Avoiding Employee Burnout
09/28/22 • 44 min
Your employees are your business’s greatest asset. How can you ensure they your team is energized and excited about the work they do? What methods and policies can you put in place to help employees avoid burnout, and what are some signs that your employees need better tools to keep motivated?
Join us for episode 399 of Business Brain to learn more about employee burnout: what it is, how it starts, and how you can overcome it.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #399 for Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
- 00:01:09 Small Business Therapy
- 00:02:51 Virtual Employees
- 00:05:38 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours!
- 00:07:00 Avoiding Employee Burnout
- Identify the scope — Is it one person, or is it systemic
- Read the room, then document, document, document
- Gallup Poll of Employee Burnout
- Burnout Reason: People felt they were treated unfairly
- 00:17:48 Burnout Reason: Unmanageable Workload
- 00:22:03 SPONSOR: Business Capital Providers specializes in funding small and medium sized businesses quickly without lengthy paperwork or strict collateral requirements. Visit bcproviders.com/sbs to find out how you can get funded for as much as $250,000 in as little as 72 hours.
- 00:23:15 Burnout Reason: Lack of Role Clarity
- 00:28:54 Burnout Reason: Lack of Communication and Support from Their Manager
- 00:34:27 Burnout Reason: Unreasonable Time Pressure
- 00:37:09 Burnout mitigation tips:
- Time off
- “Free” time
- Work from home days
- Mix it up
- Give people a budget
- 00:43:31 BB 399 Outtro
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Your employees are your business’s greatest asset. How can you ensure they your team is energized and excited about the work they do? What methods and policies can you put in place to help employees avoid burnout, and what are some signs that your employees need better tools to keep motivated?
Join us for episode 399 of Business Brain to learn more about employee burnout: what it is, how it starts, and how you can overcome it.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #399 for Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
- 00:01:09 Small Business Therapy
- 00:02:51 Virtual Employees
- 00:05:38 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours!
- 00:07:00 Avoiding Employee Burnout
- Identify the scope — Is it one person, or is it systemic
- Read the room, then document, document, document
- Gallup Poll of Employee Burnout
- Burnout Reason: People felt they were treated unfairly
- 00:17:48 Burnout Reason: Unmanageable Workload
- 00:22:03 SPONSOR: Business Capital Providers specializes in funding small and medium sized businesses quickly without lengthy paperwork or strict collateral requirements. Visit bcproviders.com/sbs to find out how you can get funded for as much as $250,000 in as little as 72 hours.
- 00:23:15 Burnout Reason: Lack of Role Clarity
- 00:28:54 Burnout Reason: Lack of Communication and Support from Their Manager
- 00:34:27 Burnout Reason: Unreasonable Time Pressure
- 00:37:09 Burnout mitigation tips:
- Time off
- “Free” time
- Work from home days
- Mix it up
- Give people a budget
- 00:43:31 BB 399 Outtro
The post Avoiding Employee Burnout – Business Brain 399 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
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Find a Mentor, Employee Chatter, and Festivus Employee Meetings
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Listen in to hear about the importance of finding a good mentor, why your employees will always share the info you may not expect them to, and an idea for a Festivus type of meeting where employees can be free to “air the grievances.” Do Team Accountability Meetings have a place in your business? We think they could, with some caveats.
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- 00:01:29 Leveraging Flexibility For Yourself and For Your Team
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- 00:25:17 Team Accountability Meetings (aka “Festivus”)
- 00:42:08 BB 398 Outtro
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Employee Communication Best Practices
Join us this week on Business Brain as we dive deeply into different communication methods with your employees. Find out what works, what doesn’t, and how to fix problems. Don’t miss our intro topic about how to save thousands on your tech gear with this “one simple trick.”
Oh yeah, it’s our 400th episode! 7.5 years in the making – you don’t want to miss this one. Cheers!
- 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #400 for Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
- 00:01:44 The value of bullheaded-persistence
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- 00:10:58 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com right now to schedule your free trial!
- 00:12:27 How well does texting work for your business?
- 00:24:32 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours!
- 00:26:03 How to deal with the confusing messages you send your employees?
- It’s not up to your employees to read your mind
- Take the initiative and ask your employees
- Employ empathy
- 00:33:23 How to create a culture of over-analyzing
- Surround yourself with people who are good at things you’re not.
- 00:39:08 BB 400 Outtro
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