Why Burnout Happens — and How Bosses Can Help
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HBR IdeaCast
For example, it could be there as a reward for good work, which is a reward issue, but people see it as being rigged to go to the wrong people and not the ones who deserve it, which is a fairness issue. So what are the easier things, the doable things, the low hanging fruit, the things that if we could just begin to make those kinds of shifts, it would help people? CHRISTINA MASLACH: What’s interesting is that in many cases, it’s not that people have gone and put in place a standardized practice, but they’ve often have either taken a recommendation and customized it to make it more workable in their organization, or sometimes they’ve stumbled upon things by chance that actually make a positive difference.