From the course: Project Manager Burnout: Recognizing, Disrupting, and Reversing

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Recognizing the burnout hole and that you are in it

Recognizing the burnout hole and that you are in it

From the course: Project Manager Burnout: Recognizing, Disrupting, and Reversing

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Recognizing the burnout hole and that you are in it

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- It's the last day of the weekend, and thousands of project managers are feeling sensations of dread. Tomorrow, they will be back at work. You are one of them. Six months ago, this role was a dream project management role on an innovative project with creative people. Maybe it is helping society, contributing to the greater good. At the time you took the role, you were excited. It was a role made for you. Now, your schedule looks like this, and on a good day, you feel like this. You may be facing burnout. 35 years of research by Christina Maslach et al. has shown that burnout has six leading causes. The first is workload. The second is perceived lack of control or autonomy, the ability to choose how you work. The third is lack of reward or recognition. The fourth is poor relationships, a feeling of not belonging. The fifth is lack of fairness, and sixth is a mismatch of the values between the individual and…

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