Making work work for us

 

Ever been accused of being 'too sensitive'?

I have, for a good slab of my life. When someone says 'You're too sensitive', I feel whacked across the face. Is this because I'm too sensitive?
Being a sensitive female in our society is bad enough. But being identified as a sensitive male is a whole lot worse. [...]

Posted Under: book review, burnout and money, burnout and the workplace
This post was written by Megan on January 25, 2012 Comments (2)

The obvious problem in the workplace

 

In the business section of a newspaper recently was the headline: "Employee overload is bad for business".

The sub-head (just in case you didn't understand the headline): "Overworked staff can strip a company of its competitive edge".
Derek Parker wrote the article in the Weekend Australian (19-20 March 2011, Weekend Professional, Page 1). Not sure if Derek [...]

Posted Under: burnout and society, burnout and the workplace
This post was written by Megan on April 8, 2011 Comments (1)

Shocking, funny and heartbreaking comments about burnout

I recently read a post on the Lifehacker site called How to recognize signs of burnout (and what to do about them).
The post was pretty dull, to be honest (sorry, Adam mate). He quoted Dr. Sherrie Bourg Carter (writer for Psychology Today) who discussed the signs of burnout. Adam gave us a few from the list:

Physical [...]

Posted Under: burnout and the workplace, burnout signs and symptoms
This post was written by Megan on March 15, 2011 Comments (2)