A previous post laid out approaches to addressing exhaustion, a core aspect of burnout. Measures ask people how energetic they … More
Category: resiliency
What To Do About Exhaustion?
Exhaustion is a defining quality of burnout. Despite lots of evidence of its damaging impact, exhaustion has eluded effective action. … More
Can You Afford to Smell the Flowers?
At the core of Adriana Huffington’s new book, Thrive, is her story of injuring herself when nodding off at her … More
The Shared Quality of Burnout & Engagement
For the most part, people working together on hospital units get along well. On some units, the social climate of … More
Hope and Trust
In their foundations annual letter Bill and Melinda Gates demonstrated a core element of leadership: inspiring hope. The letter challenged … More
What Are We Doing in the Azores?
After a few days of conferences, presentations, conversations, and dinners, we found ourselves having an hour at the airport at … More
Uncertainty and Control
When the sign on Track 12 blacked out the info for the train to Rovereto, it was fortunate that we … More
Juggling Priorities as a Management Challenge
A major challenge for first line managers (FLMs) in health care is managing competing demands. They face requests and demands … More
Making Sleep Work for You
A definitive item in the Maslach Burnout Inventory refers to feeling tired in the morning when facing another day on … More
Preventing Burnout: Improving Recovery Cycles
An important dimension of the burnout process is interrupted recovery. The problem is not so much that people get tired. … More