Why Emotional Resilience Training for HR Leaders Must Go Deeper
Emotional resilience training for HR leaders isn’t about giving HR teams a set of tools and techniques, it’s about helping HR professionals understand what’s really driving HR burnout and their emotional responses. So much of HR Burnout is put down to the job and the nature of the job, which I understand as a former […]
HR Burnout: If You Don’t Feel Valuable, Stop This
Be mindful of your self-talk. It’s a conversation with the universe. –David James Lees There’s a familiar thread that runs through so many of the conversations I have with HR professionals. They don’t feel valued, and they are experiencing HR Burnout. They feel like the business doesn’t see them. Like, their contribution is invisible. Like […]
Coronavirus: Do Not Fear the Bogeyman
How the Coronavirus Lockdown Reshaped Work, Burnout, and Mental Health Worldwide Back in 2020, I published a blog titled ‘Coronavirus: Do Not Fear the Bogeyman,’ inspired by a powerful message from Dr. Bruce Lipton, stem cell biologist and best-selling author of The Biology of Belief. Lipton wrote, “We are being programmed with the belief that this […]
HR: This Is the One Area That Needs Your Attention
What if everything you’ve been told about HR burnout is only addressing the symptoms, not the cause? If you’ve read the latest HR Mental Wellbeing Report by Towergate, the numbers are confronting: If I were still working in HR today, I’d probably read that and say: Of course, we’re burning out. Look at what we’re dealing […]
From Pigeons to Dead Bodies – The Epidemic of HR Burnout!
Working in Human Resources isn’t just about policies and procedures. It’s about navigating the most challenging, unexpected and emotionally demanding situations an organisation can throw at you, and it’s one of the reasons why HR is a high burnout profession. From disciplinary hearings involving pigeons to tragedy and trauma, HR professionals face scenarios that would […]
Why HR Doesn’t Need More Resilience Training
As an HR Leader, you’ve done the traditional resilience training.You have invested in mental health awareness sessions.You’ve watched stress management webinars. So why do you still feel you’re carrying the weight of the organisation on your shoulders and experiencing HR Burnout? So let me say it clearly:You don’t need more resilience training.You need a new paradigm of […]
The Conditioned Patterns Driving HR Burnout
This is the second of four steps to preventing HR burnout. If you’ve arrived here first, here’s what you’ve missed. In HR Burnout Is Not What You Think I set out the foundation: everything you experience, moment to moment to moment, no exception, is an internally generated response based on the perceptual map and model […]
You Are Already More Powerful Than You Know: A Love Letter to HR Leaders
I need to tell you something that might just change everything for you. You are already incredibly powerful. Not in some future version of yourself when you’ve “figured it all out” or when you finally feel “ready enough.” Right now. Today. In this moment. I know this because I see you. I see you showing up […]
How Can HR Professionals Prevent HR Burnout?
This is the fourth and final step to preventing HR burnout. If you’ve arrived here first, the three before it are the outside-in misunderstanding, self-awareness and consciousness, and upgrading your nervous system. You don’t have to read them in order, though this step builds on all three. Step four is what I call energetic sovereignty. […]
Why Stress Management Training Isn’t Stopping HR Burnout
If you’re an HR professional who’s attended stress management courses, downloaded mindfulness apps, and tried every wellness strategy in the book, and you’re still experiencing overwhelming fatigue, emotional reactivity and that crushing sense of burnout, you’re not alone. And it’s not your fault. There’s a critical missing piece that explains why traditional approaches fall short. […]