Your team member is struggling with burnout. How can you provide the support they need?

Your team member is struggling with burnout. How can you provide the support they need? To support a team member struggling with burnout, first, offer a compassionate and private space for them to share their concerns. Acknowledge their feelings and validate their experiences. Work with them to identify specific stressors and adjust their workload or responsibilities as needed. Encourage them to take breaks and use any available mental health resources, such as counseling or wellness programs. Set up regular check-ins to monitor their well-being and provide ongoing support. Promote a healthy work environment by addressing systemic issues that contribute to burnout and encouraging a culture of work-life balance.

If you whole team is on a burnout then this is that sign from the universe that: you need to change a bit your current type of leadership or take your team for a break of all that massive productivity. Help them pinpoint the main sources of their burnout. Understanding the root cause can guide you in providing effective support and lead to understand from where to start.

Review performance metrics with the goal of maintaining balanced workload across the team. Beware of the trap of overburdening your "Go-To" person because they are the most reliable. Otherwise they could "go-to" work somewhere else. Don't be afraid to challenge other team members with difficult tasks. This is how they learn and grow in the role. But, also be aware of the additional support they may need from you or their colleagues along the way. Lack of support in development can also be a source of being overwhelmed and burning out. When assigning a challenging task, check in regularly to make sure they get the needed support.

If you see that team is burnout due to short staffing. Make sure you help … be there and show the support. Employee need to see not to hear . Tell them We can do together!

To avoid Burnout: you need to know that is all about how to set up your priorities, and in a way that you enjoy the fact of completing a task (or completion) and not exactly or directly what you're doing in the moment. Take me as an example: I've had to clean an entire 861 square feet of a store every day of my first job and I do not enjoy exactly swiping floors.. Also be there in a rotative schedule available and not payed enough to all the activities I did also thought the day... So, I started to negotiate with my manager: that if I could listen to music while I clean, and once I finish I'll report back and go to "break", I'll be more efficient and even get to boost teams morale. We, agreed! (read next to know more about this)

So step #1 is Be open to new ideas and that means, step out of your current perspective towards the task and do something that you enjoy, bringing a new activity or to make a mix of what you do enjoy and you don't much, could motivate you to embrace creativity and be open for new ways to approach things.

Step #2 take a break, hey its necessary at this point! Go do other activities or do something you haven't done for yourself, your well-being is also a priority. And in case this is for your team: Offer resources such as counseling services, wellness programs, or stress management workshops. And work together to set achievable goals and clear expectations. This can help manage their workload and reduce feelings of being overwhelmed.