Managing burnout is a two-pronged effort for leaders: we need to care for our own mental health as well as that of our team members. In many cases, one perpetuates the other. Dr. Ben Knutson, a busy ER physician, does focus on work/life balance, play, and family time. But also, he finds that helping his team at the Mayo Clinic better manage burnout is incredibly replenishing for him as well. In this conversation with Quint…

In this short, four-minute chat with Quint Studer, Dr. Thom Mayer gets straight to the point on what individuals and organizations can do to combat burnout. He shares a few insights from his book Battling Healthcare Burnout: Learning to Love the Job You Have, While Creating the Job You Love, which happens to be the Winner of the 2022 ACHE James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award. For example: Leadership (a noun) is worthless, but leading…

That sense of having no control over our workday is a big contributor to burnout. In this talk with Quint Studer, Dr. Josh Kosowsky, ER physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discusses how a concept he calls “shift hygiene” helps us restore some control and reduces those stressors we can reduce. It means deliberately doing certain things before, during, and after a shift to improve our own experience and promote wellbeing in others. For instance,…