3/5 of Corporate 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 Operate 𝐢𝐧 the 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 not recognizing burnout symptoms. How Come?

We face a 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬: the 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 crisis 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Dr. Susan Goldsworthy OLY at IMD has written a notable publication on this topic. Instead of summarizing this content, let me add my two cents.

Burnout Crisis

First and foremost, when it comes to burnout, there are 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩. These interventions should focus on areas such as 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. I've written about these before because they are relevant to everyone. However, corporate executives are a bit different in this regard. I speak from experience because I've been there.

One of the biggest issues in the corporate world is the 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 that leave people 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 and 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. There are, of course, other factors: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟒/𝟕, and the general 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 related to one's position. The problem is that 𝐢𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 in a timely manner, it can easily 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 for the psyche. Therefore, it’s 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 your 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. Watch out for burnout symptoms.

If there’s a need to recharge or gain a fresh perspective, it might be a good idea to participate in a 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 involving 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐬 or find a 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 who can guide you through this experience. Always remember to consider 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (including country laws).

One key point: there is a clear 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭. If you cannot do it on your own, 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 foster such a change. They 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 window and enable you to update your mind’s "software".