Have you had a burnout before?

Have you ever had a burnout?

I believe most of us have some "close" if not "actual" burnout from time to time.

Leiter and Maslach (2005, pp.14-19) listed 6 sources of burnout:
1) Workload - work is too complex, too much, too urgent, or just too awful
2) Control issues - from being micromanaged to having ineffective leaders or teams
3) Lack of Reward - Lack of compensation, recognition, or pleasure
4) Absence of Community - absence of colleagues that provide social support
5) Lack of Fairness - little justice & lots of arbitrary (eg. I say so / my way or highway), secretive decision making or worse favoritism
6) Discordant Values - Your values at odds with the organization thus challenging your belief's validity & your self-worth at work (eg. u hate smoking but work in a tobacco coy)

Do you have any of the above issues at work? If so, what do you plan to do?

Reference: Leiter, M. P., & Maslach, C. (2005). Banishing burnout: Six strategies
for improving your relationship with work. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.

#burnout #stress

Crisis: Opportunity or Danger?

The Chinese word "WeiJi" or Crisis are formed by two words "Wei" meaning danger and "Ji" meaning opportunity. Thus there is always an opportunity for learning or improvement or perhaps through the solving of the problem derives a valuable solution that we can take advantage of.

Using Singapore as example, our past innovations in water treatment, in financial base for Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) using favourable tax laws and many others had created opportunities for various sectors and organizations. What else can we do in our current predicament (or crisis) to exploit an opportunity from it?

Some other facts:
- Crisis state normally cease within 6-8 weeks, some texts state 10-12weeks.
- One cannot tolerate extreme tension and disequilibrium for more than a few weeks

If you are facing or nearing a crisis state, please seek help and support.

Reference: James, R.K., & Gilliland, B.E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.

#crisis #success