Author: AS

  • burn-out and or bore-out

    Especially in this day and age, we are unfortunately familiar with illness due to burnout. With a bit of bad luck, many have had to experience this or have been up against it. Doing too much work too often in too short a time causes too much stress. Working days that are far too long because work is not finished. Or too much work for one person due to a shortage of employees. Also because of the pressure that the company’s turnover has to go up, but then unfortunately not the number of staff members. At that point, body and mind become exhausted and we do not get enough rest. Breaks are taken too short or sometimes not at all. And that while this is so much needed to recover in between. Subsequently, too much stress is taken home. Resulting in many sleepless nights. As a result, people become unable to work and are sick with burnout for a very long period of time. Recovery can sometimes take an unexpectedly long time. Sometimes up to several years!!!

    the bore-out

    A somewhat less well-known phenomenon is bore-out. However, it is not unimportant to take note of it. Sometimes people think they have a burn-out, but it may well be a bore-out or the beginning of one. A bore-out is caused by doing work that doesn’t actually fit. Doing this work with little pleasure, while thinking it is okay. Unfortunately, one does not get mental inspiration from this. Too boring and one-sided work can also cause boredom. It bores strongly. When long tedious work is done, fatigue builds strongly. With the risk of people falling into gloom or even depression at some point. Work that does not fit or in which people cannot express their creativity does not mentally give the energy one actually needs. Again, recovery can take an incredibly long time.

    keep an eye on team members

    As a manager, it is extremely important to keep track of the team members in your company with whom this happens. And as already indicated, giving your team work that they enjoy or that is appropriate is still very important. It gives them more energy mentally and they enjoy working more. As a result, you create a more productive and enjoyable team. For instance, a team member suddenly making a lot of mistakes can be an indication of someone on the verge of a bore-out. Offering timely help is always is always good. This prevents a team member from sitting at home with a bun-out or bore-out. Other team members are not burdened extra with the work of the absent team members. In the end, you save a lot of costs with less stress!

  • don’t be afraid of your feelings

    Sometimes it’s just jump and go. Dare and who knows! In any case, if you don’t try, you never know. And you might also regret it so…..jump. And please, sometimes express your doubts. If your staff knows that you are also just being human, it might make them feel better. It’s nicer to create something together and believe it or not, that also makes you (not just your staff) stronger. Together, you get further. Everything can get better if only you will test… If you don’t test, you never know!

    open to communication

    Feeling….what is feeling? How to be vulnerable without losing your managership.
    Sometimes you think; ‘I am a manager, I have to be strong’, show that I can do anything. That I can be the boss of… But chances are they will then see you as arrogant and as someone with macho behaviour. What would another person say who observes you … Often we feel very important as managers. But we all poop and piss in the same toilet… the only big difference is as a manager, you have the responsibility. And then take this responsibility but in a good way and in a nice way for the rest of your team. Or sometimes you don’t feel that way but others see you that way in you. If you don’t behave as macho and arrogant but rather open and approachable, you open yourself up to being more accessible. And your team knows that you are open to communication, even about difficult issues your team may be dealing with.

    open completely different doors

    If you behave in a vulnerable and softer way, you will open completely different doors. Your team will feel understood and the atmosphere will become a lot more pleasant for all of you. Show that you too have something to learn and that you too have feelings. And you don’t know everything yet either, you are also human, just like them! As a result, it is absolutely possible that performance will automatically go up purely because conditions are no longer tense but more relaxed. A, they dare more. B, they want to work for you so they are more ready for you. C, they also want to feel responsible for their work. D, especially if they don’t have to do it alone but with the team. E, and often it can make your team feel good that you don’t have to carry it all alone. Sure you keep the final responsibility but how nice is that to do that as an equal height. And not as a bossy person who is above the team.

    ‘I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers and that people flourish when they are praised’.

    Richard Branson