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Two pioneering researchers identify key causes of workplace burnout and reveal what managers can do to promote increased productivity and health

Citing a wealth of research data and drawing on illustrative anecdotes The Burnout Challenge shows how organizations can change to promote sustainable productivity Christina Maslach and Michael P Leiter provide useful tools for identifying the signs of employee burnout most often exhaustion cynicism and ineffectiveness They also advise managers on assembling and interpreting worker selfevaluation surveys which can reveal workplace problems and potential solutions And when it comes to implementing change Maslach and Leiter offer practical evidencedriven guidance The key they argue is to begin with lesstaxing changes that employees nonetheless find meaningful seeding the ground for more thorough reforms in the future

Experts estimate that more than 500 billion and 550 million workhours are lost annually to onthejob stress much of it caused by dysfunctional work environments As priorities and policies shift across workplaces The Burnout Challenge provides pragmatic creative and costeffective solutions to improve employee efficiency health and happiness