Not Having a Voice At Work and Burnout

Whether it's increasing productivity, streamlining operations or taking care of staff, you feel like you are talking into the wind or banging into the wall of company politics. If you have the sense that your views are not being heard or that no one cares to listen anyway, you tend to stop speaking.

There are times when people's voices are simply lost in the politics of the organization. People in the organization tend to move toward the lowest common denominator of involvement and engagement. And that’s not good for the organization or the individual. We need to have a sense that our presence, our contribution and what we have to say is important.

Good job stress management says we need to listen to people. One of the sure burnout symptoms is the insistence that, "it doesn't matter what I say."

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