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Entries Tagged as 'Burnout'

Intramural commutability

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

For us work-from-home types, it can be difficult to “unplug” from the office. Especially when that office sits just a few short steps away from “home.”
Web Worker Daily offers some tips for transitioning from work to home with “When worlds collide: Transitioning between work and home.”
Some of the tips include:

Engineer a transition period
Set limits
Make a […]

Tags: Tips · Burnout · Perspective

Top 10 (or so) Ways to Ensure You Never Lose Another Employee

February 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Turnover blows. Here is how you can prevent the pain - forever:

Hire incompetent people - no one else ever will. They will be yours to keep until the day they retire.
Promote people beyond their abilities.
Always eliminate training first in budget cuts. Training only enhances peoples’ self worth and sense of mobility.
Describe your micro-management practices in […]

Tags: Management · Criticism · Motivation · Feedback · Career · Burnout

Disrespect : Burnout :: Gasoline : Fire

December 11th, 2006 · No Comments

While it doesn’t come as a shocker that disrespect in the work place is a leading cause for burnout, it does seem interesting that it may be the primary cause for burnout.
Usually, folks point to “over work,” “poor work life balance,” and “unrealistic expectations” as the keys to burnout. But the respect of the organization […]

Tags: Career · Burnout · Respect