3 Steps to Kick Burnout in the Butt | 2-Minute Video

Burnout is a problem nearly all employers face.

And that’s why you want to help employees kick burnout in the butt before it kicks them.

As trends like the Infinite Workday rise and employee engagement falls, people feel like they’re running on empty. They’re stressed, lacking energy and may even be considering walking out the door.

What’s Up in This Episode: Ways to Kick Burnout

But in this episode of HRMorning’s 3-Point, we have help to beat burnout. Our expert, Dr. Kara Mohr, Co-Founder at Mohr Results and Co-Creator of WellQ360, explains that we reach a limit every day. Then she helps us identify that point, how to step away before we get burned out and properly recover.

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Transcript (edited for clarity):

You know the phrase “running on empty?”

It hardly applies to vehicles anymore. It almost always applies to employees – including you, HR pros.

How bad is it? Dr. Kara Mohr paints the picture best.

Dr. Kara Mohr, Co-Founder, Mohr Results and Co-Creator, WellQ360: “When using AI, if you’re using ChatGPT, or one of these systems, and you haven’t paid for it, a lot of times it will say you’ve reached your limit, right? Meaning that you’ve reached the pay wall, and that’s all they’re going to give you for free that day. But I think humans need to recognize that we reach a limit every day. And if we don’t begin to honor that we’re on just depleting territory, right?”

There’s no denying that. In fact, a Moodle study found two out of three employees feel some degree of burnout every day. And we can’t fix it …

Mohr: “Unless we have some really hard-set rules, like a shutdown ritual for ourselves to create that separation, a lot of people won’t do it. So to your point, I think what we have to recognize is that the environment’s not changing.”

So how can we disconnect and recharge intentionally?

Mohr: “So if we have a shutdown ritual where we make a to-do list for the next day and we write our top three priorities and we check email one last time and shut down our computer and have a little mantra as we walk out the door, the more we practice that, the easier it is when we walk out the door that we’re like, okay, I have completed a day’s work.“

Ah, yes, there’s the ticket – an exit strategy, whether you’re on-site or working from home. So, to avoid running on empty …

• Recognize your limit. No one has unlimited energy. If you feel depleted, you are.
• Commit to a shutdown. The best part is you set the rules.
• Create a ritual. It’ll look different for everyone, but do the same things each day to wrap up one day and ramp up for the next.

Then, leave each workday behind until it’s easy to walk away well before you’ve emptied the tank.