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Burnout - how to
avoid it working in the
new 'normal'
Sean Butcher | Blue Array
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@SEANBUTCHER
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
We?re now
emerging
from the
pandemic
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
But is burnout
our new health
crisis?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Remote
working
has become
the ?norm?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Working from home can be
GREAT*
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Working from home can be
GREAT*
*If you?re in a job that requires you to
focus and/or you?re an introvert
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
85% of UK workers now
expect WFH ?exibility 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
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
69% say ?exible working
would play a role in future
career choices
https:/
/www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/half-employees-less-career-focused-pandemic
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
But there?s a problem
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
We?re working harder
than ever before
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
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
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
52% of people felt work and
home boundaries had
blurred
https:/
/www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/half-employees-less-career-focused-pandemic
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
This has not
been ?normal?
working from
home
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
This has hit
our mental
health
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
46%
experienced
burnout in
the UK in
2021
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
https:/
/www.statista.com/statistics/1249649/experiences-of-burnout-in-europe/
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
51% of people reported
worsened mental health
https:/
/www.statista.com/statistics/1249649/experiences-of-burnout-in-europe/
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
?Poor? 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/
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
We?re in the midst of the
?great resignation?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
47% have become less
career focused
https:/
/www.aviva.co.uk/adviser/documents/view/br01629c.pdf
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
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
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
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
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
We weren?t ready for this
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
What I?ve experienced...
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Struggling to focus on tasks
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Ending each day not feeling
?done?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Unable to switch o?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Feeling empty & drained
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
I realised
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
My boundaries between
home and work were too
blurred
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
So how do we make the
new ?normal? work for
all?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
1 2 3
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Find
Balance 2 3
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day 3
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day
Understand
Yourself
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day
Understand
Yourself
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
6 out of 10
employees use
their mobile
phones to send
emails during
out-of-o?ce hours
https:/
/www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49234310
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
We can
now be
always
?on?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Our lives
used to be
categorised
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
The ¡°right¡± to
disconnect?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Find your
?o?? switch
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Implement a shutdown
ritual
Find Balance - Tip #1:
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
This needs
to work for
you
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
There?s been
little reason
to take time
o?...
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Downtime
allows us to
recharge &
think creatively
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Use your annual leave
Find Balance - Tip #2:
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual leave is not a perk; it?s
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/
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Booking time o?
gives us
structure
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
https:/
/www.managers.org.uk/knowledge-and-insights/blog/you-cant-sprint-a-
marathon-taking-annual-leave-in-the-lockdown/
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
¡°Bosses checking their emails
during their holidays sets an
expectation for employees to do
it too.¡±
David D?Souza - CIPD
https:/
/www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49234310
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
If he can do
it...
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day
Understand
Yourself
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Can there
be too
much of a
good
thing?
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
¡°The upper limit
for ?deep work?
per day is four
hours¡±
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Build hyper focus & scatter
focus time into your day
Own Your Day - Tip #1:
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
HYPER FOCUS
SCATTER FOCUS
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Hyper focus -
directing
attention outward
=
productive on one
task
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Scatter focus -
directing
attention inward
=
mind-wandering
creativity
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Balance focus
time with
interactions &
creativity
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Manage
your ?to-do?
list
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Be realistic with your
schedule
Own Your Day - Tip #2:
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Eisenhower Matrix
Important
Not Important
Urgent Not Urgent
Do Schedule
Delegate Delete
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Zoom
fatigue
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Manage ?Zoom? Time
Own Your Day - Tip #3:
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
¡°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
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
¡°On video you know
everybody's looking at
you; you are on stage,
there?s a social pressure
to feel like you need to
perform.¡±
Marissa Shu?er -
https:/
/www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200421-why-zoom-video-chats-are-so-exhausting
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day
Understand
Yourself
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
30.9%
reported
feeling
?lonely? during
the pandemic
https:/
/www.statista.com/statistics/1221174/mental-health-status-i
n-europe-by-age/
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
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
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
We all have a
need for
interaction
with others
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
But I?ve got a confession...
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
I?m an introvert...
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Despite
working
with other
people
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
I restore
my energy
when
away from
others
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Learn about your
introversion / extroversion
Understand Yourself - Tip #1:
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
¡°The workplace
was created by
extroverts, for
extroverts¡±
(https:/
/www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210713-why-introverts-
excelled-at-working-from-home)
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Extroverts have been badly a?ected
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
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Find your MBTI type
at
16personalities.com
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
We all have a
natural sleep
pattern
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
https:/
/www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/chronotypes
Chronotype =
your natural
inclination to
sleep at a
certain time
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
LION (20%)
Wake: 5-6am
Bed: 9-10pm
Productive: Early
morning
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
BEAR (50%)
Wake: 6-8am
Bed: 10-12pm
Productive: Late
morning/midday
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
WOLF (20%)
Wake: 8-10am
Bed: 1-2am
Productive: Late
afternoon/
evening
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
DOLPHIN(10%)
Wake: Irregular
Bed: Irregular
Productive: Late
morning
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Use your Chronotype to
your advantage
Understand Yourself - Tip #2:
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Annual
leave
Find
Balance
Own Your
Day
Understand
Yourself
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
There?s no right or wrong in
the at home/in o?ce debate
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
But you need to do what
works best for you
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Listen to
your body &
mind
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
www.bluearray.co.uk | @bluearrayseo
Take action
if things
aren?t right
#BrightonSEO | @seanbutcher
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