As the need for organisations to effectively navigate change and new challenges increases, ensuring that managers and leaders are equipped to use coaching skills with their teams becomes increasingly important.
How much time do you spend, effectively or otherwise, in making decisions in meetings? We know that significant energy, effort, and frustration can be expended by attempting to reach a level of ‘buy-in’ to decisions that may not be appropriate. Understanding what level of buy-in you really need or want could make meetings more successful – and enjoyable!
Our previous article here (How should Your Organisation Respond to Burnout) raises questions to examine how, organisationally, you can raise awareness of, and begin to address, many of the systemic factors which contribute to burnout.
As the person responsible for L&D in your organisation, you’ll already know that empathy - the ability to step into someone else’s shoes and understand their situation - has long been recognised as a critical leadership skill.
Burnout is now so widespread that there should be few companies who haven’t yet discussed how best to support their employees to avoid it. But what exactly does it mean? And what should companies be doing about it?