HR professionals are now amongst the busiest and often overworked employees. Burnout is a common syndrome afflicting them. Job pressure is in fact the top cause of stress among American adults as per Statistic Brain. Before one actually gets formally afflicted with HR related burnout, there are certain visible signals. They are mood swings, irritability, working over weekends, decline in work quality, regularly working overtime, lowered social interactions, fatigue, disengagement, enhanced sensitivity and increase in the logging of sick days. Employers and top executives must take care to avoid such burnout through certain universally accepted measures. Stress education needs to be inculcated as part of corporate training programmes to help employees cope up. This will also address workplace wellness. Employees must be encouraged to frequently take up breaks. Bosses must also check in with the employees frequently to detect signs of such impending unease. Another innovative method for helping employees cope is to enable them to cross-train with people from different departments. Flexible schedules always help. When employees or teams perform well, a nod of appreciation must be handed over to them. Crucially, the business leaders must practice what they preach. They must lead by example as this motivates employees to overcome their stress factors.

Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/alankohll/2017/07/19/7-ways-to-avoid-hr-burnout/#500add553357

Uploaded Date:28 July 2017

Fulton Breen is a veteran CEO of a data analytics firm and feels grateful for the advice he received when young. In his first day at college, the professor identified a rare talent in him so advised him to pursue Entomology. Breen complied and ever since that day, the direction received has led him to find his own niche. He started with Union Carbide, had a stint abroad before coming back. Breen feels that a lot of people lack this sort of training so their decision-making remains haphazard. This is true for financial as well as personal matters. Adequate management training must be provided in this regard. This will enable everyone to become a leader in one’s own right. Companies are known by three things- competitive advantage, values plus mission. Similarly, there are hallmarks that pin individuals.

Source:http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article161502213.html

Uploaded Date:20 July 2017

Research has found out that the more senior positions a professional reaches in one’s organization, the greater arises the need to reflect upon work. This is best done in slow mode exemplified by maintaining a journal. While a lot of managers may maintain such journals on laptops or tablets, since slowness is desired, so a handwritten one best enables expression of clear thoughts. CEOs for example need to work on the corporate strategy so a clear grip on proceedings is of utmost importance. It has also been understood that repeating an action in the brain results in improved learning. There is a brainstorming approach called “second solution method” according to which switching off one’s brain is actually beneficial to arise at solutions. Journal entries also record the emotions under which any activity was viewed by the person at the time. Such notes must be made within twenty-four hours, as any delay may result in ignorance of the most crucial of aspects. The primary outcome must be recorded first. The root-cause for such outcome must also be chronicled. Lastly, emotions that led to such feelings must also get recorded. A lot of senior professionals avoid doing this due to crunch of time.

Source:https://hbr.org/2017/07/the-more-senior-your-job-title-the-more-you-need-to-keep-a-journal?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert&referral=00563&spMailingID=17613034&spUserID=OTY0OTMwNTk5NwS2&spJobID=1060491725&spReportId=MTA2MDQ5MTcyNQS2

Uploaded Date:14 july 2017

The generations Baby Boomer and Millennial have a lot more in common than appears at first sight. And that is why the senior pros still have a lot to offer at new age disruptive, IT companies. Chip Conley joined Airbnb at the age of 52 after running his own company for twenty-four years. A lot of aspects at the workplace were completely alien to him but he persevered acting as the dual mentor cum intern to the cofounder Brian Chesky. The main contribution the former was able to forge were the emotional intelligence inputs to the latter. The millennial generation has a fondness for technology but desperately requires some form of corporate training at the workplace on handling people. This will also reduce emotional stress currently besetting so many.

Source:https://hbr.org/2017/04/i-joined-airbnb-at-52-and-heres-what-i-learned-about-age-wisdom-and-the-tech-industry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

Uploaded Date:05/07/2017