emmons • Previous episode: 201: How to be Happier at Work with Jennifer Moss • Previous episode: 586: Insights on Working from Home's Largest-Ever Experiment with Nicholas Bloom — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Earth Breeze. See all that BambooHR can do at bamboohr.com/freedemo• Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/AwesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to episode #976 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Jennifer Moss has been a guiding voice in the evolving conversation around workplace culture, burnout, and what it truly means to find purpose in our work. Her latest book, Why Are We Here? – Creating A Work Culture Everyone Wants, takes a deep dive into how work has changed - sometimes for the better, often for the worse - and what leaders can do to fix it. Jennifer is also the author of The Burnout Epidemic and Unlocking Happiness At Work. In this conversation, Jennifer and I explore the shifting motivations of employees post-pandemic, the growing tension around remote and hybrid work, and why so many people are feeling disengaged in their careers. She shares insights from her extensive research, highlighting the erosion of trust between employers and employees, the disconnect between ideal career expectations and workplace reality, and the impact of AI on job security. We also discuss why organizations need to rethink productivity metrics, prioritize autonomy, and create spaces for in-person connection, even in remote work environments. Jennifer doesn't just diagnose the problems - she offers real solutions, drawing on examples of companies that are getting it right. As the workplace continues to evolve, her research and advice couldn't be more timely. If you're wondering how to build (or rebuild) a work culture that people actually want to be a part of, this is for you. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 1:05:21. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Listen and subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Listen and subscribe over at Spotify. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on X. Here is my conversation with Jennifer Moss. Why Are We Here? – Creating A Work Culture Everyone Wants. The Burnout Epidemic. Unlocking Happiness At Work. Follow Jennifer on LinkedIn. Follow Jennifer on X. Follow Jennifer on Instagram. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Chapters: (00:00) - Exploring Purpose: Why Are We Here? (02:52) - The Intersection of Work and Life. (05:56) - The Changing Landscape of Work. (09:06) - Generational Perspectives on Work. (12:04) - The Role of Technology in Work Dynamics. (15:08) - The Multiverse of Work: A New Paradigm. (17:58) - Trust and Expectations in the Workplace. (21:02) - The Evolution of Work Culture. (23:51) - Productivity and the Future of Work. (32:31) - Empowering Autonomy in the Workforce. (33:34) - The Importance of In-Person Connection. (35:02) - Rethinking Meetings and Communication. (36:55) - Navigating the Multiverse of Work. (39:40) - The Shifting Power Dynamics in the Labor Market. (43:24) - The Challenge of Meaningful Work. (46:21) - The Disconnect Between Ideal and Reality in Careers. (49:55) - Addressing Chronic Stress in the Workforce. (51:40) - The Impact of Disengagement on Business. (54:54) - Finding Light in the Current Work Landscape.

Welcome to Beyond the Algorithm, where we are breaking up with social media burnout and taking back our time. If you've ever found yourself posting just to stay “relevant” or obsessing over why your engagement dropped for no reason (seriously, Instagram, what is your deal?)—this episode is for you. Because let's be real—social media exhaustion is REAL. And nobody wants to admit it, but everyone is feeling it.So today, we're talking about:Why we're all secretly over itThe science behind why social media is literally designed to keep you stuckRed flags you're in toxic social media hustle modeAnd how to actually market your business without playing the algorithm gameCONNECT WITH HOLLY:

Quit rates are up, burnout is rampant, and your boss wants you in the office five days a week. But Jennifer Moss says work doesn't have to be this way. In today's episode, Jessi Hempel and Jen unpack how we can create a better work culture. Jen is an award-winning journalist, speaker, and workplace culture strategist. She is the author of six books on work and work culture. Her previous book, The Burnout Epidemic, came out in 2022 and her latest title Why Are We Here?: Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants was released earlier this January. Jen and Jessi discuss: The three qualities at the foundation of a better work culture: hope, purpose, and community How to deal with burnout How to increase cognitive hope by celebrating small wins DEI initiatives and how to foster a sense of belonging at work The future of remote work Return-to-office mandates and employee flexibility and autonomy Start every week with Hello Monday, delivered straight to your inbox! Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter and never miss an episode. 

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we share the highlights from the opening chapter of this year's Compass roadshow. And further down, the Unmade Index's green streak comes to an end.If you've been thinking about upgrading to an Unmade membership, this is the perfect time. Your membership includes:* A complimentary ticket to all of Unmade's events, including HumAIn (2025), REmade (2025), Unlock (2025), and Compass (November);* Member-only content and our paywalled archives;* Your own copy of Media Unmade. Brand fame, burnout and doing more with lessUnmade's six-state Compass roadshow kicked off in Hobart last week.Today we share highlights from that first session. The discussion, recorded in front of a live audience, featured Ally Bradley, GM of Southern Cross Austereo in Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and the NT; creative Chas Bayfield; Lindene Cleary, CMO of Tourism Tasmania, Abe Udy, founder of audio production house Abe's Audio; and Simon Crerar, editor-in-chief of SmartCompany.The evening kicked off with a warning from Bayfield that timidity from brands in their advertising is a far bigger risk than controversy because unremarkable advertising will not be seen. “The big challenge is invisibility,” Bayfield warned.Other topics in the debate, moderated by Unmade's Tim Burrowes, included the journey of Tourism Tasmania's ‘Come Down for Air' positioning, the business challenges being faced by SmartCompany and other publishers, the effects of burnout on over-stretched teams, and the threats and opportunities offered by AIFor those curious about the reference to Blackcurrant Tango, this was Bayfield's famous 1998 ad, ‘St George':The Compass roadshow continues next week. We're in Perth on Monday, Adelaide on Tuesday and the tour concludes in Melbourne on Wednesday. Tickets are on sale via this link.Unmade Index slips back into the redThe Unmade Index's four-day winning streak came to an end yesterday with falls almost across the board for media stocks.Among the larger businesses, Southern Cross Austereo has the worst of it, losing 2.8%. Audio rival ARN Media dropped 2.1%The Unmade Index lost 0.69% to land on 429.8 points.Time to leave you to your Thursday.Today's podcast was edited by Abe's Audio.We'll be back with more tomorrow.Have a great day.Toodlepip…Tim BurrowesPublisher - Unmadetim@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

Jennifer Moss is an expert on burnout and happiness. She is a Harvard Business Review contributor and a nationally syndicated radio columnist. She also previously served on the UN's Global Happiness Council and the author two books, Unlocking Happiness At Work and The Burnout Epidemic. In this classic episode, Jennifer joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about the burnout epidemic, how to manage burnout, and what leaders can do about burnout on their teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today, on New Legacy Radio, we are honored to be joined by Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa E. Lewiss, authors of the recently released book, MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact. Dr. Landry and Dr. Lewiss bring a fresh approach to navigating career and workplace stress and share their experiences as emergency medicine physicians. MicroSkills offers a clear, guiding framework of how to take small, intentional steps toward the expertise or career you want to develop, and how to increase self-care to reduce overwhelm and prevent burnout, in the process. Workplace burnout continues to have an increasing and pervasively adverse impact on people around the globe. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared burnout to be an occupational phenomenon and further defined it as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress. Workplace burnout rates vary by occupation and role and can be exacerbated by diverse life circumstances and organizational culture. One concerning example of the depth and prevalence of chronic occupational stress in the medical field. According to Medscape's 2024 physician burnout and depression report, almost half of physicians reported experiencing burnout in 2024. The highest rate of burnout was in emergency medicine (63%). The report was based on a Mercer survey taken by 9,200 physicians of different ages across 29-plus specialties. According to the survey data, specialties with the highest rates of burnout after emergency medicine include OB-GYN (53%), oncology (53%), pediatrics (51%) and family medicine (51%). What does this mean for the culture and business of work, individual practitioners, and employees going forward? How can we best navigate this today? Tune in live to learn how to immediately and effectively use MicroSkills for personal and professional self-care!

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Harvard Medical School Dr. Aditi Nerurkar says “COVID accelerated everything,” and now 7 in 10 Americans are facing burnout and stress. While many of us expected the post-pandemic period to be a big party, Dr. Nerurkar explains why many of us are still struggling. And why some of us feel even worse than we did before. In the first installment of Say More's four-part series BEATING BURNOUT, Dr. Nerurkar shares her own journey of becoming a doctor of stress, which started with treating herself. Stress is serious, she says, but not a permanent state. Her new book is called “The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience.” Email us at Saymore@globe.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, on New Legacy Radio, we are honored to be joined by Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa E. Lewiss, authors of the recently released book, MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact. Dr. Landry and Dr. Lewiss bring a fresh approach to navigating career and workplace stress and share their experiences as emergency medicine physicians. MicroSkills offers a clear, guiding framework of how to take small, intentional steps toward the expertise or career you want to develop, and how to increase self-care to reduce overwhelm and prevent burnout, in the process. Workplace burnout continues to have an increasing and pervasively adverse impact on people around the globe. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared burnout to be an occupational phenomenon and further defined it as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress. Workplace burnout rates vary by occupation and role and can be exacerbated by diverse life circumstances and organizational culture. One concerning example of the depth and prevalence of chronic occupational stress in the medical field. According to Medscape's 2024 physician burnout and depression report, almost half of physicians reported experiencing burnout in 2024. The highest rate of burnout was in emergency medicine (63%). The report was based on a Mercer survey taken by 9,200 physicians of different ages across 29-plus specialties. According to the survey data, specialties with the highest rates of burnout after emergency medicine include OB-GYN (53%), oncology (53%), pediatrics (51%) and family medicine (51%). What does this mean for the culture and business of work, individual practitioners, and employees going forward? How can we best navigate this today? Tune in live to learn how to immediately and effectively use MicroSkills for personal and professional self-care!

Today, on New Legacy Radio, we are honored to be joined by Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa E. Lewiss, authors of the recently released book, MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact. Dr. Landry and Dr. Lewiss bring a fresh approach to navigating career and workplace stress and share their experiences as emergency medicine physicians. MicroSkills offers a clear, guiding framework of how to take small, intentional steps toward the expertise or career you want to develop, and how to increase self-care to reduce overwhelm and prevent burnout, in the process. Workplace burnout continues to have an increasing and pervasively adverse impact on people around the globe. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared burnout to be an occupational phenomenon and further defined it as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress. Workplace burnout rates vary by occupation and role and can be exacerbated by diverse life circumstances and organizational culture. One concerning example of the depth and prevalence of chronic occupational stress in the medical field. According to Medscape's 2024 physician burnout and depression report, almost half of physicians reported experiencing burnout in 2024. The highest rate of burnout was in emergency medicine (63%). The report was based on a Mercer survey taken by 9,200 physicians of different ages across 29-plus specialties. According to the survey data, specialties with the highest rates of burnout after emergency medicine include OB-GYN (53%), oncology (53%), pediatrics (51%) and family medicine (51%). What does this mean for the culture and business of work, individual practitioners, and employees going forward? How can we best navigate this today? Tune in live to learn how to immediately and effectively use MicroSkills for personal and professional self-care!

Would you recognise the signs of burnout in yourself or others? With a staggering 93% of women reporting high or extreme stress levels last year, understanding burnout has never been more crucial. Do you know what drives burnout? In this episode, I share my burnout story - pulling back the curtains on my experience and the lessons I've learnt. This episode offers more than insight—it provides tools for managing stress and advocating for your wellbeing. Listen in to learn how to spot early signs of burnout, understand its root causes, and take proactive steps towards a healthier and more fulfilled life. You can listen to the episode here or via itunes or spotify. Or you can find it on most other podcast platforms and apps. Could you do me a huge favour and share this episode with two or three working mums that pop into your head as you listen? My mission is to support as many working mums on their journey as possible, and so I'd be so grateful if you supported them by offering this free podcast. I hope it's been helpful to you, and if so, I hope you pass that on. Please consider rating and reviewing my show. Your review can help other people find my podcast so you'll be helping another working mum find this resource. Plus I also love to go in and read them. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you! Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to get subscribed as I don't want you to miss out. I'm adding some exciting bonus episodes and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

This week on Who We Are Now with Richard and Izzy Hammond unpack burnout. Is it real? Are you just stressed? Dr Tharaka is on the case as Richard and Izzy learn that busyness is NOT a badge of honour, doing a 5-9 before your 9-5 might not be getting you the most of out life, and why you shouldn't use instagram as a barometer for your own personal and professional life. Listen on Global Player to hear the next episode a whole day earlier than anywhere else. Download it from the app store or go to globalplayer.com. And remember, Richard and Dr Jim will see you this Friday for Who We Are Now's bonus episode! Have a question for the team? Email whowearenow@global.com.

"We want to be driven, but it's about recognizing when you've hit harmonious passion versus obsessive passion. And when it's harmonious, you're still doing things that make you feel joyful. You're still spending time with friends. You're still eating healthy, hanging out with your family. You're balanced. When it's obsessive, you stop doing all of those extra things... you've lost sight of what really matters." Burnout is something that can happen to anyone, of any age from any background. To help us understand this recently-acknowledged and increasingly widespread issue, we reached out to journalist, syndicated radio columnist, and award-winning author of The Burnout Epidemic, Jennifer Moss. Jennifer has dedicated a large part of her career to researching, writing about and educating people on Burnout and here we break down what it looks like, who's most at risk, and most importantly how to avoid its potentially devastating effects.  Presented by c89.5 in partnership with Seattle Children's, Coping 101 is an ongoing series led by students in Nathan Hale High School's Podcast Club. We're on a mission to destigmatize mental health from a teen's perspective, with additional support from 4Culture, The Washington State Department of Health, Hansmire Builders and Compass Health - NW Washington's Behavioral Healthcare leader. No matter our age or background we all face challenges, and there are healthy ways to cope. Get started with more episodes, and find community-centric resources online at c895.org/coping101 more about Jennifer Moss: www.jennifer-moss.com more about Burnout:   http://blogs.wgbh.org/innovation-hub/2021/7/23/how-beat-burnout/ https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-why-burnout-is-an-epidemic-and-what-to-do-about-it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbD4IqKt7gc https://front.com/blog/video/episode-6-jennifer-moss https://www.forbes.com/sites/annesugar/2022/12/15/what-to-do-about-burnout-jennifer-moss-shares-insights-from-her-book-the-burnout-epidemic/?sh=1f60348d1020

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On this episode, We start a 4 part series on Alan Briggs new book  'Anti-Burnout: A Lighter Way to Live and Lead in a Heavy World'. This episode addresses the burnout epidemic that is prevalent in today's society, particularly among leaders. It also explores the causes and effects of burnout and offers practical strategies for avoiding burnout. Alan also discusses the importance of prioritizing health and well-being in order to lead with greater impact.    Takeaways Burnout is a widespread issue that affects leaders in various industries and sectors. Prioritizing health and well-being is essential for preventing and recovering from burnout. Cultural factors, such as the emphasis on work and busyness, contribute to the burnout epidemic. Living in an age of high change and fear adds to the challenges of avoiding burnout. Becoming a healthy and whole leader enables greater impact and long-term sustainability. Quotables "We're in the midst of a burnout epidemic." "We cannot give what we do not have." "We must fight for a lighter way to live and lead." Order your copy of AntiBurnout today: http://bit.ly/3VXiVz9  

The episode features, Dr. Hiba Khaled, Physician, Leadership Coach & Wellbeing Consultant - she is passionate about helping clients in demanding careers recover from burnout while empowering them to build the capacity to thrive in their work and lives (Ep. 154) https://www.emberscc.com Music by J. Blalock Hapi Hood The Podcast - Meaningful content to help you grow a Lifestyle for Faith, Well-being, and Leadership Hapi Hood Brands LLC, a purpose-driven lifestyle brand that creates holistic products, including podcasts, clothing, and community events geared towards helping others develop self-worth Follow us on IG: @hapi_hood Please consider supporting us by making a donation through our website @www.hapihood.com Cashapp: $hapihood Downloads my free Ebook - 7 Steps to Finish What You Start https://7stepstofwysebook.hapihood.com

In this episode, my guest is Dr. Cal Newport, Ph.D., a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and bestselling author of numerous books on focus and productivity and how to access the deepest possible layers of your cognitive abilities in order to do quality work and lead a more balanced life. We discuss how to avoid digital distraction, specific systems to best arrange and update your schedule, and how to curate your work and home environment. We discuss how to engage with smartphones and technology, the significant productivity cost of task-switching, and how to avoid and overcome burnout. This episode provides specific protocols for enhancing focus and productivity, time management, task prioritization, and improving work-life balance that ought to be useful for anyone, young or old, regardless of profession. For show notes, including referenced articles and additional resources, please visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Helix Sleep: https://helixsleep.com/huberman Maui Nui Venison: https://mauinuivenison.com/huberman Joovv: https://joovv.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Dr. Cal Newport (00:02:52) Sponsors: Helix Sleep, Maui Nui & Joovv (00:07:00) Smartphones, Office & Walking (00:13:08) Productive Meditation, Whiteboards (00:20:04) Tool: Capturing Ideas, Notebooks (00:24:57) Tool: Active Recall & Remembering Information (00:30:02) Sponsor: AG1 (00:31:29) Studying, Deliberate Practice (00:38:13) Flow States vs. Deep Work (00:41:39) Social Media, Emergencies (00:45:27) Phone & Addiction; Task Switching (00:53:20) Sponsor: LMNT (00:54:23) “Neuro-Semantic Coherence” vs. Flow; Concentration (01:02:40) Internet Use & Kids; Video Games; Audiobooks (01:08:15) Pseudo-Productivity, Burnout (01:12:34) Social Media Distraction; The Deep Life (01:18:03) Attention, ADHD, Smartphones & Addiction; Kids (01:26:12) TikTok, Algorithm (01:30:39) Tool: Boredom Tolerance, Gap Effects & “Thoreau Walks” (01:37:43) Solitude Deprivation, Anxiety (01:41:22) Tools: Fixed Work Schedule & Productivity, Exercise, Sleep (01:47:52) Deep Work, Insomnia; Productivity & Core Work; Music (01:55:08) Cognitive Focus & Environment; Isolation (02:02:30) Burnout Epidemic, Digital Collaboration (02:11:11) Cognitive Revolution, Balance (02:16:45) Remote, Hybrid vs. In-Person Work; Zoom (02:22:05) Tool: Pull-Based System, Designing Workload (02:28:49) Tools: Multi-Scale Planning, Time Blocking; Deep Work Groups (02:38:56) Tool: Shutdown Ritual (02:42:37) Accessibility, Reputation & Flexibility (02:47:29) Work-Life Balance, Vacation; Productivity (02:54:47) Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, YouTube Feedback, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer

Cara Houser is a career strategist, empowerment coach, and the author of the #1 Bestseller, Burned Out to Lit Up. In this conversation, we talk about whether ambition is a nature or nurture behavior, the genesis and psychology of the Burnout Epidemic in America, and the truth about a balanced life. This conversation was recorded on November 20th, 2023.  -- ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sam's Email⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Value Economics (Book) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Value Economics Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sam's Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sam's X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sam's Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sam's LinkedIn -- Cara's Book | Cara's Website | Cara's LinkedIn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sam-lacrosse/support

BEST OF 2023 EPISODES:Today's guest is Jennifer Moss, a workplace speaker and strategist.Jen's also an award-winning author, journalist, national radio columnist, and the author of The Burnout Epidemic and Unlocking Happiness at Work.She first appeared on the show in March 2021 and returns to discuss:Why burnout is far from curedWhy businesses need to embrace changeHow to build a sustainable performance cultureThe changing role of community in work and lifeUsing data to inform leadership and create great businessesLINKS:Jen's LinkedIn pageJen's websiteThe Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix ItYou can get in touch or find out more about me using one of the links below:Book me to speak with your team.Ollie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US). Here's what Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret, Drive and When, has said about it:"Creating new opportunities requires fresh thinking. With the Work/Life Flywheel model, Ollie Henderson gives you the system you need to make bold changes in your career and the motivation to share your ideas with the world.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tackling workplace burnout requires more than surface-level perks like snack boxes or ping-pong tables. As Gen Z becomes a predominant workforce, the companies that invest in employee well-being will be the ones to attract, retain, and evolve with this upcoming generation. Author and international speaker Jennifer Moss recognizes that understanding the employee perspective is multifaceted. She is on a mission to dispel the myths surrounding burnout, happiness, and productivity at work to foster thriving workplaces for both companies and employees. Jennifer Moss is an award-winning writer and international speaker on future-focused leadership development. Her past clients include Google, Deloitte, and KraftHeinz, among others. Her work has been featured on BBC, Business Insider, CNBC, Fortune, Forbes, CNN, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal. In this episode, Dart and Jennifer discuss:- The continuum from happiness to burnout- Burnout as institutional stress- The greatest misconceptions about burnout- Why productivity without happiness is detrimental- Future workforce shifts and their potential economic effects- The disconnect between engagement and well-being at work- Decoding the 6 root causes of burnout- How the idea of happiness has changed throughout history- Developing a muscle of gratitude to face crises- And other topics…Jennifer Moss is an award-winning writer and international speaker specializing in future-focused leadership development. Her past clients include Google, Deloitte, J.P. Morgan, Citi, Shopify, KraftHeinz, and Oracle, among many other Fortune 500 companies. Jennifer's latest book, The Burnout Epidemic, tackles employee burnout and was named one of the 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50. Her work has been featured on BBC, Business Insider, CNBC, Vox, Fortune, and Forbes. Jennifer is also a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, CNN, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal.Resources mentioned:The Burnout Epidemic, by Jennifer Moss: https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Epidemic-Rise-Chronic-Stress/dp/B09G8GHXSV Unlocking Happiness at Work, by Jennifer Moss: https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Happiness-Work-Data-driven-Performance/dp/0749478071 Connect with Jennifer:www.jennifer-moss.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenleighmoss/ 

Join John Wheeler on "The Great Friends Podcast" as he sits down with Janelle Cordtz, the esteemed Director of Operations at Alpha Aesthetics Partners. With a rich history in medical spa operations, including over a decade at Skin Spirit, Janelle shares invaluable insights into the nuances of managing a successful med spa. This episode is a goldmine for professionals in the industry, covering crucial topics like the art of crafting effective patient surveys, developing a Net Promoter Score system, and innovatively gamifying KPIs to engage staff. Janelle also delves into the essential aspects of fostering a positive culture, tackling staff burnout, and effective leadership. Her expertise is not just theoretical but backed by years of practical experience, making this conversation a must-listen for anyone looking to enhance their operational skills in the medical spa sector. Tune in for an episode packed with actionable advice and deep industry knowledge. LEARN MORE AND JOIN THE ALPHA COMMUNITY: https://www.partnerwithalpha.com/ FOLLOW ALPHA AESTHETICS PARTNERS:  https://www.instagram.com/partnerwithalpha/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/alpha-aesthetics-partners/ FOLLOW JOHN WHEELER:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/wheelerjohn https://www.instagram.com/johnwheeler.alpha FOLLOW JANELLE CORDTZ: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelle-cordtz-10123490      

Friday, Saturday, Sunday... Uh oh. Does the idea of going to work on Monday morning strike fear into your heart? Sometimes work gets so exhausting that even a long weekend doesn't feel long enough. When you have too much to do, you can't wrap your head around the tasks at hand, you're dreading having to meet with co-workers. And the sound of an incoming makes you want to… cry? We all know what's going on here… You're burnt out. But burnout can be avoidable. Or if not avoidable, managed better. In this episode of Work Therapy with Dr. Steven Stein, we chat with Dr. Michael P. Leiter, an organizational psychologist interested in people's relationships with their work. Dr. Leiter has published widely on job burnout, work engagement, and workplace civility. He helps us get to the bottom of what really causes burnout (spoiler: it's not just having too much on your plate) and how to avoid it. Have feedback about this episode or want to learn more about hardiness and resilience? Get in touch with MHS

The Harvard Business Review discovered six key reasons behind the growing level of manager burnout. The fifth reason they discovered was a lack of fairness.  When I was in banking, I worked extremely hard one year to land millions of dollars of new accounts. At my performance review my boss informed me that he ... The post Burnout Epidemic: Part VI appeared first on Unconventional Business Network.

In her book “The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It,” Jennifer Moss implores organizations to design burnout strategies that move beyond apps, wellness programs and perks. Instead, she makes the case for a systematic and preventative approach to building an anti-burnout strategy. To do so, organizations must first understand the key drivers of burnout, why conventional approaches fall short and how leaders can build cultures that prioritize workforce resilience and health. Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, author and international public speaker. She is a nationally syndicated radio columnist and writes for Harvard Business Review. Her first book, “Unlocking Happiness at Work,” received the distinguished UK Business Book of the Year Award. Jennifer has been named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and was a recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama. *This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2022 interview.

Dr. Molly Maloof is passionate about extending healthspan through her medical practice, personal brand, entrepreneurial and educational endeavors. She provides personalized medicine to world class entrepreneurs, investors, and executives. Dr. Maloof is on the frontier of digital health technologies, biofeedback assisted lifestyle interventions, and science-backed wellness products and services. Burnout Epidemic: How to Overcome Stress and Boost Your Energy - A Podcast for People Who Want to Heal from Trauma, Post-Covid Fatigue, and More Learn more: https://drmolly.co/   https://www.instagram.com/drmolly.co/   Connect more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiechonacas/ https://www.chonacas.com/podcast/ https://www.instagram.com/shesallovertheplacepodcast/   I hope you enjoyed the episode, please share with one person! Please leave a 5 star & review on Apple Podcasts as it really supports me as an Independent Podcaster :) Thank you! 

Today's guest is Jennifer Moss, a workplace speaker and strategist. Jen's also an award-winning author, journalist, national radio columnist, and the author of The Burnout Epidemic and Unlocking Happiness at Work.She first appeared on the show in March 2021 and returns to discuss:Why burnout is far from curedWhy businesses need to embrace changeHow to build a sustainable performance cultureThe changing role of community in work and lifeUsing data to inform leadership and create great businessesLINKS:Jen's LinkedIn pageJen's websiteThe Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix ItYou can get in touch or find out more about me using one of the links below:Book me to speak with your team.Ollie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US). Here's what Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret, Drive and When, has said about it:"Creating new opportunities requires fresh thinking. With the Work/Life Flywheel model, Ollie Henderson gives you the system you need to make bold changes in your career and the motivation to share your ideas with the world.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harvard Business Review discovered six key reasons behind the growing level of manager burnout. The final reason behind burnout is mismatched values and skills.  A friend of mine took a job once for a company that he had heard was unethical. But, due to the fact he had been unemployed for over a year he ... The post Burnout Epidemic: Part VII appeared first on Unconventional Business Network.

In this series, we're talking about the rising incidence of manager burnout. The Harvard Business Review identified six reasons behind our growing level of burnout.  The second reason listed was a perceived lack of control. In the Harvard Business Review, Elizabeth Saunders wrote, “Feeling like you lack autonomy, access to resources, and a say in ... The post Burnout Epidemic: Part III appeared first on Unconventional Business Network.

In this series, we're talking about the rising incidence of manager burnout. The Harvard Business Review discovered six key reasons behind this growing level of burnout.  The first cited reason is having an unsustainable workload. The pandemic negatively impacted staffing levels, increasing work for those remaining in their jobs.   This lack of staff has increased ... The post Burnout Epidemic: Part II appeared first on Unconventional Business Network.

Recently, Microsoft performed a study and discovered that 53% of managers express burn out. Navigating the pandemic, inflation, and current culture wars, have taken its toll on our business communities.  A Harvard Business Review article dove into the reasons behind this level of burnout. Author, Christina Maslach, identified six core reasons.   This list includes: having ... The post Burnout Epidemic: Part I appeared first on Unconventional Business Network.

In today's episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan speaks with Whitney Johnson. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She also co-founded Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen,  is the host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast, and is the author of the book Smart Growth: How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company. Whitney Johnson talked about the S-curve of personal, leadership, and organizational growth. Whitney also discussed creating a corporate culture that encourages continuous learning and development and leaders pursuing new S-curves of growth. Highlights:-      Why disruption is about more than products and services-      The three phases of the S-curve of growth-      Whitney Johnson on the neuroscience behind the S-curve-      How leaders can encourage growth in their organizations-      How to use S-curve as a recruiting and retention tool-      Whitney Johnson on the CEO mindset needed for growth-      How to deal with underperforming team members-      The importance of shadow values and how to use them in guiding your growth Mentioned:-      Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor, author, and co-founded Disruptive Innovation Fund-      Everette Rogers, originated the diffusion of innovations theory-      Juan Carlos Mendez-Garcia, co-author of Throw Your Life A Curve-      Patrick Pichette, former CFO of Google-      Sumeet Shetty, Development Manager at SAP-      Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen-      Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson-      Dare, Deam, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare To Dream by Whitney Johnson-      Build an A-Team by Whitney Johnson-      The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer Moss-      How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen Connect with Whitney Johnson:Smart Growth Book WebsiteDisrupt Yourself PodcastWhitney Johnson WebsiteWhitney Johnson TwitterWhitney Johnson InstagramWhitney Johnson LinkedIn Connect with Mahan Tavakoli: Mahan Tavakoli Website Mahan Tavakoli on LinkedIn Partnering Leadership Website

Welcome back to another episode of The Agency Accelerator. Today we're diving into a topic that is all too familiar for many marketing agency owners - the burnout epidemic. As agency owners, we often find ourselves overwhelmed, exhausted, and struggling to manage our well-being amidst the demands of running a business. So in this episode, we're going to explore strategies to take charge of our well-being and prevent burnout. So grab your favourite beverage, sit back, and let's get started on this journey towards a healthier and more sustainable agency life! Time Stamp [00:00] Introduction to episode topic: The Burnout Epidemic: Taking Charge of Your Well-Being  [01:12] Strategy 1: Create and maintain a clear vision for your agency [02:45] Strategy 2: Set clear expectations with clients from the beginning [04:17] Strategy 3: Focus on one task at a time to increase productivity [05:38] Strategy 4: Plan your day and overestimating time for tasks [07:03] Strategy 5: Delegate tasks to free up time and prevent burnout [09:02] Strategy 6: Implement morning and evening rituals for structure [10:27] Strategy 7: Establish a supportive network to avoid burnout [12:01] Bonus Strategy: Maintain a healthy work-life balance Quotations “When you're going through stressful or busy times, make sure you hang on to your WHY to help you get through the times of craziness” - Rob Da Costa Setting Boundaries with Clients: "It's much easier to get your boundaries with clients right from the beginning than it is to put them in place retrospectively. After all, if a client is used to you responding as soon as they send an email, then, of course, they expect you to respond immediately every time they send an email!" — Rob Da Costa Rate, Review, & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts “I enjoy listening to The Agency Accelerator Podcast. I always learn something from every episode.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more people like you to move towards a Self-Running Agency. How to leave a review on Apple Podcasts Scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then, let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven't done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I'm adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed and, if you're not subscribed, there's a good chance you'll miss out. Subscribe now! Useful links mentioned in this episode: Free Agency Accelerator LIVE WorkshopsWinning Back Time - free guide

Join Dr Nancy on her first solo podcast as she explores the often overlooked physiological causes of burnout. Burnout is more than just feeling exhausted and overwhelmed—it can have significant impacts on our bodies. Chronic stress and prolonged exposure to demanding work environments can disrupt our stress response system, leading to exhaustion, adrenal fatigue, and imbalances in stress hormones. Additionally, burnout can disrupt our sleep patterns, weaken our immune system, and contribute to inflammation and chronic health conditions. In this episode, we dive into the intricate relationship between our physical and mental well-being, shedding light on the physiological aspects of burnout. Tune in as we discuss how these factors intertwine with psychological and environmental influences, and explore strategies for mitigating burnout's impact on our bodies and overall health. Don't miss this enlightening conversation on understanding burnout from a holistic perspective.   Get the Disrupt the System App Join the Disrupt the System Facebook Group  Save your spot for The Root Cause webinar Follow Dr Nancy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnancycrowell Join Dr Nancy's Fullscript Dispensary for 15% off high-quality professional supplements from some of your favorite brands on every order.  https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/drnancycrowell/signup    

The patient experience depends on nurses, which is why recent reports of nursing shortages and burnout are so troubling for US healthcare. Michelle Abeyta, RN, founder of RNNovations stops by the show to discuss what health systems and hospital leadership can do to better engage nurse and combat this epidemic.

In this series, I'm resharing 12 of my favourite episodes since I launched the Future Work/Life podcast.In today's episode, you'll hear my conversation with Jennifer Moss from March 2021.Find out more HERE.-------------------------You can get in touch or find out more about me using on of the links below:BOOK A KEYNOTE OR ASK-ME-ANYTHING SESSIONLinkedIn | Future Work/Life Newsletter | Future Work/Life WebsiteMy bestselling book, Work/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US). Here's what Daniel Pink has said about it:"Creating new opportunities requires fresh thinking. With the Work/Life Flywheel model, Ollie Henderson gives you the system you need to make bold changes in your career and the motivation to share your ideas with the world.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on our Live Coaching Episode, Pilar Torcal, a designer and illustrator with an incredible fast-paced career shares the truth about her relationship to burnout and how her mindset has contributed.  In this episode, we unpack Amina's four part framework on burnout looking at biology, visible labor, invisible labor, and tolerations. Don't miss out on this opportunity to transform your wellbeing and take your business to the next level. In this episode, you will be able to: Utilize powerful burnout prevention techniques focusing on self awareness, limiting overwork through invisible labor and releasing tolerations. Understand how visible and invisible labor, tolerations and biology can lead to burnout. Develop the essential skill to honor your true nature and hold boundaries around your work. Transform your scarcity mentality and shift your confirmation bias around opportunities.    My special guest is Pilar Torcal Meet Pilar Torcal, a talented designer and illustrator hailing from Barcelona. Growing up in the 80s, she dreamt of being a gymnast and an archaeologist. Pilar's career flourished in New York, where she worked with small studios and major digital design agencies. Eventually, she returned to her hometown to embark on her independent journey. Today, her impressive client roster includes big names like Wired US, WWF, Puerto de Indias, Microsoft, Fast & Co., and TEDx. Pilar's insights on managing burnout are invaluable for entrepreneurs, as she's learned to navigate this challenge and maintain her creative passion.   Connect with Pilar Torcal  Website: https://pilartorcal.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilartorcal/   The key moments in this episode are: 00:02:20 - The Burnout Epidemic 00:03:08 - Pilar's Burnout Journey 00:06:27 - Biology and Burnout 00:10:57 - Tolerations and Values 00:13:33 - The Three Causes of Overwhelm 00:15:04 - Overcoming Underearning 00:16:45 - Flipping the Confirmation Bias 00:19:01 - Making Miracles Happen 00:27:00 - Limiting Beliefs Around Hard Work 00:28:36 - Prices as Portals 00:29:47 - Healing in Community 00:31:01 - Follow Pilar's Work   Connect with Amina AlTai Website: aminaaltai.com Instagram: @aminaaltai TikTok: @theaminaaltai Linkedin:   linkedin/in/aminaaltai  

Jennifer Moss, author of The Burnout Epidemic, says self-care alone is not a solution to employee fatigue; Moss will speak at ASTHO's TechXpo and Futures Forum later this month, where online tickets remain available; Maggie Davis, ASTHO's Director of State Health Policy, outlines public health policy wins so far this year; follow legislative actions across the states and territories with ASTHO's legislative alert emails; and a new ASTHO blog article recommends podcasts on public health.   Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum ASTHO Unveils Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues to Watch in 2023 Legislative Alerts Seven Public Health Podcasts to Check Out      

Experiences of burnout in the field of behaviour analysis are being reported more and more and with that many resources on how to alleviate these symptoms in terms of self-care, work/life balance, and avoiding toxic work environments. These tools and strategies are essential and needed but do not do much to address the root causes of burnout. In Episode 81, Ben chats with Cammie Morgan dig deep into these root causes and offer suggestions on where we can go from here.    Continuing Education Units (CEUs): https://cbiconsultants.com/shop BACB: 1.5 Learning IBAO: 1.5 Learning  QABA: 1.5 General  Effective immediately we will be offering IBAO CEUs for all of the Behaviour Speak Podcast episodes for half price!   Contact: Cammie Williams https://www.instagram.com/cammiepartonspears Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lovesexaba   Links: Shíshálh Nation website  https://shishalh.com Autumn Blackdeer https://www.autumnasherblackdeer.com Natalie Williams Awodeha  https://www.instagram.com/leftofcenter.thinktank Black School Psychologist Network https://www.instagram.com/theblacksps https://www.bspninc.com The Exposure Project https://www.bspninc.com/exposure   Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced: Grant Bruno https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-37-the-realities-of-autism-in-first-nations-communities-in-canada-with-grant-bruno-phd-candidate Anita Li  https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-42-a-deep-dive-into-the-inequities-professorship-and-authorship-in-behaviour-analysis-with-dr-anita-li-phd-bcba-d Celeste Malone https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-75-cultivating-black-excellence-and-intelligence-in-school-psychology-with-dr-celeste-malone Grant Bruno Documentary Link https://aidecanada.ca/community/events/details/universityofcalgary04202023?fbclid=IwAR0QgJk_DdDeP9_Rh5DPjs0dtfo0B-PWyFTYsiaKElcZ3C5nXBrmsD9nvpY  

When Amina's own career came to a grinding halt due to burnout and autoimmune diseases, she had to reimagine what ambition, purpose, and career meant to her—and soon, to those around her. Through her innovative approach to tackling burnout, Amina has discovered that true success lies in embracing the natural cycles of life. In this episode, you will be able to:  1. Discover the key factors behind burnout and how to successfully manage them.  2. Learn the art of balancing visible and invisible labor to enhance overall well-being.  3. Uncover the significance of emotional labor in workplace fatigue and its potential impact.  4. Grasp the fundamentals of the Healthy Mind Platter framework, a tool for nurturing mental health.  5. Implement powerful grounding exercises for sustaining a well-balanced nervous system. Join host Amina AlTai in a captivating conversation around burnout and how to address the challenges faced by Millennials and Gen Z professionals.  The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:05 - Linear Trajectories vs. Cycles 00:01:13 - Burnout Epidemic 00:05:01 - Burnout Phenomenon 00:06:10 - Visible and Invisible Labor 00:08:58 - Framework on Burnout 00:11:55 - The Problem With Excessive Emotional Labor 00:12:25 - The Healthy Mind Platter 00:17:41 - The Importance of a Healthy Nervous System 00:19:03 - Taking Agency Over Burnout Quotes "Even taking one to 2 hours a week to sit and do nothing, not even meditate, will actually make space in our brains for greater creativity and for us to really live into our highest contribution."   “52% of the US. Workforce is burned out, compared to 43% pre pandemic. And I would actually say that the numbers are probably higher than that because I have a front row seat to this with my coaching, both my one on one practice as well as inside of corporate.” “I think a lot of what we're socialized to believe is that our careers are linear trajectories upward, that we're always moving skyward that couldn't be further from the truth and that couldn't be more disconnected from our humanity.”   Connect with Amina AlTai Website: aminaaltai.com Instagram: @aminaaltai TikTok: @theaminaaltai Linkedin:   linkedin/in/aminaaltai   Resources My worksheet on mitigating burnout leveraging my framework Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation  

In this episode, I talk to ​​Cait Donovan, a Keynote speaker, one of New York City's leading burnout experts, host of “Fried – The Burnout Podcast,” author of the book "The Bouncebackability Factor," and an acupuncturist with a master's degree in Chinese medicine. Her creative burnout recovery solutions have been featured on podcasts and online magazines such as “Forbes,” “NPR,” and “The New York Post” and in companies such as Lululemon and PepsiCo. We will dive into What is Burnout? Entrepreneurial Burnout? The Burnout Epidemic and the top-down and bottom-up approach to dealing with burnout! https://caitdonovan.comhttps://instagram.com/caitdonovanspeakshttps://linkedin.com/in/caitdonovanspeakshttps://facebook.com/caitdonovanspeaksFRIED. The Burnout Podcast -  https://friedtheburnoutpodcast.com  Get Free GiftThe limitless organization short video coursemike-goldman.com/limitlessThanks for listening! Connect with us at mike-goldman.com/blog and on Instagram@mikegoldmancoach and on YouTube @Mikegoldmancoach

63: Today we have a fire conversation for you with burnout management coach Emily Ballesteros! We did a deep dive on how to actually manage and prevent burnout. She shares some amazing insights and strategies (beyond like, take a bubble bath). Listening to her share tips and advice gave me so many reflections and a-ha moments, and I know they will for you too. In this conversation, we get into: - Why the 40-hour work week is completely outdated and sets us up to fail - The five areas of burnout management - How Emily recommends pacing yourself during your work and setting boundaries - Quiet quitting—what is it, why is it trending, and does Emily encourage it? - How to approach personal care as a pyramid to ensure your non-negotiables are met - The concept of a "third place" (where people go to socialize outside of work and home), how that's disappearing, and the impact that has on our mental health Snap a screenshot of the podcast and tag me @wtfab and Emily @emilybruth sharing your thoughts on this episode, so we can reshare it on our Stories too! Make sure you subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on the latest episodes and interviews. Lastly, please rate and review to support this podcast! Quick links from the episode: Connect with Emily: @emilybruth / Emily's website Sunbasket: Get $90 off your first four Sunbasket deliveries Nuuly: Get $10 off your first Nuuly rental here

After surveying more than 490 principals across the state of Minnesota, Dr. Janet Swiecichowski, APR has some powerful findings to share with us today on employee well-being and burnout in schools.Burnout isn't just about personal self-care. It relates back to organizational problems and work conditions, and Janet shares the 5 areas organizations need to focus on to reduce staff burnout.Are you experiencing one of the three signs of burnout? Find out as Janet explains them in detail.What steps should you take as a school communicator to help with your well-being? You'll learn simple strategies, from setting boundaries with email responses to watching the media you consume.SPECIAL GUESTDr. Janet Swiecichowski, APRVice PresidentCEL Marketing PR DesignEmail: janet@celpr.com Twitter: @jswitchWebsite: http://www.celpr.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celpr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celcreative  Twitter: https://twitter.com/celcreativeUSEFUL INFORMATIONJanet's dissertationRight to Disconnect Procedure from Shawn McKillop, APRHealthy Minds AppInsightful Timer AppMORE RESOURCESFree Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!Sign up for our free e-newsletter - click herewww.SocialSchool4EDU.com

We are in the midst of a burnout epidemic; our lives are moving too fast and it's wrecking our souls. Living like Jesus means that we must move at a different pace than the world, which feels almost impossible these days. In this episode, we unpack how the spiritual practice of slowing will help us live a life of love, fully present in a fast paced world. Topics discussed in this episode:-The burnout epidemic -The Great Resignation-Quiet quitting-What it takes to live fully present-The spiritual practice of Slowing-How to move slowly in a fast-paced world-The true cost of following JesusResources mentioned in this episode:The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer MossThe Daily Rhythm - Slowing

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Cristina Vila Vives, CEO at Cledara, David Boyle, Director at Audience Strategies and Jennifer Moss, author of Burnout Epidemic. DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Mark speaks with Jennifer Moss, an award-winning writer, international speaker, and workplace culture strategist with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Her work has inspired leaders to take a look at how they create, model, and manage work-life balance for themselves and their employees. Her most recent book, The Burnout Epidemic, was named 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50 and shortlisted for the 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature Award.  Key Takeaways:   Saying No for the Bigger Yes: It is essential to learn how to say no to things that are not in alignment with our values and goals. To be honest with ourselves and others by expressing our no from a place of clarity of what our bigger yes is.   Invisible Pressure: When leaders/bosses email employees on off-work hours, it creates invisible pressure. Because so many companies have shifted to remote work, leaders need to be aware of this invisible pressure and model proper work-life balance. Also, recognizing that due to employee gender, race, sexual orientation, and other factors, by not having awareness regarding emails, meetings, and conversations, leaders can sometimes unconsciously create a culture of inequity.   The Difference Between Technical and Adaptive problems: Leaders need to look at the difference between psychoemotional issues, the work culture they create, and mental health as separate from systematic issues. As a leader, you can understand that you are not a mental health professional. However, it is your responsibility to be the conduit for your employees so that they have the resources for mental health. This means putting systems in place for the adaptive problems and recognizing they are separate variables to be addressed.    Are we Mating or Meeting: How the brain registers our interaction with others on zoom or other online meeting platforms is important to recognize. Because we are not seeing the whole person and are able to gauge the eyes, our brain is registering the interaction from an animal instinct of mating or fighting. This is problematic in ways that create defensive and aggressive behaviors that would not happen if you were meeting in person with your people.  

In her book “The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It,” Jennifer Moss implores organizations to design burnout strategies that move beyond apps, wellness programs and perks. Instead, she makes the case for a systematic and preventative approach to building an anti-burnout strategy. To do so, organizations must first understand the key drivers of burnout, why conventional approaches fall short and how leaders can build cultures that prioritize workforce resilience and health. Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, author and international public speaker. She is a nationally syndicated radio columnist and writes for Harvard Business Review. Her first book, “Unlocking Happiness at Work,” received the distinguished UK Business Book of the Year Award. Jennifer has been named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and was a recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama. *This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2022 interview.

Jennifer Moss has worked as a workplace culture strategist and speaker with companies of all sizes. Her book The Burnout Epidemic was recently nominated for the 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature Award and selected as one of Thinkers50's 10 Best New Management Books for 2022. Jennifer is heard all over the country as a Freelance writer and radio columnist. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications. How does Jennifer feel about workplace wellness? What does it mean for leaders to be human beings? Listen here as Jennifer and I talk about burnouts, being happy, engaged, and pleased at work, and creating a better, healthier, and more productive professional and personal life! --------------------- This episode is sponsored by Workplace from Meta. Workplace is a business communication tool from Meta. Think Facebook, but for your company. It's part of Meta's vision for the future of work. A future in which we'll all feel more present, connected and productive. Start your journey into the future of work at workplace.com/future. ------------------ Get ad-free listening, early access to new episodes and bonus episodes with the subscription version of the show The Future of Work Plus. To start it will only be available on Apple Podcasts and it will cost $4.99/month or $49.99/year, which is the equivalent to the cost of a cup of coffee.  ________________ Over the last 15 years, I've had the privilege of speaking and working with some of the world's top leaders. Here are 15 of the best leadership lessons that I learned from the CEOs of organizations like Netflix, Honeywell, Volvo, Best Buy, The Home Depot, and others. I hope they inspire you and give you things you can try in your work and life. Get the PDF here. --------------------- Get the latest insights on the Future of Work, Leadership and employee experience through my daily newsletter at futureofworknewsletter.com  Let's connect on social! Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmorgan8 Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacobmorgan8 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jacobm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FuturistJacob

Tell the truth - how many times does the phrase “I'm so burned out?” show up around you?Burnout is both more than we think it is, and much more insidious. Burnout has been defined by the World Health Organization as a workplace-centered phenomenon, and they calculate that it's killing +750,000 people a year!Jennifer Moss has dedicated a large part of her career to researching, writing about, and educating people on burnout. She is going to get us on the same page so we can understand EXASCTLY what it is, how it's measured, and its real-world impacts. Jennifer is a journalist, former start-up founder, and brilliant thinker on how our workplaces and our society is failing us. Her book, The Burnout Epidemic, is an excellent deep dive into the topic and, like so many of us, she came to this topic through her own experience of burning out.Jennifer Moss' site: https://www.jennifer-moss.com/The Burnout Epidemic: https://www.jennifer-moss.com/booksIf you care about these kinds of conversations, we hope you'll become a TMST Plus member.  Episode link: https://www.tmstpod.com/episodes/65-jennifer-moss-on-the-burnout-epidemicSpotify playlist for this episode: Here's the transcript: https://tell-me-something-true.simplecast.com/episodes/jennifer-moss-on-the-burnout-epidemic/transcriptTell Me Something True is a 100% independent podcast. There are no corporations or advertisers backing this community. We are 100% funded by the TMST community. Become a TMST member today so you can hear the uncut interviews, attend private events with Laura and help keep TMST ad-free.Support TMST and keep it ad-free: https://tmst.supercast.com/

Jennifer Moss is the author of The Burnout Epidemic. Her book focuses on the role organizations play in burnout. Written during the pandemic, Jennifer presents case studies of how vulnerable and flexible leadership allowed companies to better adapt. Leaders have to role model healthy work habits but also if we recognize how much we have learned about resilience during the pandemic we can have the confidence to make workplaces of the future more sustainable. Download your free burnout guide on my website www.DrJacquelineKerr.com.

Jennifer Moss is an expert on burnout and happiness. She is a Harvard Business Review contributor and a nationally syndicated radio columnist. She also previously served on the UN's Global Happiness Council and the author two books, Unlocking Happiness At Work and The Burnout Epidemic. Jennifer joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about the burnout epidemic, how to manage burnout, and what leaders can do about burnout on their teams. Show Notes

Burnout has always been an issue, but with the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, chronic stress has stepped into the forefront of the conversation about mental and physical wellness. In this episode, guest Jennifer Moss, author of The Burnout Epidemic, talks about the importance of recognizing and destigmatizing the chronic stress — worsened by the pandemic — so that we can find peace and productivity in the workplace.   TAKEAWAYS The World Health Organization has identified “burnout” as “institutional stress left unmanaged.” Employees who are experiencing burnout often feel stigmatized, so they don't speak up. During the pandemic, employees were still supposed to hit pre-COVID goals while also working toward stretch goals — this combination was a massive, unidentified chronic stressor. A Microsoft Trends report found that much of the global workforce was resigning due to workload and lack of empathy from their employers. Leaders must look at budget allocations and bifurcate between wellness and burnout prevention.   A QUICK GLIMPSE INTO OUR PODCAST 

Title: Quiet Quitting: are we facing a burnout epidemic? Synopsis: Imagine a workplace culture where doing what your job description says is considered enough? No more going above and beyond, trying to impress the boss. As the world of work has experienced a drastic change since the pandemic, the change in workplace culture has resulted in a mindset that is currently dominating social media: "quiet quitting". Despite the name, "quiet quitting" has nothing to do with quitting your job. It means doing only what your job demands and nothing more. Quitting doing anything extra. You still show up for work, but stay strictly within the boundaries of your job requirements. So no more helping out with additional tasks or checking emails outside work hours. Since the pandemic, an increasing number of young workers have grown tired of not getting the recognition and compensation for putting in extra hours. They're saying no to burnout, and instead focusing on work-life balance. The movement is centred around self-preservation and "acting your wage". In this week's episode Pathway to Peace, the Presenters take a look at "quiet quitting" and discuss whether it is a recent phenomenon; or is it a logical consequence of the behaviour of companies trying to survive in a capitalist free market system? Is the never-ending pursuit of profits a threat to the mental health of workers? Is there a moral dimension to business that Islam prescribes for the benefit of wider society? Presenters: Kalim Anwer, Anil Tahir and Shams Najum

Weber's CEO gets the boot from the board of directors. (0:22) Jason Moser discusses: - Why more company CEOs are on the hot seat - Expectations heading into a big week for Big Tech earnings - Why the idea that "search is forever" should give Alphabet shareholders comfort (12:57) Ricky Mulvey talks with Jennifer Moss, author of "The Burnout Epidemic" about one tech company that's nailing the hybrid transition. Stocks mentioned: WEBR, AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL, AMZN, META, OKTA, HPQ Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Jennifer Moss Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

This week we have an ‘Ask the Expert' conversation between Sarah and Jennifer Moss. Jen is an award winning journalist and author of The Burnout Epidemic. Together Sarah and Jen discuss the causes and consequences of burnout. They also explore what we can do individually and as organisations to go beyond burnout and create an environment where everyone can do their best work. To learn more from Jen you can read her Big Idea article on HBR here: https://hbr.org/2021/02/beyond-burned-out and connect with her on her website: https://www.jennifer-moss.com/Ways to learn (even) more from us: 1. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail2. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 14/07/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus3. Download the PodSheet at https://www.amazingif.com/listen/4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Feeling stressed? Here's how to combat burnout—a condition affecting American moms at epidemic levels.

Jennifer Moss is an award-winning author, public speaker and expert in workplace well-being. Having recently published a book called ‘The Burnout Epidemic', Jennifer and I will explore her top tips into recognising and tackling burnout to improve wellbeing at the employee, team and organisation level. Our conversation will cover interesting data insights the pandemic has triggered on employee burnout. We will also discuss strategies that people leaders can take to keep employees happy and healthy such as: building burnout proof reward and recognition strategies, as well as implementing hiring initiatives that create a culture of burnout prevention. Support from this podcast comes from eQ8. You can learn more by visiting: https://www.eq8.ai/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It seems today that burnout is happening more and more in the culture around us. Is there something unique about 21st century life that is leading to an epidemic of burnout? Ben and Lucius flesh this idea out in the third episode on the topic of Burnout.

Long before the pandemic, Jennifer Moss was researching an epidemic, Burnout. In her new book The Burnout Epidemic, Jennifer explains the six root causes of Burnout, how it can manifest in different personality types, and offers solutions to quell the beast of Burnout.  Relying on database insights, Moss explores the concepts of chronic stress, burnout, and happiness in terms of mental wellness. Moss argues that the onus for psychological fitness intervention falls on the employer to insure the emotional well-being and mental health of their employees. Moss shares management tools to help manage personal balance and professional boundaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Burnout is the result of occupational stress left unmanaged, marked by high levels of exhaustion and depletion, emotional distance from our job, and cynicism. With the macro and micro stressors of the past two years, it's no surprise that burnout is on the rise. Although self-care strategies can be part of burnout treatment, we have to acknowledge where the systems around us are broken. Podcast guest, Jennifer Moss, is author of The Burnout Epidemic, released in 2021. Moss was on the Global Happiness Council—a small group of leading scientists and economists that support the UN's sustainable goals related to global well-being and the Annual Global Happiness Policy Report. She was named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama.  In this episode, we level set on what burnout is, how it progresses and some of its causes. We talk about how some organizational systems are broken and how they contribute to burnout. Then we get into some culture talk, small steps, and the role of job passion in burnout. Jennifer leaves us with many tangible tips to deal with burnout – both organizationally and personally. For links mentioned in today's episode visit https://redesigningwellness.com/

As businesses across North America struggle with the concept of “hybrid” work, employees are experiencing record levels of stress. In this episode Jennifer Moss shares her insights on what makes work meaningful. Strong bonds, individual contributions and empowered teams all contribute to happy employees, but remote work can stand in the way and employees are often trading the commute for real connections at work. Jen brings years of experience as an author, researcher, Harvard Business Review contributor and combines those with personal anecdotes in this very timely episode.

I'd like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional un-ceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. There are many leadership principles for emerging leaders to choose from as they embark on their leadership journey. And while each of the principles has their own unique take on how to lead, there are many overlays.  Such as: Be honest, be fair, be transparent, be kind.Emerging leaders often feel overwhelmed in their new role, trying to balance the team goals, their own personal goals, the team dynamic, etc.  In the midst of this balancing act, there is often team conflict, and most often, the emerging leader will be overly kind, trying to ‘kill' the conflict with kindness.  The thing is, this tactic rarely works, and so, in this episode, you'll hear from Dr. Marcia Sirota, a board-certified psychiatrist, author and professional speaker who will talk about Ruthless Compassion as a Kindness Leader.  We'll hear how emerging leaders can create a space where compassion and kindness are principal team attributes of cohesive and effective team. Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been listed in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts in 2021.Reviews are the best way for us to know what we are doing right, what we are doing wrong, and what we should talk about in the future, so please click on the links below and let us know if this episode was helpful. Connect Here:Trench Leadership Web-site: www.trenchleadership.caLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=trueFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Trench-Leadership-A-Podcast-from-the-Front-10027091202630Instagram: trench_leadershipYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3DKPuh_ipqJqyeR0vv46QTwitter: @TrenchLeadersh1Iglen Studios: https://www.iglen.comConcussion Legacy Foundation web-site: https://www.concussionfoundation.caDispatches Adventure Ride web-site: https://www.dispatchesride.com Relevant Episode Links:1. Dr. Sirota web-site: https://marciasirotamd.com2. TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mentalhealth.drmarciaDr. Marcia Sirota's Recommended Book/Movie List:Books:1.Be Kind, Not Nice, by Marcia Sirota MD2. The Burnout Epidemic, by Jennifer Moss3. The Power of Kindness, by Brian Goldman MD Movies:1. Charlotte's Web2. Babe

This episode is a highlight clip from this week's full episode. To listen to the full episode, see yesterday's episode or use this link: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/49753094/download.mp3Jennifer Moss, an anti-burnout expert, joins the show to share what burnout is defined as, how it presents, and how to protect yourself and your employees from getting stuck in it.This episode resolves that burnout isn't solved by self-care, but by operational changes. How can you edit your daily operations to manage and prevent burnout?CONNECT WITH USDecidedlyPodcast.comInstagram: @decidedlypodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smithSanger's Instagram: @sangersmithSubscribe to our newsletter for weekly decision-making tips: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001aeU_pPBHJPNJWJBdVbaci6bjGIuEJurH12xHBWDEVT_NxyCadMd7wLSZjcEZglkSjDjehuIbTHD8nABOIdV69ctfYpSzg24RCIytetBUrlIPPKgaGzjGZ8DkM0Wp1LMjbErcYUur7PbZGjeVo4gyXlz821AoJGZRJoin us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making – one episode at a time!ABOUT JENNIFER MOSSInstagram: @jennifermossincLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenleighmoss/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferMossInc/Website: jennifer-moss.comThe Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It: https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Epidemic-Rise-Chronic-Stress/dp/1647820367Jennifer Moss is a Harvard Business Review contributor and nationally syndicated radio columnist. She was on the Global Happiness Council—a small group of leading scientists and economists that support the UN's sustainable goals related to global well-being and the Annual Global Happiness Policy Report. Prior to this, Moss worked in Silicon Valley, eventually joining Barack Obama's California social team during his historic presidential campaign.To acknowledge her contributions to business and public service, Moss was named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama. Her new book, The Burnout Epidemic, published by Harvard Business Press, launched September 28, 2021.

Jennifer Moss, an anti-burnout expert, joins the show to share what burnout is defined as, how it presents, and how to protect yourself and your employees from getting stuck in it.This episode resolves that burnout isn't solved by self-care, but by operational changes. How can you edit your daily operations to manage and prevent burnout?Don't have time to listen to the full episode?Check out the highlight episode here (it's only 15-minutes long!): https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/49761137/download.mp3CONNECT WITH USDecidedlyPodcast.comInstagram: @decidedlypodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smithSanger's Instagram: @sangersmithSubscribe to our newsletter for weekly decision-making tips: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001aeU_pPBHJPNJWJBdVbaci6bjGIuEJurH12xHBWDEVT_NxyCadMd7wLSZjcEZglkSjDjehuIbTHD8nABOIdV69ctfYpSzg24RCIytetBUrlIPPKgaGzjGZ8DkM0Wp1LMjbErcYUur7PbZGjeVo4gyXlz821AoJGZRJoin us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making – one episode at a time!ABOUT JENNIFER MOSSInstagram: @jennifermossincLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenleighmoss/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferMossInc/Website: jennifer-moss.comThe Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It: https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Epidemic-Rise-Chronic-Stress/dp/1647820367Jennifer Moss is a Harvard Business Review contributor and nationally syndicated radio columnist. She was on the Global Happiness Council—a small group of leading scientists and economists that support the UN's sustainable goals related to global well-being and the Annual Global Happiness Policy Report. Prior to this, Moss worked in Silicon Valley, eventually joining Barack Obama's California social team during his historic presidential campaign.To acknowledge her contributions to business and public service, Moss was named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama. Her new book, The Burnout Epidemic, published by Harvard Business Press, launched September 28, 2021.

Data shows that Americans are less happy than they've been in 50 years and - no surprise - that has implications for the work we do. Folks building companies are dealing with employees who are burnt out - while often feeling exhausted themselves. So how do you make decisions that really help employees? Jennifer Moss, author of "The Burnout Epidemic," joins us. Plus, Kelly Kinnard, Head of Talent at KV, explains why recruiting is so tough right now, and how you get an edge.

41% of people are planning to quit their jobs in the next three months. 41%!We first tackled the topic of employee burnout a year ago and much has happened since then: a bunch of variants, restrictions being lifted and reset, and an event known as The Great Resignation, where more people have quit their jobs than ever before.And now we're starting to see the effects of prolonged work-from-home jobs and from employers who are doing little or nothing to address burnout. We're seeing a blurring of lines between job and life, an old work system we're never going back to, and people who just can't take it anymore. They're quitting their jobs, often with no new job to go to, because they are flat out done.What about you? How can you detect burnout and what can you do to solve it? How much of it is even yours to solve and what should fall to your boss. And where do we go from here?Jennifer Moss is a burnout expert who fought burnout herself when writing her book, The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It. She tells us about innovative approaches that companies like HP are taking and how other employers are giving out football tickets and hoping for the best.Visit Jennifer Moss' website here. Get your copy of her book, The Burnout Epidemic, wherever books are sold. Follow her on Twitter @JenLeighMoss.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun. Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is available here. https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-hilarious-world-of-depression/Find the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe.

Passion-driven people + a culture of overwork = the perfect recipe for burnout. ThinkLab's Meredith Campbell interviews workplace and culture experts to share how you can reduce the risk of burnout, unlock creative problem solving and improve your work rhythm in this accredited CEU podcast episode.   Accredited for: IDCEC, AIA | 0.5 CEU/0.5 LU  After listening, you will be able to:  • Analyze the six root causes of burnout    • Identify the personality types and groups that tend to be most prone to burnout   • Assess how leaders and organizations can combat burnout   • Design your own performance cycles to work in harmony with creativity   Jennifer Moss, author of the book The Burnout Epidemic, explores how a culture and legacy of overwork contribute to major burnout in the interior design industry. She describes how leaders need to recognize the standards they're modeling for their employees, and shares findings from her research.      Finally, Rahaf Harfoush, author of Humane Productivity, spells out the four stages of the creative process and gives her recommendations for countering “productivity propaganda.” She stresses the importance of protecting yourself from burnout by prioritizing rest, which is especially crucial for creatives.     Quiz: Want CEU credit for listening? Click here to take the quiz and earn your certificate of completion.  How it works:   Step 1: Listen to the episode  Step 2: Sign in at this link to take a short, 5 question quiz  * Scoring an 80% or above on the quiz will earn you 0.5 CEU/0.5 LU  Step 3:  Upon passing the quiz, receive your certificate of completion via email from CEU sponsor Delta Faucets  Step 4: Self-report to IDCEC and AIA     Connect with our speakers on LinkedIn:  Faye Adams  Jennifer Moss  Rahaf Harfoush    Special thanks to our CEU episode sponsor, Delta Faucet Company, for partnering with us to provide valuable insights on compelling topics for the design industry. 

Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, author, public speaker, and expert in workplace well-being. She is a nationally syndicated radio columnist and writes for Harvard Business Review. Her newest book, The Burnout Epidemic, is now available wherever you buy books. You can find her online... Website Twitter Originally published 03/24/22

Jennifer Moss of Jennifer Moss Incorporated is an international public speaker, a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, and a nationally syndicated radio columnist. She is also the Co-founder and Board Member at Plasticity Labs, a workplace insights and consultancy firm. An expert in burnout in the workplace, Jennifer is the author of two books: The Burnout Epidemic and Unlocking Happiness at Work. She also sits on the Global Happiness Council – a small group of leading scientists and economists that support the UN's sustainable goals related to global well-being. In this episode… Do you find yourself getting burned out at work? How do you respond when you feel that way? Do you tell yourself to “work through it” or “grind harder”? Burnout is a problem that can lead to more serious issues if it's not dealt with or prevented at its root cause. If burnout is a problem where you work, this episode of the Tiger Performance Podcast is one you won't want to miss! Burnout is not just something that's isolated to particular individuals. It can become an epidemic in an organization if managers don't begin to address its root cause. According to Jennifer Moss, an expert in burnout in the workplace, managers can and should take proactive steps to make the workplace environment one that is not conducive to burnout among its staff. Is your company concerned about whether its employees suffer from burnout? In this episode of the Tiger Performance Podcast, Jennifer Moss, an expert in burnout in the workplace and an International Speaker, Journalist, and Author at Jennifer Moss Incorporated, joins Steve Adams for a captivating discussion on burnout in the workplace and preventing it by addressing root causes. She says the days of managers dangling carrots to induce their employees to work ridiculous hours for years at a time need to be over. Don't miss this conversation!

Burnout is real. It is officially identified by the World Health Organization as an occupational phenomenon. At the root of burnout are broken and unfair policies, and it can't be fixed by wellness and meditation practices. That's like putting a bandaid on a failed artery.In today's podcast, we have Jennifer Moss, the author of the Burnout Epidemic and Unlocking Happiness at Work. Jennifer is an international speaker and expert on burnout and an award-winning journalist and syndicated radio columnist. If you run a company or a team, you have to listen to this podcast so you can prevent burnout as you Team Anywhere.Read the FULL summary here!

In this "HBR Minute Rewind" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) explores the recent HBR video, "How to be Less Lonely at Work" (Originally Aired April 25, 2021). See the video here: https://youtu.be/udnLC9WtV08.  Video Overview: "Loneliness at work is a major predictor of burnout. But how do you turn co-workers into genuine friends? What do work friendships look like? And how do they differ from the “normal” friendships you make outside of work? To combat loneliness, Innovation Editor Christine Liu sets out on the dramatic journey of making a new friend at the office while working from home. She speaks to Jennifer Moss, author of “The Burnout Epidemic,” to learn about the consequences of not having friends at work. Spoiler alert: They're dire. Ascend is the go-to place for young people around the world trying to navigate where your work meets your life. Run by a team of global editors at Harvard Business Review (HBR), we aim to give recent grads and early career professionals guidance on how to make sense of today's workplace — from getting started on your first gig to becoming a manager for the first time to just being yourself at work." Check out the Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Academy: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work! https://hciacademy.talentlms.com/. Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/. Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine. Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/  Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/  Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/  Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hcipodcast/support

In her book “The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It,” Jennifer Moss implores organizations to design burnout strategies that move beyond apps, wellness programs and perks. Instead, she makes the case for a systematic and preventative approach to building an anti-burnout strategy. To do so, organizations must first understand the key drivers of burnout, why conventional approaches fall short and how leaders can build cultures that prioritize workforce resilience and health. Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, author and international public speaker. She is a nationally syndicated radio columnist and writes for Harvard Business Review. Her first book, “Unlocking Happiness at Work,” received the distinguished UK Business Book of the Year Award. Jennifer has been named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and was a recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama.

We've been covering burnout from our inception at the top of 2020. We've suffered from it in different ways and at different times in our lives. Now we help organizations and leaders deal with it, and we had no idea how acute it would become and how the screws would tighten with the circumstances and chaos of the pandemic.  And who better to bring on the show to discuss her own unique strategies and experiences than Jennifer Moss? In her compelling new book, Moss argues our current strategies are getting it all wrong – that self-care won't cure burnout and organizations need to entirely rethink their approach to wellness. Leveraging her latest research and evidence-based solutions, her recent book, https://amzn.to/3G2jRYl (The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It), will help leaders and individuals prevent burnout for healthier, happier, and more productive workplaces. We tend to think of burnout as a problem we can solve with self-care: more yoga, better breathing techniques, and more resilience. But evidence is mounting that applying personal, Band-Aid solutions to an epic and rapidly evolving workplace phenomenon isn't even close to enough.  Moss's book is eye-opening, paradigm-shifting, and offers a practical guide, laying bare the real causes of burnout and how organizations can stop the chronic stress cycle that an alarming number of workers suffer through. Self-care is important, but it's not a cure-all for burnout. Be sure and stay tuned to the end for our Big Self Takeaway! Time Stamps: 4:31--The root causes of burnout 6:28--The World Health Organization definition of burnout 8:05--When your leaders are passionate about their work and they become less aware of the model they're setting 9:30--Feeling external pressure in high growth organizations 12:10--Industries we're seeing a lot of burnout in 14:08--Overwork is responsible for 2.8 million deaths last year 18:38--Research on video conferencing fatigue 23:52--How Jennifer used to look down on burnout before she went through it 26:30--Seeing an accumulation of small traumas leading to grief 31:30--The Big Self Takeaway Leave us a review and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-self-podcast/id1485907203 (subscribe on Apple iTunes). https://open.spotify.com/show/1yx9VzUCRcYezd7cUlSRn4?si=Xygeo5a7T0ePnX7IaHu0AQ (Subscribe on Spotify). Find us at the Big Self Community on Facebook.

Welcome to the age of the Burnout Epidemic and the great resignation where people are leaving their jobs in mass and not going back to their 9 to 5s. [Presented on Facebook Live - January 6, 2022] Maximum Change: www.maximumchange.com Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MaximumChange/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maximumchange (c) 2022 Maximum Change - All Rights Reserved --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/maximumchange/message

In the episode I interview Joe Rodgers. Joe is the MD of Recharged Health and Wellbeing, he's an expert at making leaders and their workforce well. When well we can be engaged, effective, productive and importantly valued. A business is an ecosystem and each person is a cog in that ecosystem, to give value to clients and customers we need people to work together, contribute and want to provide great services and products. If employees are not well mentally and/or physically they will invariably not be able to do so. How can we help ourselves and our colleagues? This episode asks you to think about the culture of your business and how it starts with you as the business owner. Mental and physical health has taken a battering with Covid, the lack of human contact, the dramatic increase in communicating using tech in the workplace. More of us are working remotely which has only added pressure and strain to what pre-pandemic was already tough. I've put a few links below that were mentioned in the episode, please check them out: Hope you enjoy AW Recharged Health and Wellbeing website - https://www.rechargedwellbeing.co.uk/ The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer Moss - https://amzn.to/3sufP75 Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale: https://bit.ly/WEMWellbeingScale

Do you understand what burnout really is?Burnout is a symptom of chronic stress, and it's a growing problem globally. As organizations, employers, and leaders, we have a responsibility and an obligation to our employees to prioritize their wellbeing. And not only is it a responsibility to our employees and ourselves, but to the overall success and wellbeing of our organizations.As employees globally continue to increase their expectations surrounding mental health in the workplace, it's important for organizations and people leaders to work together to create sustainable practices that can support that. Jennifer Moss joins the podcast today to talk about how we can make this happen in really actionable ways, and sheds some light on why burnout is so prevalent in the world right now.Listen in and help stop the slide into burnout.About Jennifer Moss:Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, author and international public speaker. She is a nationally syndicated radio columnist and writes for Harvard Business Review. Her first book, Unlocking Happiness at Work, received the distinguished UK Business Book of the Year Award. Jennifer was named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama. Her new book, The Burnout Epidemic, published by Harvard Business Press, is now available.To learn more, visit Jennifer's website, or connect with her on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.Mentioned In This Episode:The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer MossJoin the digital subscriptionFollow Mental Health In Minutes on Facebook

Burnout is a real problem across the globe. In fact, the World Health Organization identified burnout as a workplace phenomenon in 2019. Jennifer Moss joins Kevin to discuss the why of burnout (it's not just workload) and ways to prevent it. This episode was recorded during Virtual LeaderCon 2021. Key Points Jennifer shares why burnout is a problem. The 6 major causes of burnout and what each means. Workload Lack of agency Lack of community Lack of fairness Values and skills mismatch Lack of recognition and rewards Meet Jennifer Name: Jennifer Moss Her Story: Author of The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It. Jennifer is a nationally syndicated radio columnist, reporting on topics related to happiness and workplace well-being. Worth Mentioning: Jennifer sits on the Global Happiness Council – a small group of leading scientists and economists that support the UN's sustainable goals related to global well-being and the Annual Global Happiness Policy Report. She is also a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in HuffPost, Forbes, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), Fortune, and Harvard Business Review. Her book, Unlocking Happiness at Work, received the distinguished UK Business Book of the Year Award. To acknowledge her contributions to business and public service, Moss was named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama. https://www.jennifer-moss.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Epidemic-Rise-Chronic-Stress/dp/1647820367/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1625669192&refinements=p_27%3AJennifer%20Moss&s=books&sr=1-1 https://twitter.com/jennifermossinc https://www.facebook.com/JenniferMossInc https://www.instagram.com/jennifermossinc/ This episode is brought to you by… The Daily Email, daily inspiration for leaders sent Monday-Friday every week. Kevin writes a short message to inform, inspire, engage, and focus you on becoming the best you and the best leader you can be. Book Recommendations The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It by Jennifer Moss A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Related Podcast Episodes Leadership Resilience with Ama Marston. Wellbeing at Work with Jim Harter. Beating Burnout at Work with Paula Davis.

The entire world is going through two pandemics: one is biological, and the other is occupational. A burnout epidemic hit most industries exponentially in the last couple of years. However, the drastic shift also accelerated the need to address these issues. Today's guest is Jennifer Moss, an award-winning journalist, author, and international speaker. She is also a nationally syndicated radio columnist. Jennifer joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to enlighten on how organizations should deal with burnout. She shares research- and data-based insight on practical strategies to engage employees and improve culture. Jennifer also offers a look into her latest book, The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It. Listen in for an eye-opening discussion that will help you rethink and re-evaluate how you deal with this occupational phenomenon.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the Take The Lead community today:DrDianeHamilton.comDr. Diane Hamilton FacebookDr. Diane Hamilton TwitterDr. Diane Hamilton LinkedInDr. Diane Hamilton YouTubeDr. Diane Hamilton Instagram

Kelly dedicates this show to his boss as he connects with Journalist Jennifer Moss whose new book is called  The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It.

Please join me in my bubbling excitement as Jennifer Moss, author of the new book The Burnout Epidemic published by Harvard Business Press joins our conversation.I can see this book is challenging leaders, teams and organizations to re-think burnout and create healthier, happier and more productive workplaces. It turns out, ping-pong tables may not be enough.Jennifer vulnerably shares her life experiencing burnout and pandemic (personal and professional) obstacles as well as the systems and mindset she creates, to avoid burnout and interrupt unhealthy patterns. I strongly recommend starting with the last chapter first: Take Care of Yourself, Too.We talk about:· What is burnout?· Leadership and leading with empathy and curiosity.· A beautiful new take on “professional eavesdropping!”· Slowing down the lunch line.It's time to address the burnout epidemic – personally and in your role, as a leader. This book fuels our conversation to inspire re-thinking wellness programs, leadership check-ins, and what organizations can do to prevent burnout and build strategies to support self-care, resilience, open communication, and innovation.Newsflash: It's a two-way street! The solution to burnout at work is not about ‘forced fun' in fact consider leading with good intentions, sincere curiosity how people are really doing and if imbued with empathy then this will build trust and allow for fun and an authentic and productive culture.Jennifer expresses: “Leaders, I believe in us.” Jennifer, I sincerely thank you for your inspiration (today as well as for guidance in this book) encouraging us to battle burnout and support a thriving workplace culture during this pandemic.Connect with Jennifer today:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenleighmoss/Website: https://www.jennifer-moss.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifermossinc/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferMossInc Let's connect!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-j-snider/Website: https://peoplebrain.ca/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/overflow_podcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeopleBrain.OVERflow/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Expert Instruction: The Teach by Design Podcast, we're talking about stress – specifically the stress so many adults in education feel right now. Our guests are Susan Barrett and Dr. Kimberly Yanek from the Center for Social Behavior Support at Old Dominion and the Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Together, they will share tangible strategies for tackling problems at the system level that contribute to the stress so many in education feel right now. They've even got some solutions to start implementing today!For more information about some of the resources mentioned in this episode, check out these links:The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer MossGuidance and resources for supporting schools during and after crisis from the TA Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and SupportsResource mapping activity (aka Initiative Inventory)Practice Brief: Building a Culture of Staff Wellness Through Multi-Tiered System of Supports

In the seventh episode of Telehealth Heroes, we interview Sarah Serrano, a licensed clinical social worker. Join us to learn about the causes of burnout, the different ways it manifests in people, and how Dr. Serrano avoids getting burnt out herself by using telehealth.

The so-called “great resignation” isn't slowing down. Since April 2020, about 20 million employees have quit their jobs, according to Marketplace. And according to a Microsoft survey from March, 41 percent of the global workforce said they intend to leave their job this year.  The pandemic contributed to so many people leaving their jobs. But burnout is another factor. How can workers prevent their own burnout? And how can employers retain and recruit staff? MPR News host Angela Davis speaks with MPR senior economics contributor Chris Farrell and journalist Jennifer Moss, who recently wrote a book about burnout.  Guests:  Jennifer Moss is a journalist and the author of “The Burnout Epidemic” and “Unlocking Happiness at Work.”  Chris Farrell is a senior economics contributor at MPR News.  Here are four takeaways from the conversation. Editor's note: The quotes below have been lightly edited for length and clarity. Burnout isn't a personal problem. It's a systemic problem. “It's an ecosystem problem to solve. It's a we problem to solve. Because for forever we have just said, ‘Do more yoga.' Or ‘here's an app that helps you breathe. And here are some subsidized gym memberships, and there you go, you can solve burnout with self-care.' And although we do still have to practice self-care and make sure that we are increasing our well-being every day as individuals, that is not going to solve for overwork or systemic discrimination or lack of fairness or being bullied at work and not having psychological safety. You can't just take 15 minutes to listen to rain and then all of it goes away. And so this has been a big gap that we treat these problems with band-aid solutions instead of way further upstream with really dealing at the root cause.” — Jennifer Moss The Great Resignation is happening across demographics and career fields. “It's pretty much across the board. A lot of it does seem to be tied into mid-career, that period of time when you have established your career but often you have family, you might have younger children. … But a recent survey by LinkedIn, the professional networking platform, they had almost half of working Americans that they surveyed said the pandemic has affected how they feel about their career. And 73 percent of these workers said they feel less fulfilled in their current jobs. And when they were breaking it down, for example, those who were thinking about changing their jobs, 34 percent of those were 55 years and older, so Baby Boomers.  I think this is across the board, and I think an awful lot of it has to do with the way that employers have treated their employees for a long time, not just during the pandemic. … It's been a harsh environment. And I think workers are fed up.” — Chris Farrell One solution? More data-based decision making. “That sounds like a big scary thing to suggest to a team of 10, but really, it's just listening. It's more consistent and frequent communication. We can solve for workload inefficiencies, which is one of the big leading reasons why we're working 30 percent harder each day to hit our goals right now during the pandemic.” — Jennifer Moss Moss suggests that managers schedule a weekly meeting where they ask their teams these questions: What were the highs and lows of this week? What were the stressors this week? What was the impact of those stressors? What can we do for each other as a team, and what can I do as a manager to make next week a little easier? Employers should see the Great Resignation as an opportunity to create change. “This has a lot of momentum. And this is not going to end any time soon. That LinkedIn survey that I mentioned earlier, it says that more than one-third of workers they surveyed are looking for a career change. … To employers, here's the message: Stop complaining. This is an opportunity to rethink the way you operate your business, the way you manage your people, and to end up with a more productive workplace.” — Chris Farrell Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.

In this "HBR Minute Rewind" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) explores the recent HBR video, "How to be Less Lonely at Work" (Originally Aired April 25, 2021). See the video here: https://youtu.be/udnLC9WtV08. Video Overview: "Loneliness at work is a major predictor of burnout. But how do you turn co-workers into genuine friends? What do work friendships look like? And how do they differ from the “normal” friendships you make outside of work? To combat loneliness, Innovation Editor Christine Liu sets out on the dramatic journey of making a new friend at the office while working from home. She speaks to Jennifer Moss, author of “The Burnout Epidemic,” to learn about the consequences of not having friends at work. Spoiler alert: They're dire. Ascend is the go-to place for young people around the world trying to navigate where your work meets your life. Run by a team of global editors at Harvard Business Review (HBR), we aim to give recent grads and early career professionals guidance on how to make sense of today's workplace — from getting started on your first gig to becoming a manager for the first time to just being yourself at work."  Check out Dr. Westover's new book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.  Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.  Ranked in the Top 10 Performance Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 10 Workplace Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 HR Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Talent Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hcipodcast/support

Have you been feeling burned out over the last handful of months? Well, you are not alone. We live at a time that is extraordinarily challenging, yet exciting. This has caused many to freak out, or feel blown out or burned out. Our guest today, Jennifer Moss, calls what has been happening a “Macro Stress Event”. In this episode of Follow Your Different, we explore the Burnout Epidemic and more. Jennifer Moss is the author of the brand-new number one bestseller Burnout Epidemic: The rise of Chronic Stress and how we can fix it. She has an extraordinary point of view on the matter, particularly on how to transform this stress experience into what she calls a post-traumatic growth. We get into what are the real causes of burnout, and what organizations can do to prevent it. There's also the idea of building an anti-burnout strategy based on prevention, and not offering them after the fact. We also discuss why traditional wellness initiatives seem to fall short these days. Jennifer Moss and Working on Happiness Jennifer Moss has always worked on the domain of happiness. Which makes it seem weird that she is talking about burnout, which is the direct opposite of it. Though according to Jennifer, happiness and unhappiness go hand-in-hand. “You can't actually experience an increase in happiness set point, unless you've gone through some sort of challenge in your life that gives you that ability to experience resilience and rebound.” – Jennifer Moss Having the Right Mindset is the Key For Jennifer, this experience came from seeing his husband come back from being acutely paralyzed to recovering remarkably well in an unanticipated rate. A huge part of this was that athletes go through an incredible amount of psychological fitness training very early on in their lives. They go through that process of learning how to rebound, how to deal with loss, how to have emotional flexibility. All these things that actually lead to high levels of happiness, and be able to have post traumatic growth moments after they go through these pretty serious things. “Part of what we noticed when Jim was in the hospital rehabbing was that this attitude played a big role in his healing. So six weeks later, he was walking out of the hospital. They had said, he may not ever walk again, or then it was a year, yet he's walking out after six weeks. So it sort of became our mindset shift at that point to understand what it was that that contributed to that healing.” – Jennifer Moss Prevention is Better than Cure With this shift of mindset, Jennifer and her husband founded Plasticity Labs, and worked on the happiness space and how to help companies further develop theirs in the workplace. Though Jennifer noticed that they were working with companies that already have good happiness spaces and burnout prevention strategies in place. They just needed to improve on it and take it to the next level. But what about those companies who didn't have any semblance of one, and are burning out their employees left and right? Which is why she wanted find a way to let such businesses and companies know how to prevent burnout from happening in the first place, rather than having to put the fires down later. To hear more from Jennifer Moss and how to prevent burnout for yourself and your team, download and listen to this episode. Bio Jennifer Moss is a Harvard Business Review contributor and nationally syndicated radio columnist. She also sits on the Global Happiness Council—a small group of leading scientists and economists that support the UN's sustainable goals related to global well-being and the Annual Global Happiness Policy Report. Prior to this, Moss worked in Silicon Valley, eventually joining Barack Obama's California social team during his historic presidential campaign. To acknowledge her contributions to business and public service, Moss was named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year,

If you could pick someone to lead you through an intelligent conversation about the new world of work, you couldn't do better than to consult with Jennifer Moss. Author of the forthcoming HBR Press book "The Burnout Epidemic," Jennifer has written a best business book of the year, won awards for her success as an entrepreneur and spoken to audiences all over the world. It was exciting to get to know her and to learn about her book, which provides a guide on an incredibly timely topic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thoughtsparksritamcgrath/message

Since March 2020, many of us have been operating in crisis mode, leading to quick pivots to embracing new policies and processes on the fly. In this special edition of the AFP Conversations Podcast, John Gibson, director of Education and Content Strategy at AFP, sat down with Jennifer Moss, who is speaking at the AFP 2021 Wellness Keynote, sponsored by RBC. Moss is globally recognized as an expert in burnout, and just published her newest book, The Burnout Epidemic. In this interview, Moss gives a preview of her keynote, “Preventing A Burnout Epidemic,” where she will provide prevention tactics and strategies to manage burnout during times of stress. Moss will also offer tangible solutions that leaders can implement to improve their employees' well-being. AFP 2021 takes place November 7 - 10 in Washington, D.C. To learn more about the event and register, visit AFP2021.org.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 89% of people said their work life was getting worse and only 2% rated their own well-being as “excellent”. In this episode Jennifer Moss takes us through her new book "The Burnout Epidemic" and shares what leaders can do to remedy chronic stress and burnout Spoiler alert: it's the responsibility of the organization, not just the individual! Jennifer explains the six root causes of burnout and what employers can do to address them. She also emphasizes that while self-care (like yoga, meditation, etc) are important to help individuals optimize performance, those things are not the solution to burnout. Moss tells us why burnout isn't a problem that should be left for the individual to solve, but rather most of the causes and solutions are the responsibility of organizations.  Interested in  reading "The Burnout Epidemic?" Order here! Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, author, and international public speaker. She is a nationally syndicated radio columnist, reporting on topics related to happiness and workplace well-being. She is also a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in HuffPost, Forbes, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), Fortune, and Harvard Business Review. Her book, Unlocking Happiness at Work, received the distinguished UK Business Book of the Year Award. Moss also sits on the Global Happiness Council. To acknowledge her contributions to business and public service, Moss was named a Canadian Innovator of the Year, an International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and recipient of the Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama.Also, don't forget about our new book "Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact" by Jenn Lim

Jennifer Moss is an award-winning author, speaker, and radio columnist, reporting on topics related to happiness and workplace well-being. Her articles have appeared in Forbes, the Society of Human Resource Management, Fortune, and Harvard Business Review. Since March 2020, many of us have been operating in crisis mode; quick pivots, learning new policies, and processes on the fly, working from home while juggling family priorities all under the mental fog of chronic stress. Burnout is real and it has increased significantly since the pandemic struck. Jennifer's new book, The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It, attempts to explain burnout and provide the strategies to navigate these challenging times. In a conversation with Martin Reeves, Chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, Jennifer explores the causes and implications of burnout, the responsibilities of both the employee and the employer in identifying and preventing burnout, and tangible solutions to combat it — helping leaders to distinguish between good intentions and effective policies. *** About the BCG Henderson Institute The BCG Henderson Institute is the Boston Consulting Group's think tank, dedicated to exploring and developing valuable new insights from business, technology, economics, and science by embracing the powerful technology of ideas. The Institute engages leaders in provocative discussion and experimentation to expand the boundaries of business theory and practice and to translate innovative ideas from within and beyond business. For more ideas and inspiration, sign up to receive BHI INSIGHTS, our monthly newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Jennifer Moss, an award-winning journalist, syndicated radio columnist, and two-time author, explains how to combat work burnout in your workplace!

Dr. Noshene Ranjbar is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona's College of Medicine. She specializes in Child, Adolescent, Adult and Integrative Psychiatry. Her work has been published many times, including  “Trauma-Informed Care and Cultural Humility in the Mental Health Care of People from Minoritized Communities,” “Assessing Integrative Psychiatry Curriculum Needs,” and “Burn Bright I and II: Reflections on the Burnout Epidemic and Solutions to Burnout.” Dr. Ranjbar was awarded the Strategic Priorities Faculty Initiative Award from the University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry in 2014, and the Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Leaders Award in 2020. Her life experiences have fueled her passion for creating and expanding culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed, integrative and holistic approaches to healthcare and advocacy for indigenous and minoritized communities in the US and abroad.   In today's episode, host Shay Beider welcomes Noshene to talk about the balance of nutrition and the gut, emotion regulation, sleep, and other key building blocks needed to promote health. They discuss Noshene's experience as an immigrant, losing her mother at a young age, being a foster mom to three children with PTSD, and how that has shaped her approach to medicine today. Noshene also shares her experience with releasing and processing stress and offers advice on mind-body and integrative approaches to mental health.    Transcripts for this episode are available at: https://www.integrativetouch.org/conversations-on-healing    Show Notes: Islamic Revolution Devout Muslim  Zoroastrian Dr. Amrita McLanahan   This podcast was created by Integrative Touch for Kids (ITK). ITK is working to change the way people experience healthcare. ITK supports families whose children have any type of special health or medical need. This includes kids with cancers, genetic conditions, autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic stress, and other serious health issues. We have pioneered a new therapy called Integrative Touch™ and reach 3500 people each year in the hospital and community settings. We engage communities in support of families struggling with special medical needs and offer unique Telehealth programs to families and healthcare providers during this challenging time. Thanks to the incredible support of our volunteers and contributors, individuals are able to receive our healing services at little or no cost.

Michael Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout media firm. In this week's episode, Michael and Alyssa talk about the silent killer: Burnout. Michael shares his story of how he almost lost his life from toxic stress and burnout. He now spends his time trying to educate others on how they can recognize the signs of burnout and seek the help that they need before it is too late.  Support the Podcast More info can be found at https://BreakfastLeadership.com/media Blog is at https://BreakfastLeadership.com/blog Books:  Burnout Proof:  How To Establish Boundaries To Avoid The Negativity Of Stress https://amzn.to/2JkbKxQ 369 Days:  How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenarios:  https://amzn.to/38Zd807   Transcript:   Alyssa Scolari [00:23]: Hello friends, good afternoon, good morning, good evening, good night wherever you are, whatever time it is. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Light After Trauma Podcast. I am your host, Alyssa Scolari. Today we are here to talk about another juicy topic. I love this topic. Again, I know I say that all the time, but this topic I am very passionate about. We are here to talk about B-U-R-N-O-U-T. So no I can't sing, but yes I'm going to anyway on this podcast. For those of you who struggle with spelling, that spells burnout. I'm really, really excited. Our guest today, who really has made his entire career and his biggest passion about burnout prevention, his name is Michael Levitt. Michael is the founder and Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto based burnout media firm. He is an in-person and certified virtual speaker, a certified NLP and CBT therapist, and is one of the world's leading authorities in burnout recovery and prevention. He is a Fortune 500 consultant, a number one bestselling author, and host of The Breakfast Leadership Show, a top 200 podcast on iTunes. That's so exciting! He is a former healthcare executive, CIO and CFO overseeing $2 billion budgets, so he has truly seen and done it all. Hello Michael, welcome to the Light After Trauma Podcast. How's it going? Michael Levitt [02:14]: I am awesome. I'm looking forward to our chat today. Alyssa Scolari [02:17]: Me, too. I have to ask you from reading your bio, you're on the West Coast? Michael Levitt [02:23]: I split my time between San Diego and Toronto, and actually at the time of this recording I'm in Toronto. With the U.S. Canadian border closure they've closed it to non-essential travel, and apparently I'm not essential. So I get to stay here, which is fine. Alyssa Scolari [02:23]: Lovely. Michael Levitt [02:40]: I'm a dual citizen so I get to vote and screw up two countries, and I'm comfortable either place. Plus the weather now in Toronto is nice, so it's not bad. You should talk with me in the winter, I'm like oh, why am I here. Alyssa Scolari [02:40]: I'm sure. Michael Levitt [02:53]: But things are opening up. I anticipate by the fall of this year that it'll be easier to travel and all of that, and I'm looking forward to it. Alyssa Scolari [03:06]: Yeah. So Toronto to San Diego? Michael Levitt [03:10]: Yeah, it's a five hour flight one way, anyway. If you've got stops, then of course it gets much longer. But it's about a five hour flight, and obviously a little bit different temperature during the year. Right now we're about the same because I have the weather out on my phone for both locations, and I always look at them like oh wow, we're actually warmer than San Diego today, interesting. But that doesn't happen a lot. But in the summertime it does, but not so much when that crinkly white stuff's falling from the sky. It's like you don't tend to see that too much in San Diego. In the mountains yes, but not by Gaslamp or anything like that. Alyssa Scolari [03:52]: No, not when you're hanging out at the San Diego Zoo. Michael Levitt [03:55]: Exactly, yeah. The polar bears might be happy, it's like finally we've got the weather right. Alyssa Scolari [04:00]: Right, at last. Michael Levitt [04:03]: Exactly. Alyssa Scolari [04:04]: Well, that's actually really cool. Obviously I'm sure it comes with its frustrations, undoubtedly. But I don't know, that's kind of neat to essentially have lives in two different countries. We're here today to talk about burnout which as I stated earlier is one of my favorite topics, definitely getting more attention as we were talking about, but there's not a lot of action. First it's like acknowledging that this is a problem and then it's like okay, maybe we should start thinking about taking action. I'm going to turn it over to you, the burnout expert. What is burnout? What does that mean? Michael Levitt [04:45]: Burnout is when you have prolonged stress basically, to really narrow it down. It's basically when you are completely fatigued, exhausted, you're mentally and physically drained. You have no motivation to do anything, and it's been over an extended period of time. Now for each person, that could be a different period of time. Some people can burn out pretty quickly, and others it could take several years for it to build up depending on what's going on. But that's the thing I see with everybody that is actually at that burned out state is they're just done. They don't have any motivation, they're fatigued, they're living life in a fog, they really can't see things clearly and quite frankly they're almost numb to life, which is no way to exist. Alyssa Scolari [05:37]: Absolutely. I relate to that so well. I think that's a really, really good description because it's just like that sense of almost like you're just going through the motions I think, and nothing really means much to you good or bad. It's just kind of like, oh. Or on the other sense, I feel like sometimes it can also be like you're the Energizer bunny where it's like I can't stop, I can't stop, I can't take a day off, I have to do this, people need me. People need me, I can't take a day off, I can't afford to, that type of mentality as well. I think it could maybe go either way. Michael Levitt [06:12]: It does, and a lot of people that I see that are burned out are what we like to call people pleasers, and they don't want to let anybody down so they just continue working. Maybe they're Type A personalities, very driven, very successful and have always put in those 12, 14, 16 hour days kind of thing, and they wear it like it's a badge of honor. And it's like no, actually you'll end up having a different type of badge and it'll be whatever they put around your wrist when you're in the hospital, or a toe tag if you don't take care of yourself. I definitely flirted with that with my burnout journey. Alyssa Scolari [06:52]: Yeah. It's funny. As you're speaking I'm like oh, I feel personally attacked right here because that honestly, it truly was me. It was chronic people pleasing, just working 12, 14 hour days. I think for me, I watched my mom get very, very sick and she almost died. We were told she was going to die. I think it was a result of her chronic people pleasing and her burnout that is the reason why she almost died, and to this day continues to have health issues. So I think that was a really big turning point for me. But I know you have an entire journey of your own with burnout. Would you mind talking a little bit about that? Michael Levitt [07:38]: Sure, I'd love to. Back in 2007, I was hired as a healthcare executive for a startup healthcare organization just outside of Windsor Ontario, Canada. I'm a dual citizen born in the U.S., immigrated to Canada in 2004 with my former wife and became a citizen in 2011, hence the vote and screw up two countries joke that I made earlier. But in this role, and anybody that's ever worked in a startup, you know there's a lot of work involved, there's a lot of things to set up. I had to recruit physicians, hire staff, educate the community on why our clinic was better than the other clinics that had been in town for several years, and had a very proactive board of directors. Even though I was an employee, as a people pleaser or I identify myself now asa a reformed people pleaser, but as a- Alyssa Scolari [08:37]: I love that. Michael Levitt [08:37]: ... former people pleaser I took it on my own and said, "Well, I'm going to act as if this is my company." Which it isn't, but I acted as if it was, and was driven and was basically working 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. seven days a week for a solid two years. During that time, when you're working that many hours and you're in an office type of role, you're not getting any level of exercise to speak of, and I certainly wasn't. Of course when you're an executive and we all know this, who gets the real close parking spot to the door? The executive. So I wasn't even getting 10,000 steps just because my parking spot was so good. I'd be lucky if I probably got 2,000 steps a day, because our clinic size was rather small at that point. So I wasn't doing that. My nutrition plan quite frankly was breakfast, lunch and dinner, ordering in a microphone, drive around the corner, paying for it and getting a brown bag handed to me. I just ... Of course working those long hours, you tend to eat differently. So you're eating later than you normally do so that of course, your body doesn't have an opportunity to break that down before you crash into bed, which then your body's got to break that down while you're sleeping. And sleep is so critical in prevention of burnout, and people that don't get good sleep it's really problematic, and I'll talk about that in a moment. But this went on for two years. Then finally in May of 2009 I had what I refer to as my year of worst-case scenarios. I was mowing my front lawn on a Monday night, actually it was ... The anniversary is this week, ironically. But I was mowing my front lawn, and we had a small lawn and gas prices were expensive back then as they are now at the time of this recording. I had an electric mower and this thing was really bulky to turn, it wasn't light at all, it was really hard to turn. I mow the first row, and then I turned the lawn mower to mow the next row. I felt this incredible pain in the center of my chest. It really felt like I had pulled a muscle, and it hurt so bad that I couldn't continue mowing the lawn. Then I went inside, I took some pain medication. The pain went away unless I lifted anything with my right arm. I'm left-handed so I don't tend to lift a lot with my right arm, but occasionally I do. And anytime I lifted anything, that pain would be there. It was dull, it didn't hurt badly, but it did have some discomfort. So that went on for a few days. Then Thursday night of that week I went out to a local restaurant that had an all you could eat special, and I took them up on that offer. I had all kinds of fried sea ... really tasty not good for you food and washed it down with a few adult beverages, and life was good. Went to bed, and then about an hour and a half after going to sleep I woke up again with that pain that I had on Monday night, but it was at least 10 times worse. It literally felt like an elephant was stepping on my chest. At that point I thought okay, this is what you get for eating all of that food. It's just ... You're getting acid reflux or indigestion or whatever. So I got out of bed after I caught my breath, went into the bathroom, took some Tums, was able to fall asleep. So Friday morning comes. That pain that I'd been feeling every time I lifted anything with my right arm was persistent, it wasn't going away. So after working about 45 minutes and reminder, I'm working in a medical clinic, I decide to approach one of our physicians and asked him if he could take a look. Because I explained to him what had happened that week and he listened. He was going, "It's probably nothing but we got the EKG equipment here, why don't we run a test just to make sure there's nothing going on because it sounds different, something's weird. So I just want to check things out." I'm like, "Okay." I go back into the procedure room, so our physician is in there, one of our nurses and one of our admin/medical assistants were in the room. And all of a sudden they just start laughing hysterically, they can't control themselves they're laughing so hard. The reason being is because their boss is taking his clothes off at work in front of them, so they're making all kinds of sexual harassment jokes. Now of course this is before Me Too and all of that, it wasn't appropriate then, certainly isn't appropriate now, but they were doing that. I'm as red as a tomato, I'm embarrassed. I'm not thinking anything else. So after they had a couple minutes of conversations they said, "Okay, well let's go ahead and get the test going." So they hook up all the electrodes and they run the test and they look at the results, and they're perplexed. They're like, "This looks weird. You know what, let's disconnect everything and we're going to put new leads on and we're going to run the test again." So they did and they put the little electrodes which are basically little tape things with wires, and they tape them all over your legs and your chest and arms and all that stuff. They did it again and they placed it in different spots, and they got the same results. So they took the results and they faxed them off to Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor and Dr. [Gena 00:14:02] who was a cardiologist there at the time. Got the paperwork, and then about 10 minutes later called the clinic and said, "Tell Michael to get his butt in the hospital right now, and he can't drive." I had a pretty significant heart attack that Thursday night. I had two blockages in my left interior descending artery, which is known as the widowmaker because if people have heart attacks with blockages in that artery they tend to die. Statistically speaking, most people do. I didn't, thankfully. But that set off what I call my year of worst-case scenarios. So 17 weeks after that, I was let go from that job because they wanted to go in a different direction. Mind you, this is 2009. Remember the Great Recession? Alyssa Scolari [14:46]: Mm-hmm [affirmative]. Michael Levitt [14:48]: I'm in Windsor across the border from Detroit Michigan where GM, Ford and Chrysler were drowning, and GM and Chrysler had filed bankruptcy and got government assistance to stay afloat. Ford wasn't doing much better, but they were able to navigate without getting a lot of government assistance. Needless to say there wasn't a lot of jobs around, and anybody that did have jobs certainly weren't going to be leaving them. So it took me several months to find a new job. Ended up relocating to Toronto where I could find some work, and about two weeks into my new job, and this was in April of 2010, I get a phone call from my oldest daughter, who today is her birthday. Happy birthday, [Sarah 00:15:30]. Alyssa Scolari [15:30]: Oh, happy birthday. Michael Levitt [15:32]: There you go. But she was little at the time. And she called me at work and crying, I couldn't understand a thing she was saying, and then finally I was able to get from her that the bank had come and repossessed our family vehicle. Because when you're on unemployment and anybody that has ever been through that, they know the income is less so you're getting less money coming in. Obviously I wasn't working because I was recovering from my cardiac event, and I was also taking heart medication that was $1,000 a month because I had no drug coverage. So food and drugs, not the fun ones but the ones to keep your heart alive were quite frankly, what we could afford. We had worked with all of our creditors and they had given us a pretty extensive grace period and I'm thankful for that, but unfortunately that grace period ran out, and the bank exercised their right to take back the car. Fast forward to May of 2010, so almost a year after my cardiac event we find a place to move the family up in Toronto, I was commuting back and forth. We got everything unpacked from the movers, and we realized that we left our bunk bed ladder for our daughter's bed back in the old house. I was going back there the next week to visit with family and friends and all of that, and I said, "Well, I'll just swing by the house, grab that and anything else we left behind," because we were going to be listing it with a realtor that following week, it was ready to put back on the market even though the market was horrible. It's like we got to sell it, we can't pay rent and a mortgage at the same time, that's not going to work. But they were all ... Obviously our mortgage payments weren't being made either because of all the things that were going on. So I went down there, had the good visit with the family, and then I went by the house to grab the ladder and whatever else we left behind. Opened up the screen door on the front of the house, I saw the largest padlock I've ever seen in my life. I've never seen this padlock at Home Depot or anywhere else, and there was a small sticker on the door that said, "Foreclosure." Now we never got any notices from the bank saying that we were that close to that happening. I'm not sure what happened, but we didn't get the notices. So basically over a year I had a heart attack that should have killed me, lost my job during the Great Recession, had my car repossessed and my home foreclosed. All of those things happened because I was burned out. My burnout created all those scenarios. I wasn't taking care of myself, I was making mistakes at work. I was constantly in a fog and I wasn't motivated to do anything in life. I certainly wasn't eating right, wasn't sleeping well, and all of those things, all those dominoes came tumbling down. Thankfully, I survived it. But it was obviously not a fun period of time, and I see so many people that are burning out or approaching burnout, they're flirting with their own year of worst-case scenarios and it scares the crap out of me. So that's why I do the work that I do. Alyssa Scolari [18:38]: Now at what point was it when you saw that padlock with the foreclosure sticker on it, did that hit you? At what point did it click in your brain that this is what it is, this is burnout? Because I think a lot of people who may not necessarily be aware of burnout tend to go down this other thought path of, why can't I catch a break, why do all these bad things happen to me, I'm just that guy or I'm just that person that I just get shit on all the time. Michael Levitt [19:12]: Yeah. For me it was during that 17 week recovery before I had lost my job was I did a lot of deep ... Because I had plenty of time and wasn't working, just deep review of what in the world happened, how did I get to this point? Why am I having to take a nap at 2:00 p.m. every day when I was 40 years old at the time? 40 is a little young to have a cardiac event. But we're seeing- Alyssa Scolari [19:43]: Yeah, that's really young. Michael Levitt [19:43]: ... We're seeing a lot of people now. I know a lot of people in the healthcare industry, there's still a lot of people that are starting to have heart attacks even before 40. That's not good because unless you make some dramatic changes, you could have 30 or 40 years of having to take medications, who knows if you had any ... Thankfully I didn't have any long lasting impact from mine, but I know some people could have strokes, or partially paralyzed or inability to work. It's not something you want to mess with. But during that time I did a lot of reading, which is something that I had stopped doing. When I was younger I read a lot, and then college and university my reading switched to textbooks and things like that. But after getting out of college I didn't read for pleasure, I hadn't for several years and I loved doing it, I just got away from it. So during that time I rekindled my love for reading. I would read different types of books, leadership books and inspiration books and comedy books, just to read and relax. I realized that leading up to my 369 days, I forgot how to relax. I didn't know how to relax. And a lot of people I think are in that boat because they've been going so much, they're so driven, Type A, people pleasing, they never let up off the gas. And when something happens and there's a lull, they don't know how to react so they have to grab something quickly to fill that "void." That's no way to live. For me, case in point yesterday I was supposed to be on two different shows yesterday, and both of them had to reschedule for whatever reason. Basically that cleared out a good chunk of my day. Did I fill it with anything? No. I listened to some music, I sat out on the balcony so the weather's beautiful now. So just relaxed, just kind of eased into things, and that's an amazing way to fill time. Because automatically we look at that long to do list that we all seem to have and we go, "Oh, I can tackle this and this." You could. Should you? Or should you if you're not- Alyssa Scolari [19:43]: Not necessarily. Michael Levitt [22:08]: ... Yeah, if you need that time to just ... Do it. Don't worry, that stuff's still going to be there. Don't worry about that. Alyssa Scolari [22:17]: Right, it's all going to be there, and I think you speak to something so important which is something that I up until recently, have truly struggled with my entire life was this concept of well, when there is a gap. For me, even a couple years ago if there was a weekend where I didn't have anything to do, I was crawling out of my skin, crawling out of my skin. Those are just your big red burnout flags of okay, I can't be still for even a hot minute. So for you to now be at this place, where did that transformation come? At what point did you go, "Okay, I am reinventing myself and now actually going to make this my career"? Michael Levitt [23:06]: For me the reinvention started initially during that 17 week recovery period, and then of course after losing the job then my full time job was to find a full time job. That took several months to do so, and that was where my focus was, and I basically had boundaries on it. It's like okay, from 9:00 to 5:00 Monday to Friday I'm going to research and look for opportunities. On the weekends, I'm not. I'm not going to look for jobs, I'm not going to do research. I'm just going to watch sports, do something with the kids, run errands, whatever the case, and just live life. So I started getting in the habit of getting some time blocks around when I work. Then when I finally found the new role which ironically was in healthcare again, my parents wanted to have me committed. They said, "Are you kidding me? You're going back into the field that nearly killed you? Are you that stupid?" And I'm like- Alyssa Scolari [23:06]: Do you have a death wish? Michael Levitt [24:06]: There's quicker ways to do this, not that we want you to and please don't, people. But they were quite beside themselves. I said to them, "Look. I've done a lot of work on me over these last several months. I want to give this another shot and I want to approach it differently, completely different than what I did before." And I did. I stayed in healthcare for another ... Do the math here, that would have been almost eight years. But during that time for, I guess from 2010 to I'd say 2014, was just working on myself and working. I was getting really successful and doing things in the healthcare space, I was on boards of directors and all this kind of stuff, so going back to that people pleasing thing and giving back and all of that. Then I realized in January of 2015 I was like whoa, my calendar. I don't like what this looks because I started color coding my calendar and meetings I always used the color red, which I think a lot of people see red when they have to have a lot of meetings. But I used that one for not good meetings, just a work thing. So I look at my calendar and I just start ... Digital calendar of course, and skimming back and forth. And I'm like, I'm seeing a lot of red. I said, "That's not good." So I looked at it and I started counting the number of meetings that I was going to have in the first part of 2015. And in January I had 57 different meetings. And I said, "Okay. Let's not do this again." So I immediately resigned from two boards of directors, and withdrew from a handful of committees at work. I said, "No," switched the team meetings from monthly to quarterly, and just by March it was like I had six meetings. So I went from 57 to six, and was like okay, why did I do that, then I kind of revisit. I'm like, "All right." Then I started talking with my colleagues and noticing wait a minute, there's a lot of people that are flirting with burnout in this sector and this is healthcare. So I started talking with them about it, not really sharing what happened to me but saying, knowing what I had known and the studies that I'd done. And well, I'm just going to work through it, which is the common answer a lot of people think on how they'd beat burnout. It's I'm just going to work harder, I'm going to work through it. Alyssa Scolari [26:39]: Right, or it's like I'll wait until the summertime, and then once summer comes then I'll be able to take a break. Or it's like once I just get through this real big project that I have going on at work, then everything will be fine. Michael Levitt [26:51]: Right. Well, it isn't. Because we've seen studies. I know The Hartford just did a study, indicated that 61% of people working are identifying as burning out. Deloitte did one as well that said that 77% of the people they surveyed have been burned out in their current job. Seven, almost eight out of 10 people. We've got a huge, huge challenge with this. So for me, when I started seeing this and everybody was saying well, I'm going to work through it, I'm like, "That's not going to work." So I just started doing a little bit more research on burnout, a little bit deeper dive. Even back then six years ago, there was some conversations happening but not as much as what we're seeing today. But there was still a lot of material and a lot of research and the stuff that, the Maslach stuff out in California and Dr. Freudenberger who wrote a book that was published in 1980 called Burnout. 1980, okay? Alyssa Scolari [27:54]: 1980? Michael Levitt [27:56]: Yeah, 1980. The phrase burnout, he was the one, a German guy, died about 20 years ago, I guess. But he first coined the phrase burnout in the public forum in 1973, so this is not new. But it's getting worse because what's happened is, and I'll use this example. My iBinky, that's the nickname gave my brother gave me, my iPhone because if I don't have it, I'm like a little kid without their pacifier or their binky, not happy. So he's like, "Can you put down your iBinky for a minute?" And based on the number of hours I spent on it, the answer is not likely. But these devices, the smartphones, the laptops, they're great devices because they allow us to work anywhere at anytime. But the disadvantage is we can work anywhere at anytime. And we're horrible of establishing boundaries around when we work and when we don't. It's so easy. I mean, for many of us our laptop's probably just sitting open all the time at a table somewhere, or if we got a computer we just go ... Or the phone is literally two seconds, unlock, go to it, answer that text message or answer the WhatsApp message or the email or the Slack message, or all the notifications we get on a daily basis from these things. We don't shut down. I think back to my dad, he used to work years ago at General Motors, and he worked on the assembly line for the most part, but towards the tail end of his career he worked in the engine assembly plant. And he drove a forklift, so he would deliver engine blocks to the assembly line so they could put engines in the cars and continue building them. I never remember seeing a forklift come home. He never brought it home. I'm sure the emotions and stress of working in the auto industry which was up and down, he did bring that home. But he never worked on anything at home. Well for the majority of us we can work at home, on the beach, on our vacation, all these other places. You see these images on Instagram, oh look at my office today. And it's like you see this ocean or mountains and things like that. Yeah, it's cool that you can work in a beautiful setting, I get it. But are you taking time to actually experience that beautiful setting, or are you just plugging away? If you're not enjoying that time, I'm going to save you several thousand dollars right now. Don't go on that trip, have your background image on your computer of those mountains and just work at your desk, because that's basically what you're doing. Alyssa Scolari [30:40]: Right, and save your money for all the health bills that are going to come when you eventually suffer whatever illness befalls you because you're not truly taking the time to unplug, relax, unwind. Michael Levitt [30:57]: It's critical. I mentioned sleep a little while ago. Lack of sleep impacts your cognitive ability, your awareness, how you digest your foods, pattern recognition, problem solving skills. But the thing of it is when we don't get good sleep, the lack of clarity, the fogginess, all that, what happens is then you start making mistakes at work, or you have to work harder and longer on things because you're not able to flow through things. So if you get a bad night's sleep and we've all had that, we know how we feel the next day. If that's consistent over a period of time, then that's when you start having all types of mental and physical ailments and issues, and you can end up with clogged arteries or a stroke or hypertension or chronic diseases, you name it. Over two dozen of the chronic diseases that we identify as chronic diseases have stress as one of the contributors. Alyssa Scolari [32:00]: A thousand percent. Even I would dare say a lot of autoimmune diseases as well, not all but a lot of them are related to chronic stress. Michael Levitt [32:11]: Yeah. Because your body and your brain's going I got this stress, this is a toxin to ourselves, I need to send the energy to go fix that. So it's using energy that could be used to help prevent all kinds of different things. I don't know, like maybe COVID for example. People that are stressed out, I haven't seen anything on this, but I'm certain that your stress is going to lower your immunity to be able to fight off things. That's why when you see people stressed, they get coughs and colds and whatnot. Well, you don't want to be flirting with COVID either, so again that's so important for you to get a good night's sleep and do the necessary things to keep your stress at a minimum. Because if you don't have prolonged stress, you won't burn out. Burnout needs the stress. If you don't have the prolonged stress, you won't burn out. Alyssa Scolari [33:05]: Exactly. I know when we first connected, you talked a little bit about the work from home burnout because of COVID, and I think it's interesting because I see in my practice and then the people in my life, the people who are truly thriving from working from home like my husband, he's genuinely thriving, have incredible boundaries with themselves where he opens up that laptop at 7:00 a.m., and at 3:00 p.m. it is shut. His phone is gone, and we don't even talk about work. But for the most part like you said, a lot of us don't have great boundaries with ourselves, which I think is probably why the work from home is really, really causing major burnout in folks. Michael Levitt [33:56]: It is. I mean and also the, I have to do everything. Well spoiler, you're not going to be able to. Alyssa Scolari [34:03]: Ever. Michael Levitt [34:04]: So many people became full time schoolteachers during this pandemic as well. So, and we know the school time tends to coincide with when many of us work. Well, you're trying to do two things that are completely different at the same time. It's not going to work, so that's why you see a lot of parents getting up earlier and they're doing a little bit of work, and then they're helping their kids with school and making sure they're on the computer doing the schoolwork and not on their PlayStation 5, and then after dinner they're working again. These long days are not sustainable. The healthy organizations have recognized this and said okay, we need to focus on what we really need to do right now for our customers, and do that. And the other stuff, we'll get to it if it needs to get to. But unfortunately, there's a lot of organizations that have micromanaging managers that were micromanaging before that have completely lost it because they can't physically see you, and they're like, "I don't know how to manage people if I don't know how to see them." So that's why you hear all those horror stories of you need to stay connected on the Zoom call all day with your camera on. I'm like, "Am I six?" [crosstalk 00:35:21] I approach these managers and I'll ask them, "Why do you do that?" "Well, I don't trust them to do their job." "Okay, wait a minute. You don't trust your employees?" "No." "Then fire them. Right now, go." "I can't do that." "Why?" "Well, I need them." "But you don't trust them?" "No." "Then why did you hire them?" It's the managers lack confidence, training, maybe sometimes there's a personality issue, but for the most part it's confidence, a lack of training in how to manage because no one gets the proper training on that or leaders, for that matter. Alyssa Scolari [36:07]: Yeah, and I think it also can be burnout on the manager's end. When you get to the point, and they even say this in the therapy world, when you get to the point where you feel like you can't trust other people and you have to micromanage folks whether it's your clients, whether it's your employees, whatever it is, you need to check yourself. That's a sign right there, we need to step back. Michael Levitt [36:29]: Yeah. It's a thing of ... I implore people. I had great, great bosses earlier in my career and throughout where I engaged with them. And the great ones gave me all the information that I needed, I had all the tools that I needed to do to be successful in the work that I was doing, clear instructions on when I need to do it and when it was due, then they got out of the way. They let me do my job. Alyssa Scolari [36:54]: It's a beautiful thing. Michael Levitt [36:55]: Yeah, and I remember the first day I worked for a company, Rick, one of my bosses back two decades ago, yikes, time flies. But it was 3:30, I remember it vividly. I'm sitting in my cubicle, he comes up, it's my first day, we already chatted earlier in the day and all that stuff, we had lunch and whatnot. And he said, "Okay, just some ground rules." I'm like, "Oh, here it comes." He looks at me and he says, "I don't care when you get here, I don't care when you leave. As long as you get your job done, we're good. You okay with that?" I'm like "Yep, I am." Alyssa Scolari [37:29]: Beautiful. Michael Levitt [37:29]: I worked for him for three years. That was during the dot com era too, when everybody was switching jobs every two months because the recruiters were saying, "I know I just placed you for this job and paying this. Well, we can give you an extra $25,000 if you go over here." Okay, let me grab my knickknacks. Okay, let's go. Because it was just a zoo back then, but you had to take advantage of it. But I didn't when I was there because I'm like no, this is good. This is a good place for me. Alyssa Scolari [38:02]: Sometimes that's priceless, having a good boss. Sometimes you can't put a dollar sign on that. Michael Levitt [38:06]: Nope, it is priceless. It makes you feel like you're being listened to, you're being supported, you get to work in your sweet spot with the things that motivate you and all that. When you do that, work flies by and it doesn't stress you out. Even though you may have busier periods, you may have some big workloads, you come home and you're like okay. Yeah, that was a long day, it was tiring. But you don't feel completely wiped out because well, you enjoy what you do. I think that's a big thing for everybody to look at as well, is rekindle what you enjoy doing. Sometimes I know with people that are burned out, they don't know what they like. They don't know what brings them joy. How do you not know? Well, you got to ask yourself. I know why they don't know because they're completely fatigued and wiped out. So rekindle that- Alyssa Scolari [38:58]: And put everybody else before themselves. Michael Levitt [39:01]: Yes. And self care is not selfish. Although it is, but it's a good selfish, it's- Alyssa Scolari [39:08]: It's a good thing. Michael Levitt [39:10]: ... you got to take care of yourself first because then that way when you do choose to give to people, they're getting a much better version of you than they would before. Alyssa Scolari [39:18]: So much better, so much better. Absolutely, it gives you better connections with everybody at work and personal. Michael Levitt [39:28]: Absolutely. Alyssa Scolari [39:28]: So you have now made ... This is your entire career is burnout prevention and intervention. You have your own podcast, right? Michael Levitt [39:39]: Yes, The Breakfast Leadership Show, yep. Alyssa Scolari [39:42]: The Breakfast Leadership Show. You are a speaker, so I assume you speak basically all over the world. Michael Levitt [39:53]: Yep. Last year, lots of virtual events because of the pandemic. But I spoke at over 30 different conferences last year across the globe. Every industry, you name it, I've spoken with them because burnout doesn't care what industry you're in. You would think yeah okay, healthcare, education, legal, yeah, it's like those are all there. But admins and single parent groups and engineers and automotive, you name it, I spoke at their events. My original career was public accounting, so I was an auditor and I did audits for all different types of businesses, so I'm familiar with most sectors so I can tailor my talk. When I go in and work with organizations, I know some of the struggles that they face because I used to be in those industries in an auditing capacity, so I needed to know what those businesses did and how they did it. So that decades ago career comes back and says hi, remember me? And I said, "Yeah, I'm going to grab the good parts of that and not the long tax season hours. I don't need that again." Alyssa Scolari [40:59]: Right, I'm going to leave that. Michael Levitt [40:59]: Exactly. Alyssa Scolari [41:03]: Then you have two books that are out? Michael Levitt [41:06]: Yeah, I've got a couple of books related to burnout. The first one that I released four years ago, 369 Days: How to Survive a Year of Worst-Case Scenarios chronicles what I talked about earlier, about that year of loss and some of the lessons learned from that. Then my new book Burnout Proof covers what burnout is in greater detail, what are some of the signs, what are some things you can do right away to stop burnout. Because people think burnout is this treadmill that you can't get off of, and you can. You make some simple adjustments. And I will say this, most people don't need to reinvent their life if they're burned out. In my situation I did because of all kinds of other factors and the way that I was living my life. I did have to reinvent myself, but most people that I've encountered don't, they just need to make some adjustments here and there. The deeper work, and you know this in the work that you do, is figuring out why you burned out in the first place because that's important. You don't want to ... Because otherwise you have been burned out two or three times, well I was burned out once and it nearly killed me. So I'm not going there again, I don't want to go to that trip. Alyssa Scolari [42:12]: Yeah, you literally don't have the time to be able to do this again and again and again. Because it only takes one time, but it could end your life. Michael Levitt [42:21]: Exactly, and when you're laying on a procedure bed in the hospital and Dr. [Morrisey 00:42:25] meets you and says, "Hello," and he looks at you and he looks at your chart and he goes, "You don't know how lucky you are to be alive right now." I looked at him, and I was in pretty good spirits at that particular point and I said, "So, you skipped the bedside manner course, did you?" And he laughed and we all laughed, and we thought it was funny. But it's like, I said, "I know where you're going, I get it. I'm really lucky to be here. Okay, good. What do you need to do?" He said, "We're putting two stents in." "Got it." And he did. A nice little quick procedure thankfully, but needless to say it was a very, very important lesson for me to learn, and I don't want anybody to go through that. No one should be laying on a hospital bed to have heart surgery basically when you're that young, because it's not good. You shouldn't do that, so you need to make those adjustments and figure out why you get yourself into the situations you do. Alyssa Scolari [43:26]: Exactly. Michael Levitt [43:28]: Once you do that, then you can make the adjustments on that aspect of it, and then your life will be so much better for you. Alyssa Scolari [43:36]: Yep, absolutely. I do agree that there's definitely an element of deeper work that I think people need to do where it's like, how did I get to this spot in the first place. Michael Levitt [43:46]: Exactly. Alyssa Scolari [43:48]: Both of your books, are they sold on Amazon? Michael Levitt [43:51]: Amazon. You can order them on Barnes and Noble as well if you don't like Amazon, then you can get them through Barnes and Noble as well. If you're in Canada, you can get them through Indigo or Chapters. I know there's a few other places that sell it, too. But those are the ones that people tend to flock to. Alyssa Scolari [44:07]: Perfect, okay. Then I have the links to everybody for the listeners out there because I know this is something that the listeners will really take to. I think burnout is something that a lot of trauma survivors suffer from because we tend to be chronic people pleasers. It's something that I find myself talking about time and time again in my practice, something I've struggled with personally. So I am so thankful that you were able to come on and share your story and hopefully just continue to save lives because it really is what you're doing, trying to save people from what you had to go through. Because not everybody ... We don't have to have a life threatening situation in order to check our burnout. We're trying to get people before it gets to that spot. Michael Levitt [44:59]: Yes, I agree. Prevention is so much better than recovery. Alyssa Scolari [45:02]: Yes. Yes, exactly. Thank you so much for coming on today, it was truly a pleasure. Michael Levitt [45:10]: Thank you, happy to be here. Alyssa Scolari [45:12]: Thank you. Thanks for listening, everyone. For more information please head over to Lightaftertauma.com, or you can also follow us on social media. On Instagram we are @lightaftertrauma and on Twitter it is @lightafterpod. Lastly, please head over to Patreon.com/lightaftertrauma to support our show. We are asking for $5 a month, which is the equivalent to a cup of coffee at Starbucks. So please head on over. Again, that's patreon.com/lightaftertrauma. Thank you, and we appreciate your support.

Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

In this episode, The Earthly Delights' duo speak with burnout expert, Jennifer Moss. Jennifer is an award-winning journalist, author and speaker who has a remarkable ability to swim within the nuances of work culture and what gives us greater well-being. During this conversation, we cover the symptoms of burnout, how to recover from burnout and how to avoid it. We also discuss what the impact of the mass move towards working from home is doing to our health and how the future of work can be. Other areas of discussion include: zoom fatigue, being ‘ourselves' at work, and feeling stuck in our job/career.

In this "HBR Minute" HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) explores the recent HBR video, "How to be Less Lonely at Work." See the video here: https://youtu.be/udnLC9WtV08.  Video Overview: "Loneliness at work is a major predictor of burnout. But how do you turn co-workers into genuine friends? What do work friendships look like? And how do they differ from the “normal” friendships you make outside of work? To combat loneliness, Innovation Editor Christine Liu sets out on the dramatic journey of making a new friend at the office while working from home. She speaks to Jennifer Moss, author of “The Burnout Epidemic,” to learn about the consequences of not having friends at work. Spoiler alert: They're dire. Ascend is the go-to place for young people around the world trying to navigate where your work meets your life. Run by a team of global editors at Harvard Business Review (HBR), we aim to give recent grads and early career professionals guidance on how to make sense of today's workplace — from getting started on your first gig to becoming a manager for the first time to just being yourself at work."  Check out Dr. Westover's new book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.  Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.  Ranked in the Top 10 Performance Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 10 Workplace Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 HR Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Talent Management Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 15 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/ ; Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

We tend to think of burnout as a problem that can be solved with some simple self-care, but evidence shows that it’s is a rapidly evolving workplace phenomenon and organisations need to take the lead in developing a strategy to prevent it. Margie Hartley talks to award winning journalist and author of The Burnout Epidemic, Jennifer Moss to find out why burnout is so widespread, what it looks like in the workplace and how leaders can ensure their employees aren't chronically overworked.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burnout is burning out of control. A lack of motivation at work. A sense that the effort you put in ultimately has no point. A feeling that all of this stuff is getting worse and you can't do anything about it. Sound familiar? The levels of burnout among employees all over the world are soaring as we pass the year mark of the pandemic. In a global survey, 89% of people say their well being has diminished as part of work. It comes at a time when burnout is listed in the International Classification of Diseases as a legit phenomenon. And the response of employers? Maybe a discounted gym membership or a Zoom yoga class. In other words, it's an employee problem when in generally the issue is a lack of understanding and compassion in the way humans are treated. We'll talk about what to do about it and hear from a top researcher in burnout, Jennifer Moss, and get listener tales of workplace burnout in the past year. Including autopsy burnout, which seems really next level.So hey. Maybe it's not you. Maybe it's them.Visit Jennifer Moss' website here. Her book, The Burnout Epidemic, is available for pre-order here or wherever books are sold. Follow her on Twitter @JenLeighMoss.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.orgHey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is available here. https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-hilarious-world-of-depression/Find the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe

Today on this episode of The Superwoman Code, we are joined by Jennifer Moss.  She is a published author, speaker, start-up cofounder and Harvard Business Review author who is just as obsessed with understanding burnout as Dr. Ashley is.  This conversation is one for the history books.  In this episode, Jennifer and Dr. Ashley dive into why burnout is so misunderstood, the role that your companies and organizations need to be playing (hint, it's not about lunch time yoga or downloading that CALM app) and how women are leaving the work force in record numbers at the year anniversary of COVID.  They touch on the strategies they both use during their day to days to manage their own workloads, what Jennifer is researching these days for her work with Plasticity Labs, CBC and Harvard Business Review - and her new book, The Burnout Epidemic (currently in presale).  This episode will make you realize that the burnout you're feeling today is a result of years of company decisions, hiring practices and a societal expectation that is disproportionally affecting young professionals and women.  Listen in - and then connect with Dr. Ashley to tell her how you're going to start building resiliency in your own life.  You can find and connect with Jen at www.jennifer-moss.com or on LinkedIn  The Goods:Full Shownotes Get On The Clinic Waitlist  Subscribe to The Superwoman Code Email List Follow @drashleymargeson on Instagram Special Thanks ToProduction: Ben Connolly Supported by Cornerstone Naturopathic Inc