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A review by liznorell
The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It by Jennifer Moss
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This book is actually probably quite good... IF (and that's a huge if) you're in a position of leadership within an organization. I was not the target audience, and in fact have had a parade of experiences with leaders who desperately (DES.PER.AT.ELY) need to read this book. Finishing it meant spending some 235 pages feeling bereft over how much my own working experiences have lacked the emotionally intelligent, empathetic, and wellness-focused leadership Moss describes. I could not have read this book at a worse time; it picked at the scabs on wounds I'm actively trying to heal. So take that for what you will. My review is a classic "it's-me-not-you" situation.
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These two lines about how COVID caused many of us to grieve things we lost (including the lives we once lived with carefree abandon) absolutely slayed my heart, and not in the good way: "In the workplace, grief can cause people to be more disorganized, withdrawn, or anxious. Unfortunately, if leaders lack empathy, they miscalculate these behaviors as performance problems instead of analyzing what is going on behind the late arrivals or less-than-perfect work" (p. 189).
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Hi, trauma. I see you.
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These two lines about how COVID caused many of us to grieve things we lost (including the lives we once lived with carefree abandon) absolutely slayed my heart, and not in the good way: "In the workplace, grief can cause people to be more disorganized, withdrawn, or anxious. Unfortunately, if leaders lack empathy, they miscalculate these behaviors as performance problems instead of analyzing what is going on behind the late arrivals or less-than-perfect work" (p. 189).
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Hi, trauma. I see you.