Managing Employee Burnout - by Shauna Moran (Paperback)

About the Book

Support your employees and reduce burnout in the organization with this practical guide.

Book Synopsis

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion. In the workforce, it leads to higher levels of stress, greater sickness absence, sluggish productivity and increased staff turnover so addressing this is urgent.

Managing Employee Burnout covers everything from what burnout is, what causes it and what different forms it can take. It also explores the role of the organization in employee burnout and includes specific guidance on how to manage burnout in remote and hybrid working environments and why dispersed teams may be more susceptible to burnout.

Full of actionable advice and real world examples, this book demonstrates what strategies to put in place to safeguard staff retention and productivity from burnout as well as how to promote awareness and emotional intelligence in the business. This book also explains why effective company culture, communication, leadership and an inclusive talent strategy are key to building a healthy, engaged and sustainable workforce. There is also coverage of how to improve employees' mental health and discussion of the importance of taking a break and how to establish healthy boundaries. Managing Employee Burnout is crucial reading for all HR professionals and all those responsible for talent management who are looking to ensure a healthy, happy and productive workforce.

Review Quotes

"A critical and much-needed resource for any CEO, leader or remote worker. This book gives us all the practical tips to finally create stress-free teams in a distributed environment."--Nazim Ahmed "CEO, remx.xyz"

"Finally, a real business how-to for how we can all reduce unhealthy stress within our work. Shauna Moran shows you how to create a sustainable culture and find efficiencies in running your team in a distributed way, so we can enjoy the work again."--Job van der Voort "CEO, Remote"

"If you're a remote leader, Managing Employee Burnout is a must-have resource to identify, qualify and remedy your team members that are at risk of burning out before they do."--Liam Martin "author, Running Remote; Co-Founder Running Remote"

"In this world of constant remote working, employee wellness and burnout should be a priority for all organizations. Shauna's book is filled with great tools and practical strategies for getting remote work right!"--Brian Scudamore "Founder & CEO, O2E Brands; author, BYOB: BUILD YOUR OWN BUSINESS, BE YOUR OWN BOSS"

"Shauna is a true professional and one of the few experts in the field of remote work that has the longstanding experience and the knowledge base to help companies and individuals of all shapes and sizes as they navigate the, sometimes, challenging waters of distributed teamwork. Her work at Operate Remote speaks for itself, and this book is just one more example of how she is pushing the future of work forward."--Chase Warrington "Head of Remote, DoIst"

"Shauna's book is practical, logical and well written, because the author has been through this process herself and is therefore speaking from hard earned experience. She writes in an accessible and understandable way. This is the way that the world is moving, so it makes sense to read this book and absorb its insights, so that you can retain and inspire your own workforce."--Simon Cocking "Irish Tech News"

"This is not just support for professionals and leaders, this guidebook is absolutely a resource that will turn your organization into a sustainable, high performing and human-focused culture!"--Tony Jamous "CEO, Oyster"

About the Author

Shauna Moran is the founder of Operate Remote, an award-winning executive coaching agency that empowers leaders to address staff burnout and build more emotionally healthy, engaged and sustainable teams and organizations. Prior to this, she headed up Partnerships in various SaaS companies. Based in Vancouver, Canada, she has a background in psychology and is an accredited Executive and Leadership Coach as well as an Emotional Intelligence Practitioner.