Webinar: Using Stories to Beat Workplace Burnout
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 · 2 - 3 PM
Online
It had become the daily topic of discussion. Several months ago, the CEO announced grand plans for a technology transformation, to meet Wall Street’s expectations. But that transformation was now adding another layer of complexity to everyone’s already busy days. Everyone from senior management to the frontline was burning out from the sheer volume of details and demands. To make matters worse, no one really understood the value behind all the changes inflight. People were becoming distrustful of one another. On a Zoom call last week, one of the business leaders stated the obvious. “I’m having to make constant choices between doing what’s required to run the business and implement these new initiatives. I’ve got people wandering around in a stupor because I haven’t been able to give them clear directions. I’m waiting for this whole thing to boil over.”
Sound familiar? Like it or not, workplace burnout has become a way of life for too many people. The result: “An unprecedented level of decision fatigue and emotional exhaustion.” So, what can you do to balance these competing demands? And what can we do to help you help those combat this malady?
Here’s a peek at some storied secret actions…
- Build connections with your stakeholders by demonstrating empathy. Use stories to show you have listened and are willing and able to stand in people’s shoes.
- Express emotions in a safe way that gives people permission to acknowledge their fears, hopes, frustrations, and dreams.
- Bring realism and specificity to training scenarios that are customized to the roles and day to day emerging realities for attendees.
- Activate peer to peer informal social learning to strengthen learning throughout the organization.
Now how about combatting decision fatigue?
Burnout impairs performance and drains energy critical for effective collaboration. We’ll examine two key strategies you can put to work to deal with the unrelenting pressures in today’s workplace.
Join Terrence Gargiulo and Bob Wendover in a thought-provoking conversation about some novel ways of using stories and overcoming decision fatigue to avoid burnout.
Be sure to sign–up for the webinar to gain access to a free assessment to see how you’re measuring on some key indicators related to burnout from decision fatigue. Get the Decision Fatigue Assessment here.
Attendees will learn:
- Discover how to apply story–based approaches to the organizational transformation activities of, engagement, enablement, and communication.
- Explore three key story–based communication skills critical for success.
- Assess your level of decision fatigue.
- Apply two strategies for excising decision fatigue for people during a change initiative.
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