Category: Research
Why I feel Google’s Marisa Mayer has the wrong perspective on burnout
It has been a little over a month since Google’s Marisa Mayer gave her talk where she discusses, among other things, career burnout. According to Schweitzer (2012), Mayer said “she believes there’s no such thing as burnout—that you can work really hard for the rest of your life as long as you know what matters [...]
Physician Burnout – the Three Symptoms, Three Phases and Three Cures
By Dike Drummond, MD Are YOU in the Danger Zone and What You Can DO about it. In my work with physician burnout and stress … I have come to the conclusion that our current Healthcare “System” (I use that term VERY loosely) is TOXIC to the Workers. There are exceptions to this trend … an occasional [...]
Physician Stress Affecting Patient Care
By Melissa Byington, President of CompHealth Locum Tenens As a leading physician staffing company, we at CompHealth are hearing more frequently from doctors searching for alternative practice options to combat burnout. To better understand this trend, we partnered with a top market research company to survey 1,000 physicians about workplace stress. Our findings clearly show that [...]
IT Administrators Experience High Stress Levels
By Nathan Eddy The top three sources of stress for IT admins are management, tight deadlines and the users they support. As part of National Stress Awareness Month, which kicked off April 1, GFI Software announced the results of its IT Admin Stress Survey, which found that 67 percent of IT administrators have considered switching [...]
Tips for getting past burnout
By Caron Carlson After so many years of being asked to walk on water, it’s understandable that you and your cohorts in IT would be feeling a little burnt out. Before throwing in the towel, take a look at six suggestions for rejuvenating your career, presented by Cindy Waxer at InformationWeek. Start by determining whether you are truly fed [...]
6 Ways To Beat IT Career Burnout
By Cindy Waxer InformationWeek More and more IT professionals are getting fed up with their jobs and the constant pressure of having to perform miracles with increasingly limited funds, pay, and accolades. “With the state of the economy, and IT departments having to do more with less, we have seen an uptick in the number of IT [...]
A Productivity Plan for Accomplishing What Matters Most
By: Jenn Vargas Following a few years of following the traditional post-college career path, I decided to strike out on my own and build Accompl.sh full-time. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster of emotions, productivity, success and failure, and it has helped me to better understand what I need to do to keep myself on task. [...]
How Google’s Marissa Mayer Manages Burnout
By: Joseph Walker Burnout isn’t the result of too much work. It’s the result of not getting what you want. So says Google Vice President Marissa Mayer, 36, the company’s first female software engineer and its 20th employee when she joined the company in 1999. In her first five years at Google, she pulled at [...]
4 things to do NOW to get Summer Fridays in July
By: Amy Levin-Epstein As March comes to a close and Spring brings with it warmer, longer days, it’s natural to start thinking of spending time outdoors with friends and family, and wanting to make the most out of your weekends. That’s where Summer Fridays come in, if your company can swing them. Last summer, this [...]
Burnout: the topic your boss doesn’t want to talk about
By Harvey Schachter Burnout is an issue that business prefers not to talk about, despite the toll it can take in the workplace. Executives are eager to discuss employee engagement: Getting employees more excited about their work. But burnout, caused when employees are exhausted, overwhelmed, and ticked off with their work, isn’t a topic for [...]
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