Burnout: Running on Empty
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Understand burnout as the result of chronic, unmanaged work stress, spot its three signs in yourself and others, and change the work, not just your coping.
- Assign to
- Everyone
- Duration
- 27 minutes
- Evidence
- 11-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Describe burnout as the result of chronic, unmanaged work stress.
- Recognise exhaustion, cynicism and lost confidence.
- Change the work as well as how you cope.
- Plan a safe way back, with support.
The course
- 01What burnout is
- 02The three signs
- 03What actually helps
- 04The way back
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Rewrite Ellie’s week”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. In “20 minutes with Marcus”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “How burnout builds” and “Ellie’s tank”.
How you know they finished
The 11-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 11-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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