We have spent forty years studying burnout. The data is clear: burnout is a sign that something in the organisation has broken, not that something is wrong with the person.
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Burnout
Burnout is not "feeling tired." It is a WHO-recognised occupational phenomenon (ICD-11, 2019) with three measurable dimensions: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal efficacy. Christina Maslach defined and measured it starting in 1981. Emily and Amelia Nagoski (201…
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