A comprehensiveguide to the reasons behind burnout, with effective, practical ways to manageand prevent burnout to create a more balanced future. Burnout is aphenomenon that can happen to anyone, yet it is most often found inhigh-pressured workplaces, especially those where promotions and targetachievement are valued. In this timely book, clinical psychologist MikeMcKinney takes an informed look at the features of burnout, why and how burnouthappens, and the signs it might be about to strike. After noticing anincrease in patients struggling with burnout in their work roles, McKinney usedhis extensive experience to gain a better understanding behind the reasons forthis growth. What he found was that there are common underlying personality traitsin an individual that can result in an increased vulnerability towards thedevelopment of burnout.While workplacechanges are often touted as the answer to burnout, the author draws on hisclinical experience over more than 25 years to show the reader what is withintheir power to change about themselves, so they can create greater resilienceto burnout and a better balance in life. He deftly demonstrates how particularpersonality traits can contribute towards burnout, such as:thequest for perfectionfearof failurebeliefsaround personal performancehavingan ‘all-or-nothing’ approachholdingimpossibly high personal expectations.The author thenprovides options and answers, along with suggestions for positive changes thatcan be sustained, and offers ways to help the reader consider a wider (andpossibly new) purpose in life that is underpinned by ways to enhanceresilience. Beating Burnout is an insightful, practical book forprofessionals and anyone experiencing burnout, as well as those who would liketo help someone in burnout.
