Curbing burnout: Advice for making sure you switch off from work

Financial Management (FM) magazine

Author Mike Drayton, a clinical psychologist and leadership coach at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, explains why certain people are more susceptible to burnout than others, how people can recognise the early signs of burnout within themselves and in the people around them, and why it’s important to stay “rounded”.

Drayton suggests tactics that leaders and professionals can adopt to establish firm boundaries, promote work/life balance within their teams, cultures, and themselves, and encourage professional and personal development.

Drayton is scheduled to speak in October at UK and Ireland ENGAGE about the psychology of influence and persuasion.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

§ Steps for managing burnout.

§ What behaviours can determine if leaders will be prone to burnout or not.

§ Two personality traits that make people more vulnerable to burnout.

§ Ways to set firm boundaries that prioritise work/life balance.

§ What it means to “strive for wholeness” and how to adopt that mindset.