Preventing Burnout with Sheree Comninellis, CEO of Brain eBox
07/11/23 • 18 min
Show Notes
In this episode of HR on the Brain, Sheree Comninellis, CEO of Brain eBox, shares her insights on how to prevent burnout at work.
Sheree is a proven specialist in the Education, Training and Development (ETD) space, with a 17+ year track record in Learning and Development. She has worked across industries with businesses both big and small, to help them build competent and engaged teams through the power of skills development.
Sheree founded Brain eBox in 2015 and works as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), leading the Brain eBox team and focusing on business development. She is passionate about working with companies to create and deliver powerful workplace learning solutions that unlock performance and help their teams thrive.
In this episode, Sheree shares her insights on how leaders can support their teams to prevent burnout in the workplace. She begins by providing a definition of burnout, and unpacking its impact on team members. From there, she shares strategies that leaders can implement to prevent and manage burnout in their teams. Throughout the episode, she emphasises the important role of leaders and HR professionals.
In the busy world of work we find ourselves in today, this episode addresses a common workplace issue that often goes unnoticed until it is too late. This episode is for any HR and Business Leaders who want to find out how they can notice when team members are starting to feel burnt out, and what they can do to support their teams effectively.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
6:00 Definition of burnout
07:52 The impact of burnout on team members
09:00 How you as an HR professional can support leaders to notice when their team members are burnt out
10:19 Strategies to prevent burnout
16:23 The role of leaders & HR professionals in preventing burnout
Featured in the Show:
- To get in touch with Sheree Comninellis, visit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheree-comninellis/
Show Notes
In this episode of HR on the Brain, Sheree Comninellis, CEO of Brain eBox, shares her insights on how to prevent burnout at work.
Sheree is a proven specialist in the Education, Training and Development (ETD) space, with a 17+ year track record in Learning and Development. She has worked across industries with businesses both big and small, to help them build competent and engaged teams through the power of skills development.
Sheree founded Brain eBox in 2015 and works as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), leading the Brain eBox team and focusing on business development. She is passionate about working with companies to create and deliver powerful workplace learning solutions that unlock performance and help their teams thrive.
In this episode, Sheree shares her insights on how leaders can support their teams to prevent burnout in the workplace. She begins by providing a definition of burnout, and unpacking its impact on team members. From there, she shares strategies that leaders can implement to prevent and manage burnout in their teams. Throughout the episode, she emphasises the important role of leaders and HR professionals.
In the busy world of work we find ourselves in today, this episode addresses a common workplace issue that often goes unnoticed until it is too late. This episode is for any HR and Business Leaders who want to find out how they can notice when team members are starting to feel burnt out, and what they can do to support their teams effectively.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
6:00 Definition of burnout
07:52 The impact of burnout on team members
09:00 How you as an HR professional can support leaders to notice when their team members are burnt out
10:19 Strategies to prevent burnout
16:23 The role of leaders & HR professionals in preventing burnout
Featured in the Show:
- To get in touch with Sheree Comninellis, visit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheree-comninellis/
Previous Episode
Unlock Your Potential To Grow Your HR Career with guest Zani Mashinini: Divisional Head HR COE's at the South African Reserve Bank
Show Notes
In this episode of HR on the Brain, Sheree Comninellis, CEO of Brain eBox, interviews guest Zani Mashinini, Divisional Head HR COE’s at the South African Reserve Bank, about her HR career and her guidance for HR leaders who are wanting to break into the Executive level.
Zani Mashinini is a mentor, coach, speaker and HR Executive. She has over 22 years’ professional and commercial experience transforming workplaces, with experience in Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Talent Planning/Succession Management, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Organisation Design including Change Management and Human Resources Information Management. She has partnered with business leaders at all levels both nationally and internationally.
In this episode, we learn more about Zani’s career in HR – starting from her very first HR role to her first senior HR role in her late 20s, to her role today as the Head of COE’s for the South African Reserve Bank. Zani shares her advice on how to fast track your HR career and break into the elusive Executive level.
This includes her tips for building your brand in the workplace, networking professionally and leading HR teams. She also shares her knowledge on the power of analytics in HR, and how you can get started with HR analytics if it is a space that is new to you.
We also learn about Zani’s current interests in the HR space. Acknowledging the disrupted workplace we find ourselves in today, Zani poses thoughtful questions on the challenges facing HR professionals and industry; and invites us on a journey to find solutions to these.
This episode is for you if you an HR leader wanting to learn more about how to position yourself in your career so that you can break into the Executive level. Zani shares valuable tips that you can apply immediately to start building your brand and prepare yourself for your next promotion.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
2:33 How Zani started her HR career
08:15 Zani’s first senior HR role in her late 20s, and one of her key projects
12:23 Zani’s advice for breaking into the Executive Level, and fast track your career
16:05 Tips for networking professionally
21:50 How to get started with HR analytics
24:15 Tips for leading an HR team
31:46 Zani’s interests in the disrupted HR space
Featured in the Show:
- To get in touch with Zani Mashinini, connect with her on LinkedIn: Zani Mashinini
- To get in touch with Sheree Comninellis, visit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheree-comninellis/
Next Episode
Amplify your contribution, and reap the rewards in your HR Career with guest Ruth Shogoe: Executive: Human Resources at Maskew Miller Learning
Show Notes
In this episode of HR on the Brain, Sheree Comninellis, CEO of Brain eBox, interviews guest Ruth Shogoe, who at the time of the interview was the Executive: Human Resources for Maskew Miller Learning, about her HR career and her guidance for HR leaders who are wanting to break into the Executive level. Since the interview Ruth has been appointed as Group Executive Corporate & Public Sector at Maskew Miller Learning.
Ruth Shogoe has a wealth of experience, having been a trusted advisor for employees in the e-commerce, fintech, digital banking, media and education sectors for over 14 years. Starting her career in Human Resources seemed like a mismatch at first given her BCom Economics and Econometrics. However, she immediately recognised the opportunity presented to understand the most important asset of any organisation; the people. She loves her job and having a commercial mindset enables her to better partner with the business in solving for the day to day needs of all stakeholders strategically.
In this episode, we learn more about Ruth’s career. From her initial plans to enter the Commerce world, which was redirected to her entering her first HR role in the tech space. From there she shares her first experiences of working in Human Capital; and then how she transitioned her career to the Executive Level.
Ruth shares valuable insights into how HR leaders should think about their role strategically, and how position themselves in the business. This includes her tips on how to grow your career to the Executive level, how to find a mentor and how to address challenging situations which you may come across during your career.
In this episode we also learn about a few of Ruth’s career highlights to date, as well as her vision for her future career prospects. Throughout this episode Ruth reminds us that as HR professionals we need to adjust our mindset. We need to realise the important role we play and do the work to make an impact in the lives of employees and for the business' desired outcomes. When we do this, as Ruth says, your contribution speaks for itself.
This episode is for you if you an HR leader wanting to learn how to position yourself more strategically in your organisation and amplify your contribution. Ruth shares actionable tips that you can apply today to start planting the seeds that will enable you to reap the reward of a bountiful harvest in years to come.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
5:53 How Ruth shifted from completing her Commerce qualification to entering the world of HR.
10:00 Ruth’s first experience in Human Capital.
12:30 How Ruth transitioned to the Executive level.
15:35 How HR leaders should position themselves in the business.
20:02 Ruth’s tips on how to grow to the Executive level in HR.
23:21 Suggestions on how to find a mentor.
25:51 Ruth’s career highlights to date.
32:32 How to address people challenges you notice as an HR Business Partner
39:32 Ruth’s intended future impact and contribution to the education industry
Featured in the Show:
- To get in touch with Ruth Shogoe, connect with her on LinkedIn: Ruth Shogoe
- To get in touch with Sheree Comninellis, visit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheree-comninellis/
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