What You Need To Know About Unpaid Labor
“Unpaid labor” sounds like an aggressive phrase, doesn’t it? Maybe even a confusing one? ‘Labor’ is often associated with specific types of work – manufacturing, landscaping, welding, things that require…
How To Be An Impactful Mentor
"You can't treat mentoring as working with a younger version of you."I said this last week in response to an excellent question from Erica Wexler MSOD, Change Facilitator about --…
Ultimate Guide To Understanding Burnout
When it comes to understanding burnout, we find from our work that most people don’t. It’s a business buzzword to be sure. The internet is littered with articles on how…
What’s On Kristen’s TBR Pile?
My personal TBR pile is probably four hundred books deep, honestly. It’s full of non-fiction reads on obscure topics, books for work, fiction, and even some cookbooks. In my personal…
Why Belonging Is Needed For Burnout Mitigation
Nearly all my mental capital these days is being spent on exploring the intersection of belonging and burnout mitigation. So when I see an article about someone who talks about…
We Need To Criticize Ideas Not People
Kristen is hopping on the blog today to share why we need to criticize ideas not people. This tweet makes me grumpy. I saw it during my daily Instagram scroll…
Why Curiosity Is A Necessary Leadership Skill
Do you ever scroll through social media and see something that makes you angry? For today's blog I'm hear to share an example of why curiosity is a necessary leadership…
Using Boundaries To Prevent Burnout
If we had a nickel for the number of times people have recommended better boundaries as a “cure” for burnout, we could retire (seriously). Boundaries are a huge part of…
Why Corporate Prescribed Self-Care Doesn’t Work
What are corporate prescribed self-care programs? Corporate Prescribed self-care programs (otherwise known as Workplace Wellness Programs) are a feature of most American workplaces. Though they date back to the 1870s,…
How Does Gender Affect Burnout?
Gender plays a huge role in how guys, gals, and non binary pals experience burnout. We did a lot of research on this particular topic for our book. What we…