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Prevent Manager Burnout
Protect your leadership investment
Sadly, burnout is a very real issue and it can be too late by the time someone shows the typical signs. Manager burnout has ripple effects across the entire organisation – team performance and morale decline, communication breaks down and employee motivation and clarity suffer.
You know you’ve got problems if…
- Cultures that drive staff to work excess hours and regularly take work home
- Managers may resist taking holidays for fear of a mountainous workload on their return
- You see symptoms like physical exhaustion at the end of the day, cynicism, irritability and detachment.
Why not try…
- Having regular check-ins with managers where you ask TED questions (Tell me, Explain, Describe) about workload and stress
- Developing a buddy system for managers to discuss challenges and solutions with others from different sections of the organisation
- Encouraging regular holidays and time off to refresh and replenish
- Health or wellbeing programmes that promote taking time to slow down
Make sure managers are equipped with the tools to do their job effectively. Many are self-taught, so give them:
- Time management training that helps them use simple tools to plan and prioritise
- Skills to delegate effectively so they’re able to move towards ‘letting go’
- The ability to communicate their feelings, including the ability to assertively say no