Speaking topic
Passion Without Protection: Burnout and Resilience
What actually causes burnout in caregiving professions, and what leaders can change instead of asking people to be more resilient.
Audience
Who this session is for
- Nursing and clinical leadership
- Healthcare system managers
- Education and early childhood organizations facing turnover
- Human resources and staff wellbeing teams
Content
What the session covers
- Why resilience training alone does not reduce burnout
- The organizational conditions that produce exhaustion in caregiving work
- What loyalty met with indifference does to a team over time
- Changes within a leader's actual authority, separated from changes that are not
Outcomes
What participants take away
- A clear distinction between individual coping and organizational cause
- A list of conditions to examine in the participant's own department
- Language for raising capacity as a safety issue rather than a comfort issue
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