WE MAY NO LONGER find ourselves in the middle of a global pandemic, but our work world continues to be filled with uncertainty, anxiety, and an overwhelming amount of activity and noise. It’s little wonder that we’re all so tired. (One Deloitte study showed that 77% of professionals have experienced burnout at their current jobs.)
That exhaustion comes in many forms—emotional fatigue, physical burnout, meeting overload, information overload, change fatigue, and more—but whatever the cause, it leaves individuals drained and companies less successful.
In this issue we’ve collected the most relevant articles on exhaustion from HBR’s archives covering everything from how to cope with it to how to prevent it. We start with ourselves: how all leaders can set boundaries so that we can focus on what’s important rather than becoming frazzled…
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Harvard Business Review Special Issues (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2024