What Really Causes Burnout at Work?
In previous articles and blogs, I have made much of the business benefits of having engaged staff: lower staff turnover, fewer sick days and accidents, greater resilience and agility, etc. Higher profitability is the obvious outcome. In this blog I am going to look briefly at the costs and causes of burnout. A 2019 report by Gallup (https://bit.ly/AspireMCL121) found that 28% of employees experienced burnout 'always' or 'very often' (a further 48% experienced it 'sometimes').