Episode 17 - Emotion at Work Stories - Burnout

02/24/18 • 100 min

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I shared at the start of 2018. This time with Amy King as my guest, we take a trip into how burnout has been a part of her life in recent years.

We explore the knowing and not knowing that you are becoming burned out, how loving what she does has contributed towards Amy's burnout experience and how she now approaches life (or does her best to do so) in a way that will prevent it from happening again.

As well as exploring the practical, tangible and everyday things Amy has done and continues to do, we get into how psychology, sociology and wider aspects of burnout.

With this being a Stories episode there aren’t many references as such. There are some things from the news and other places we talk about and here are the links to those things:

When not being sick causes harm

https://hrmannz.com/2018/02/10/in-sickness-and-in-health/

Book - The Obstacle is the Way

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Obstacle-Way-Ancient-Adversity-Advantage/dp/1781251487

Sleep and Burnout

https://vanwinkles.com/putting-the-pieces-together-burnout-insomnia-and-career-satisfaction

Blog post from Karen Bevan about her experiences with what she calls a 'breaking point'

http://hrentrepreneursnetwork.com/2018/02/09/a-post-i-never-thought-id-have-to-write/

A TED talk that Any shared with me that she likes and thinks needs to be in the show notes

https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_david_the_gift_and_power_of_emotional_courage

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Episode 16 - Emotion at Work Stories - Imposter Syndrome

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I shared at the start of 2018. This time with Amanda Arrowsmith as my guest, we take a trip into how imposter syndrome has been a part of her life from early childhood but really took hold in her early twenties.

We explore this internal voice that often tells her that she’s not good enough, not enough, that she will be found out and can cause crippling self-doubt. We get into where that voice has come from, what has given it voice, how she quietens it, her strategies for working with it effectively.

As well as exploring the practical, tangible and everyday things Amanda has done and continues to do, we get into how society, norms and life can shape the formation and growth of this ‘inner critic’.

With this being a Stories episode there aren’t many references as such. There are some things from the news and other places we talk about and here are the links to those things:

A story about the liver branding surgeon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42663518

Reading I did around types of Imposter Syndrome

https://www.fastcompany.com/40421352/the-five-types-of-impostor-syndrome-and-how-to-beat-them

Does imposter syndrome affect women more than men?

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_ladder/2016/04/is_impostor_syndrome_real_and_does_it_affect_women_more_than_men.html

Sas Petherick

http://www.saspetherick.com

A blog from Gemma Dale (@HR_Gem) on Imposter Syndrome

https://hrgemblog.com/2016/06/21/the-imposter-within/

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Episode 18 - Emotion at Work in Stress and Wellbeing

In this episode, I am delighted to have Professor Sir Cary Cooper as my guest. Cary is the President of the CIPD, researcher, practitioner and part of the Manchester Business School. I wanted to get Cary on the podcast for quite a while now as someone that is personally experienced and a respected researcher in this area. We get into:

Cary's personal experiences with Stress and Wellbeing

His experiences working, consulting and researching in the workplace

The importance of stress and mental health for individuals, teams, companies and the economy as a whole

Uncertainty, anxiety, burnout and the difference between acute and chronic stress

This is a fab episode and here are the links and references:

Articles on technostress https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prefrontal-nudity/201708/dealing-technostress https://journal.thriveglobal.com/what-is-technostress-6b4cc39661d7 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969699715001192 Chronic Fatigue https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=V3zLBQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=cary+cooper+chronic+fatigue&ots=AWd3OEcPtr&sig=biAR_U8VCmFPzI2_12GFModo-NE#v=onepage&q=cary%20cooper%20chronic%20fatigue&f=false http://oem.bmj.com/content/oemed/54/6/367.full.pdf - Spurgeon, Harrington & Cooper (1997) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Myths-Management-People-Wrong-Business/dp/0749480238 Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuP7UBRDiARIsAFpxiRKCKJCPyl1kJIPn3BU845i89XJ5l0T2nvBFIsrurUd3r8HD6ZxqtwYaAhHxEALw_wcB# Articles linked to Antonio Horatio-Osorio the CEO of Lloyds that openly discussed his mental health challenges http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15573121 Report on social mobility in the UK (2017) https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BCGSocial-Mobility-report-full-version_WEB_FINAL.pdf More from Sir Cary: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/professor-sir-cary-cooper-4213909/

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