Burnout - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53335 September 25, 2017 JAMA Internal Medicine The Business Case for Investing in Physician Well-Being By: Shanafelt, Tait D., Joel Goh, and Christine A. Sinsky Abstract—Importance: Widespread View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

complex task will contribute to added burnout of middle managers. Cindy McDaniel agrees that middle managers, “now, more importantly than ever before keep their team members connected and engaged.” Germain St-Denis put it more graphically... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2004
News

How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts

so each is justified. But that kind of thinking causes a non-profit to drift from its original goals. It also contributes to the burnout of executives and staff, who feel as though they are working as hard as they can but see few results... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog

struggle Tactical steps for managing a venture’s shutdown to preserve relationships, reputations, and integrity How to learn from a venture’s failure and what to do with those learnings Addressing founder burnout & weighing tradeoffs when... View Details

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

In the past decade, physician burnout has evolved from a serious concern to a troubling epidemic, affecting 50 percent of physicians and physicians-in-training. Excessive workloads, process inefficiencies, and administrative burdens... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

Management Practice and co-leads the Managing the Future of Work initiative at HBS. Christina Wallace: Use zero-based budgeting to fight burnout Most people think of January 1 as the start to the new year, yet get frustrated when they... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

because it allows them to maintain the organizational status quo, say Ely and her coauthors, Florida State University Professor Irene Padavic and Erin M. Reid, associate professor at McMaster University. Confronting the more pervasive problem of employees’ stress,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

06 Mar 2019
News

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

to have other people take control over your time. One of the goals of this project is really to talk about what the broader benefits are. I talked to a law firm that was trying to reduce burnout in their senior partners. They had had... View Details

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

burnout reconnect with what made their jobs meaningful in the past, which can provide guidance for how to restore meaning at work in the present. Developing organizational social rituals and traditions can help create organizational... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

start. Boris Groysberg (@bgroysberg) is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration and co-author of the forthcoming book Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work with Colleen Ammerman. Linda A. Hill: Be sensitive to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

09 Jan 2020
News

Your Whole Self

people have burnout and struggle, insomnia, headaches, back pain, some form of leader B might be at play. Secondly, I've seen folks really stall out in their careers where—whether the organization has grown or your role has grown—I've... View Details

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

financial markets. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55747 February 2019 Annals of Surgery Burnout in Surgery Viewed Through the Lens of Psychological Safety By: Swendiman, Robert A., Amy C. Edmondson, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Mar 2021
News

Next Normal

something completely new. Managers, for example, were concerned about decreases in productivity, despite longstanding research showing that output increases in remote work environments. With this realization, however, many just continued to press forward, leading to... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Blissful Thinking

happier for the rest of your day—and that results in greater creativity, sales, productivity, and sleep quality. Surveys show that people are increasingly experiencing symptoms of burnout at work. How can we improve our mindset? I’ll... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

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and integrity How to learn from a venture’s failure and what to do with those learnings Addressing founder burnout & weighing tradeoffs when deciding if and when to found again Communicating key lessons from a venture’s failure when... View Details

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