New CDC campaign asks health care leaders to take responsibility for reducing burnout
Often, workplace conversations about burnout put the onus on the individual to take care of their mental health while ignoring management’s role in solving the problem. A new anti-burnout campaign from the Centers for Disease Control and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health avoids this typical — and often frustrating — tactic, instead imploring leaders to better support health care workers.
Much of the campaign focuses on what leaders can do to improve the work environment in their organizations, offering tools that include a worker well-being questionnaire, a guide encouraging leaders to share their own struggles with mental health to help encourage staff to do the same, and online workshops on topics like how to support work-life balance, veterans, and sleep.
