https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFkI69zJzLI A huge “thank you” to all of you who have watched my TEDx Talk (Burnout v. PTSD: More Similar Than You Think…) on YouTube – over 62,000 views and 455 likes so far! Woo hoo! [UPDATE: As of July 23, 2020, we have passed over 436,000 views!!!] I have been humbled by the number … Continue reading Woo Hoo: My TEDx Talk Passes 62,000 Views on YouTube! [VIDEO]
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Paradigm Shifter #8 – Every day can be a new beginning IF you want it
Many people view the New Year as a time for new (or renewed) commitments. I have also found that just as many view the changing of the calendar as just another day. Is one view better than the other? What if there was a third way to view the start of a new year? What … Continue reading Paradigm Shifter #8 – Every day can be a new beginning IF you want it
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TEDx Presentation: Burnout, PTSD, and ADAAA
It’s been a month since my last blog post – but the reason for this delay was an exciting one. I was given the opportunity to present at a TEDx event on February 19, 2014. My topic? Burnout and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: More Similar Than You Think… Don’t panic – this wasn’t a dry, … Continue reading TEDx Presentation: Burnout, PTSD, and ADAAA
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10 Ways Organizations Create Burnout: An Overview
It has been well documented that 70% of change initiatives fail. While numerous reasons exist for these failures, I am convinced that it is primarily because many of the employees – whether they are change leaders or change “targets” – are frustrated, angry, apathetic, and burned out. While many managers believe that it is the … Continue reading 10 Ways Organizations Create Burnout: An Overview
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Warning Signs of Burnout: 6 Symptoms That I Didn’t Ignore
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I inadvertently became a participant or statistic in my on-going research into what causes and maintains employee burnout during organizational change. The situation: I was a new full-time faculty member at a university that was attempting to transform itself and I had no control over the constantly changing … Continue reading Warning Signs of Burnout: 6 Symptoms That I Didn’t Ignore
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Spiraling Downward: The Path to Burnout During Organizational Change
As I mentioned last week, I inadvertently became a case study over the last year in my on-going research into what causes and maintains employee burnout during organizational change. Even though I had worked as an adjunct prior to accepting a full-time faculty position at this university, I was unprepared for the radical difference in … Continue reading Spiraling Downward: The Path to Burnout During Organizational Change
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I Thought It Was a Job…But It Turned Out to Be Research
It’s been a long time since I posted to this blog. I had accepted a full-time faculty position shortly after my last post, but never thought that the workload would literally overtake my waking hours. Even though I have taught business and HR classes at universities for over 12 years and have always loved the … Continue reading I Thought It Was a Job…But It Turned Out to Be Research
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It Takes a Transformation to Create a New Way to Work
The longer that I pursue this path to create a new, better and more balanced way to work, the more I realize that what I am advocating is transformational change -- and it is not for the faint of heart. There are two types of change. Incremental change focuses on actions and reactions to external … Continue reading It Takes a Transformation to Create a New Way to Work
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Working Wisdom: Life Is One Indivisible Whole
One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole. - Gandhi Balance and authenticity: it’s what I strive for every waking moment. Unfortunately, the politics of “business as usual” often challenge these virtues. The pragmatism of the ends … Continue reading Working Wisdom: Life Is One Indivisible Whole
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Working Wisdom: Is Apathy the Worst of All Evils?
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings. - Helen Keller (1880-1968), from her book "My Religion" (1927). Apathy precedes burnout. As workers descend the burnout spiral, their original hope deteriorates into frustration, anger and … Continue reading Working Wisdom: Is Apathy the Worst of All Evils?
A New Way to Work 