Recognize Burnout Early and Take Action to Protect Your Well-Being and Career
Sustaining a healthy work-life balance is essential for long-term success, yet constant pressure can push even high performers toward burnout. This lesson helps learners spot the early warning signs, set realistic boundaries, and understand the internal resources and formal options available to protect their health and performance.
Microlesson Description
Work-life balance isn’t about doing everything perfectly — it’s about ensuring your personal well-being and professional responsibilities can coexist sustainably. Work-Life Balance and Knowing Your Options teaches learners how to identify when stress shifts from manageable to harmful, and how to take informed steps to regain control. Through practical guidance and real-world strategies, the lesson covers how to communicate effectively with leadership about workload concerns, how to reset boundaries around work hours and recovery time, and how to leverage internal support resources such as HR, managers, and formal leave options. Learners leave with a clear understanding of their rights, their options, and the habits that support long-term resilience.Key Concepts
- Burnout Is a Health Issue: Understand burnout as a real, measurable state of exhaustion that requires intentional recovery, not just “pushing through.”
- Know Your Internal Resources: Learn how HR, managers, and workplace support programs can help you adjust workloads or access time off.
- Set and Use Boundaries: Build sustainable habits by defining work hours, taking uninterrupted PTO, and prioritizing rest and recovery.
- Your Rights Protect You: Know when and how to use PTO, sick leave, FMLA/STD, or request reasonable accommodations to safeguard your wellbeing.
Microlesson Features
- Employee sentiment pulsing questions that provide leaders with insights into their workforce's core cultural competencies
- Emtrain's Expert Answers tool, enabling employeees to submit anonymous questions about sensitive issues.
- Rich, contemporary video scences illustrating key concepts through realistic scenarios
- A data driven, skill-based approach to eLearning that establishes a shared language for employees.
How to Use this Lesson
Teach
Help employees understand what burnout looks like, why it happens, and why early intervention is essential for long-term performance and health. Bring clarity to workplace expectations around recovery, PTO, and workload conversations.
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Discover
Learners explore behavioral, emotional, and physical indicators of burnout and uncover the cultural and personal habits that make sustainable work-life balance difficult. They also gain insight into internal resources and support channels.
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Apply It - Take Action
Learners walk away with actionable steps: initiating boundary conversations, creating sustainable recovery routines, reaching out for support, and knowing how and when to utilize PTO, sick leave, FMLA/STD, or reasonable accommodations.
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