Burnout - how to avoid it working in the new 'normal' - BrightonSEO September 2021

Burnout - how to
avoid it working in the
new 'normal'
Sean Butcher | Blue Array
SLIDESHARE.NET/SEANBUTCHER1
@SEANBUTCHER

www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher

Weʼre now
emerging
from the
pandemic

But is burnout
our new health
crisis?

Remote
working
has become
the ʻnormʼ

Working from home can be
GREAT*

Working from home can be
GREAT*
*If youʼre in a job that requires you to
focus and/or youʼre an introvert

85% of UK workers now
expect WFH ﬂexibility as
standard
https:/
/www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2021-08-05-more-than-half-of-employees-say-hybrid-working-is-causing-more-intense-working-days

69% say ﬂexible working
would play a role in future
career choices
https:/
/www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/half-employees-less-career-focused-pandemic

But thereʼs a problem

Weʼre working harder
than ever before

55% in UK believe hybrid
working has led to working
more/harder
https:/
/www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2021-08-05-more-than-half-of-employees-say-hybrid-working-is-causing-more-intense-working-days

52% of people felt work and
home boundaries had
blurred
https:/
/www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/half-employees-less-career-focused-pandemic

This has not
been ʻnormalʼ
working from
home

This has hit
our mental
health

46%
experienced
burnout in
the UK in
2021
https:/
/www.statista.com/statistics/1249649/experiences-of-burnout-in-europe/

51% of people reported
worsened mental health
https:/
/www.statista.com/statistics/1249649/experiences-of-burnout-in-europe/

ʻPoorʼ mental health rose
from 11% to 28% in under
24s in 2020
https:/
/www.statista.com/statistics/1221174/mental-health-status-in-europe-by-age/

Weʼre in the midst of the
ʻgreat resignationʼ

47% have become less
career focused
https:/
/www.aviva.co.uk/adviser/documents/view/br01629c.pdf

41% of workers globally
were considering
quitting/changing
professions in 2021
https:/
/www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210629-the-great-resignation-how-employers-drove-workers-to-quit

38% of UK workers were
planning to quit in 2021
https:/
/www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210629-the-great-resignation-how-employers-drove-workers-to-quit

We werenʼt ready for this

What Iʼve experienced...

Struggling to focus on tasks

Ending each day not feeling
ʻdoneʼ

Unable to switch oﬀ

Feeling empty & drained

I realised

My boundaries between
home and work were too
blurred

So how do we make the
new ʻnormalʼ work for
all?

Annual
leave
Find
Balance
1 2 3

Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Find
Balance 2 3

Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day 3

Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day
Understand
Yourself

6 out of 10
employees use
their mobile
phones to send
emails during
out-of-oﬃce hours
https:/
/www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49234310

We can
now be
always
ʻonʼ

Our lives
used to be
categorised

The “right” to
disconnect?

Find your
ʻoﬀʼ switch

Implement a shutdown
ritual
Find Balance - Tip #1:

This needs
to work for
you

Thereʼs been
little reason
to take time
oﬀ...

Downtime
allows us to
recharge &
think creatively

Use your annual leave
Find Balance - Tip #2:

Annual leave is not a perk; itʼs
a health and safety
requirement
https:/
/www.managers.org.uk/knowledge-and-insights/blog/you-cant-sprint-a-marathon-taking-annual-leave-in-the-lockdown/

Booking time oﬀ
gives us
structure
https:/
/www.managers.org.uk/knowledge-and-insights/blog/you-cant-sprint-a-
marathon-taking-annual-leave-in-the-lockdown/

“Bosses checking their emails
during their holidays sets an
expectation for employees to do
it too.”
David DʼSouza - CIPD
https:/
/www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49234310

If he can do
it...

Can there
be too
much of a
good
thing?

“The upper limit
for ʻdeep workʼ
per day is four
hours”

Build hyper focus & scatter
focus time into your day
Own Your Day - Tip #1:

HYPER FOCUS
SCATTER FOCUS

Hyper focus -
directing
attention outward
=
productive on one
task

Scatter focus -
directing
attention inward
=
mind-wandering
creativity

Balance focus
time with
interactions &
creativity

Manage
your ʻto-doʼ
list

Be realistic with your
schedule

Eisenhower Matrix
Important
Not Important
Urgent Not Urgent
Do Schedule
Delegate Delete

Zoom
fatigue

Manage ʻZoomʼ Time

“We work harder to
process non-verbal cues
(facial expressions,
tone/pitch of voice &
body language); this
consumes a lot of
energy.”
Gianpiero Petriglieri -
https:/
/www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200421-why-zoom-video-chats-are-so-exhausting

“On video you know
everybody's looking at
you; you are on stage,
thereʼs a social pressure
to feel like you need to
perform.”
Marissa Shuﬄer -
https:/
/www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200421-why-zoom-video-chats-are-so-exhausting

30.9%
reported
feeling
ʻlonelyʼ during
the pandemic
https:/
/www.statista.com/statistics/1221174/mental-health-status-i
n-europe-by-age/

75% of Gen-Z
workers consider
the workplace their
main source of
social connection
https:/
/www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2021-08-05-more-than-half-o
f-employees-say-hybrid-working-is-causing-more-intense-working-days

We all have a
need for
interaction
with others

But Iʼve got a confession...

Iʼm an introvert...

Despite
working
with other
people

I restore
my energy
when
away from
others

Learn about your
introversion / extroversion
Understand Yourself - Tip #1:

“The workplace
was created by
extroverts, for
extroverts”
(https:/
/www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210713-why-introverts-
excelled-at-working-from-home)

Extroverts have been badly aﬀected
by enforced isolation
https:/
/www-axa-com.cdn.axa-contento-118412.eu/www-axa-com%2Fe6854817-1fca-4da0-95c6-9396e2da8fd8_a_report_on_mental_health_in_europe.pdf

Find your MBTI type
at
16personalities.com

We all have a
natural sleep
pattern

https:/
/www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/chronotypes
Chronotype =
your natural
inclination to
sleep at a
certain time

LION (20%)
Wake: 5-6am
Bed: 9-10pm
Productive: Early
morning

BEAR (50%)
Wake: 6-8am
Bed: 10-12pm
Productive: Late
morning/midday

WOLF (20%)
Wake: 8-10am
Bed: 1-2am
Productive: Late
afternoon/
evening

DOLPHIN(10%)
Wake: Irregular
Bed: Irregular
Productive: Late
morning

Use your Chronotype to
your advantage
Understand Yourself - Tip #2:

Thereʼs no right or wrong in
the at home/in oﬃce debate

But you need to do what
works best for you

Listen to
your body &
mind

Take action
if things
arenʼt right

Weʼre hiring
https://www.bluearray.co.uk/contac
t/join-us/

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