burnout prevention

Dozens of my conversations are peppered with talk of Artificial Intelligence each day. From automating mundane tasks to revolutionising decision-making, AI promises a future of unprecedented efficiency. But amidst the excitement and rapid change, a crucial question often gets overlooked: what about the humans at the heart of our organisations?

Burnout prevention is a complex matter for all organizations and industries, and the legal profession throws a few extra curveballs. So, what will it take to end lawyer burnout? Before we look at solutions, let’s first unpack burnout and its root causes, then zoom in on the specific causes for lawyers and why so little seems to change in the legal profession. Finally, we’ll look at how senior leaders can start to create a burnout-free law firm culture.

Wherever you’re based, working from home (WFH) has gone from unthinkable to a fact of life for many. While WFH offers flexibility and convenience, it comes with its own set of challenges. When your workplace is just steps away from your living room, your kitchen counter and your bedroom, it’s easy for work to take over, leaving you feeling drained and disconnected.   That's why prioritising self-care is not just a nice-to-have for those who work for home; it is essential fo

Research for my first book surfaced the ‘3-Selfs’ as a powerful framework for burnout prevention at an individual level. The 3-Selfs is about intentionally, consistently and uncompromisingly prioritizing individual health and wellbeing, with a view to preventing burnout.

Trust is the heartbeat of all meaningful relationships. When we feel trusted and trust others, it creates a sense of safety and belonging that drives connection, innovation, and collaboration.

Emotions are essential biological states. They are healthy and can be wise guides on our life path. But emotions have a bad reputation. Especially at work. For a long time, emotions were frowned upon as a sign of weakness, fragility or hysteria. They were viewed as embarrassing or shameful — the antithesis of science and reason. In fact, successful leadership and general personal happiness both hinge on us seeing emotions as normal and helpful, and tapping into them to our ad

Human connection is as essential to our survival as food and water. We are deeply social beings. And yet, we are often so focused on work that we allow our relationships and sense of community to slip down our to-do list, leaving us feeling isolated, unsupported, and even unsafe. Preventing burnout means resisting the temptation to let your important relationships go untended, and making a conscious effort to foster and maintain your own community — whatever that looks like.

this tip is not about body image or what is on the outside. It’s about tuning into the inner experience of your body. Because when you are subject to the chronic workplace stress that causes burnout, your body will eventually start sending up signals that things are NOT OK and you need to STOP AND HEAL.

Our focus, or our attention, is precious. We need it to learn and work effectively, make healthy decisions, feel a state of flow, avoid errors, build relationships and solve issues. We need attention to do everything that has consequences, and to feel that we are living authentic to ourselves. Allowing our attention to be driven by external factors disconnects us from ourselves, puts us on a fast track to exhaustion, and eventually burns us out.