Junior doctors face immense pressure at work – and a growing number are choosing to leave the NHS as a result of these poor working conditions.
Employee resilience has recently become a must-have employee characteristic against the current background of volatility and rapid change in the workplace.
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While employee resilience seems appealing — especially in the current uncertain and unpredictable time we are living in — overusing it can actually jeopardize an organization’s effectiveness.
Decreased patience and heightened emotions have created a cycle of frustration, with rude customers having abrupt interactions with stressed out service workers.
Though some people experience higher levels of stress than others, they may be less likely to burnout because they are more frequently connected with what is significant in their lives.
Creating a compassionate workplace culture involves acknowledging people’s challenges,
even related to apparently small matters, in professionally appropriate ways.
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It’s important that employers and employees understand sympathy, empathy and compassion, and consider these emotions’ roles in both job performance and employee relations.
For a long time, arts organisations retained staff attracted to the ‘romance of being creative’. That’s no longer enough.
CUPE members and supporters join a demonstration outside the office of Parm Gill, Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Milton, Ont., on Nov. 4, 2022.
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Frustration about unsettled bargaining that predates the pandemic could get channelled into pronounced resistance from educational workers during the coming months.
The pandemic made many people more aware of the impossibility of severing work from life.
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Two new studies highlight the importance of social connection in the workplace and illustrate why working from home may not be the optimal workplace arrangement.
Sue Dean, Southern Cross University e Deb Massey, Southern Cross University
Burnout and ‘compassion fatigue’ can compromise patient safety and signal health worker exhaustion. And they are a ticking time bomb for health care.
Building safer workplaces requires leaders who understand how years of resource constraints, unhealthy work environments, abuse from patients and a pandemic have contributed to overwhelming burnout and job dissatisfaction among workers.
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The future of our health system depends on recruiting and retaining passionate and highly skilled health-care workers. It’s essential to build work environments where they feel supported and safe.
Healthcare workers faced excessive burnout during the pandemic.
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Burnout is a serious problem that deserves all of our attention. An academic who studies the issue offers some practical tips to deal with the problems associated with burnout.
Doing something creative is a great way to spend your mental health day.
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Tyra Fainstad, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus e Adrienne Mann, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Physician burnout is a severe problem in the medical field, made much worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. But an online coaching program that could be scaled up had dramatic results for participants.
Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Health organisations must play their part in preventing burnout and moral injury in workers. Most factors leading to it – such as lack of resources and staff – are outside the control of individuals.