Focusing on the pervasive issue of burnout in the workplace, this book offers a comprehensive examination of its causes and remedies. Authors Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter argue that burnout is not solely a personal issue but one that organizations must actively manage. Through extensive research and practical insights, they provide tools for recognizing burnout signs and propose meaningful, manageable changes to foster a healthier work environment. Their evidence-driven approach aims to enhance employee well-being and productivity in today's evolving workplaces.
Solutions to workplace burnout often involve victim-blaming: Stressed? Try
therapy-or a new job. But burnout is a sign of defective workplaces, not
workers. Drawing on decades of research, Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter
show managers how to recognize burnout and fix problems cost-effectively,
improving employees' productivity and health.
Today's workers lack job security, face greater competition, are under
pressure to produce more in a shaky economy, often don't have strong leaders,
and are employed by dysfunctional organizations. No wonder they feel
powerless, underappreciated, and underpaid. This book addresses precisely
those conflicts with a proven plan of action.
In this book Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach, the leading experts on job burnout prevention and authors of the landmark book The Truth About Burnout, outline their revolutionary new program for helping everyone in the workplace overcome everyday stress and pressures and achieve their career goals. Banishing Burnout includes the authors’ unique and highly effective Work Life self-assessment test and a customized plan for action that will help transform the individual’s relationship with work and overcome job burnout. The authors outline their proven action plan, which shows how to establish core values, set a personal direction, engage other people, initiate a realistic plan of action, make an impact, and achieve career goals. The book is filled with illustrative case examples from a wide variety of organizations, including corporations, health care institutions, universities, and nonprofit organizations. Each case demonstrates how the use of the Work Life self-survey and the individualized action plan can result in dramatic changes in the daily workplace experience and advance career development.
Today's workforce is experiencing job burnout in epidemic proportions. Workers at all levels, both white- and blue-collar, feel stressed out, insecure, misunderstood, undervalued, and alienated at their workplace. This original and important book debunks the common myth that when workers suffer job burnout they are solely responsible for their fatigue, anger, and don't give a damn attitude. The book clearly shows where the accountability often belongs. . . .squarely on the shoulders of the organization.
