How to prevent burnout šµ on your team
Tips on how to keep tabs on your team's health & well-being
Hey there,Ā
Weāre at the end of January already - WOW. There is only 11 months left in 2021 and I havenāt even properly finished my goals for this year. Overall, it feels that itās getting harder and harder to keep up productivity and focus. The endless lockdowns are starting to wear down even the most resilient of us.Ā
In times like these and given that vaccinations will still take a very long time and most of us will continue to live with restrictions, itās crucial to make sure you take care of yourself and your team. This is a marathon, not a sprint.Ā
There come a few resources that will help you to keep your energy high and make sure you keep tabs on your teamās health and well-being.Ā š
How to recognize burnout?
šØ A Guide to burnout
my key take-away:Ā there are multiple stages of burnout starting from excessive drive & ambition to exhaustion.
āļø 5 Stages of burnout
my key take-away:Ā if you donāt act against it, burnout can become habitual = chronic and cause long-term damage to your health.
How to support your team?
āAn engineerās guide to saying NO (š read it on Medium or šæwatch it on Youtube)
my key take-away:Ā there are 5 different ways on how to say NO constructively.
šÆāāļø A 1:1 template that definitely couldnāt have been an email
my key take-away:Ā this is a template that helps you gauge how people on your team feel, it goes beyond the ābusiness as usualā 1-on-1 conversations.
How to support yourself?
š§āāļø Check out the top 10 tips on how to relax & recharge by the Bunch AI leadership coach
inspired by a former Navy Seal Andy Stumpf and Jason Fried, the founder of Basecamp and many more.
šŖ Managing founder stress (also for non-founders!)
my key take-away: you are not your business, find activities outside of our startup/work that re-energize you.
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