Burnout is a taboo subject. Admitting you are burning out in your job is
tantamount to career suicide for some employees; for their organizations
it is like raising a white flag in the war for talent. But suppose that
preventing burnout is the worst thing you can do. Suppose for some
people, particularly high fliers, it represents a call to deep and
urgent learning about themselves and how they relate to the world.
Suppose that we need instead to learn to manage burnout and harness the
powerful learning potential of the experience, and in so doing build
careers aligned with individual meaning and purpose, sustainable in the
long term. What would organizations and their people need to do to
achieve this?
This book:
* Explains what burnout is, how it is becoming the 21st-century
business equivalent of the 'black death', and how it can derail your
career
* Highlights the financial, reputational and personal costs to
organizations and people
* Details how burnout can deliver a killer punch to talent management
and the development of the leaders of tomorrow, and risk the retention,
growth and productivity of high fliers
* Explores why some of us develop a strong sense of our own, personal
identity at work, while others find it more difficult
* Presents a coaching process to manage burnout and harness its
learning potential
* Provides a framework for individuals to build careers aligned with
individual meaning and purpose.
