Dave Newberry Chicago - Business Coaching Helps Reduce Employee Burnout
Employee burnout is a huge problem in our society and it has many roots, especially considering the current economic environment where many employees are working longer hours for the same pay due to a reduction in the workforce. A lack of appreciation often further compounds the problem. Employee burnout is essentially a result of prolonged workplace stress and anxiety. Herbert Freudenberger coined the term "burnout" in 1974, and established twelve phases of the burnout process that are not necessarily experienced sequentially: • Having a compulsion to prove oneself • Working harder and harder with no end in sight • Neglecting personal needs • Displacing conflicts • Revising values (dismissing friends or hobbies) • Denying emerging problems (aggression and cynicism begin to become apparent) • Withdrawing socially • Changing behaviors that become obvious to others • Experiencing an inner emptiness • Having depression • Experiencing burnout syndrome ...