How It All Fits Together
Over the last several years we have noticed a trend in more and more organizations recognizing and acknowledging the challenge of burnout. It is something we hear a lot about these days in our fast-paced, results-driven society. Thanks to increasingly more comprehensive research, we are becoming more aware of the costly effects burnout can have on Employees and organizations as a whole.
A recent article from the New York Times cites overwhelming evidence of increased burnout and lack of engagement of Employees in America, stating that just 30% of Employees feel engaged at work. In a 2012 study, Gallup found that “companies in the top quartile for engaged employees, compared with the bottom quartile, had 22% higher profitability, 10% higher customer ratings, 28% less theft and 48% fewer safety incidents.”
It’s clear that burnout is a serious challenge that impacts individuals and organizations on several levels, but what is the solution? As a servant-leader, how can we help our Employees and even ourselves, get out of burnout? Is it even possible to be an effective servant-leader when we are in burnout? As leaders in a research team, we have shared a thirty year journey with our Clients in pursuit of answers to these questions. And in the process, we are discovering the unlimited energy of Kidspirit!
Follow this link to our full article on Learning to Enjoy Abundant Energy…
“Ann McGee-Cooper and Associates are a perfect 'fit' for our organization because they live and breathe the Servant-Leadership philosophy. The concept of Servant-Leadership is not new to Southwest Airlines. Our Leaders are passionate about taking care of our Company, and they understand that the best way to do this is to serve others. Ann McGee-Cooper and Associates have become a partner in learning for many of our Employees through the motivational and uplifting presentations they make to our Culture Committee members.”