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What Does Burnout Look Like?: Take Action

Burnout is a state of emotional and psychological distress resulting from prolonged exposure to stress, characterized by feelings of cynicism, low self-efficacy, and physical exhaustion. It can cause a lack of confidence, decreased performance, withdrawal behaviors, and feelings of exhaustion. Burnout is often caused by an excessive workload, unclear or lacking job responsibilities, poor supervisor or coworker relationships, insufficient recognition, unfair treatment, or misalignment between personal and organizational values. Addressing burnout requires collaboration between employees, managers, and the organization by identifying causes, regularly monitoring for signs and symptoms, and providing feedback through surveys.

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What Does Burnout Look Like?: Take Action

Burnout is a state of emotional and psychological distress resulting from prolonged exposure to stress, characterized by feelings of cynicism, low self-efficacy, and physical exhaustion. It can cause a lack of confidence, decreased performance, withdrawal behaviors, and feelings of exhaustion. Burnout is often caused by an excessive workload, unclear or lacking job responsibilities, poor supervisor or coworker relationships, insufficient recognition, unfair treatment, or misalignment between personal and organizational values. Addressing burnout requires collaboration between employees, managers, and the organization by identifying causes, regularly monitoring for signs and symptoms, and providing feedback through surveys.

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Are you Burnout is a state of emotional and psychological

distress that is a result of prolonged exposure to


burning stress that results in feelings of cynicism,
out? low self-efficacy, and physical exhaustion.

What does burnout look like?


(Help Guide)
Burnout signs and symptoms include:
(Help Guide)

Lack of confidence and feelings of Procrastination and the inability to


self-doubt concentrate on tasks

Decrease in performance; increase Diminished satisfaction with work


in the number of mistakes and/or internal relationships

Withdrawal behaviors and avoiding Feelings of exhaustion, tiredness,


colleagues and/or leaders and brain fogs

Causes of burnout
1 Workload – having too many tasks, tight deadlines

2 Role Clarity & Autonomy – not understanding job responsibilities, lack of training, being micromanaged

3 Supervisor & Co-Worker Relationships – poor co-worker and supervisor support, communication, and cooperation

4 Rewards & Recognition – poor monetary rewards, insufficient recognition of personal contributions to the organization

5 Fairness & Equity – being bullied, harassed, treated unfairly (e.g., assigned more tasks than co-workers)

Employee & Organizational Values – not understanding purpose behind work, how your work contributes to the
6 organization’s success, misalignment between personal and organizational values (Adapted from Maslach & Leiter)

Beware of the lies you Take action


tell yourself!
We often try to deny that we are feeling burned out in an
Addressing burnout requires collaboration
effort to continue working. These lies include: between managers, employees, and the
▪ I’m simply just tired organization. Do your part by:
▪ It’s just a phase, it’ll pass Identifying and discussing the cause of
▪ I just need to work harder
▪ I’ll feel fine after going on vacation
your burnout with your manager or HR.
▪ I’ll be recognized if I take on more Regularly monitoring yourself against the
▪ I’ll be okay once this project, task, or week is over
burnout signs and symptoms.
(Workplace Strategies for Mental Health)

These lies inhibit you from spotting burnout early. Sharing your burnout experiences in McLean & Company | 1

Recognizing these lies and being in-tune with yourself


is crucial to identifying burnout in a timely manner. organizational surveys (e.g., engagement).

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