Everyone has a set of core values which guide them in life and in their everyday interactions with others. If you work for an organization, you bring those values with you into the workplace. Warning: the creation of conflicting values in the workplace can put employees on the fast track to job related burnout. Recently,…
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Did You Know Absence of Fairness Causes Job Related Burnout
A few years ago, just before retiring, a friend told me she was fired as a pharmaceutical representative after 27 years with the same company. There were massive layoffs within her company as they attempted to cost-cut their way to a better bottom line. As a result, I can tell you firsthand 100% of those…
7 Reasons Why Breakdown of Community Will Ruin Your Business
Hospitals, large provider groups and clinics each represent, in and of themselves, a community. The strength of these organizations is derived from the strength of the interpersonal relationships formed within each. If a provider community is thriving, the interpersonal relationship bonds are strong within the community. Where ever and whenever the sense of community…
Insufficient Rewards Lead To Employee Job Related Burnout
One of the largest contributors to job burnout is insufficient reward. Whether you are talking about tangible or intangible rewards, people must derive one, the other or both from the work they do. Where there is little reward, expect little effort and poor results. I have been reviewing the 6 mismatches between the job and the individual…
Is Lack of Control Causing You to Hate Your Job
Have you ever been in a situation as a customer with a problem which had an obvious and easy solution but the person helping you couldn’t help you because of a company policy or rule? Maybe both of you knew what had to be done and both of you felt the futile frustration of the…