Description:
Many employees face work-related stress and burnout in today's fast-paced and demanding work environment. In this podcast, we delve into the challenges of the modern workday and explore practical strategies for managing stress, avoiding burnout, and achieving work-life balance. We discuss common stressors in the workplace, such as heavy workloads, long hours, deadlines, and high expectations, and offer insights on how to cope with them effectively. We also share expert tips on time management, setting boundaries, practicing self-care, and building resilience to thrive in the 9 to 5 grind.
Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, this podcast provides valuable guidance and support for surviving and thriving in the modern workplace. Don't let work stress take a toll on your health and well-being. Tune in to MRA's "30 minute THRIVE" and learn how to manage work-related stress and burnout like a pro.
Resources:
Time Management - MRA Course 
Gallup 2020 Survey on Employee Wellbeing
Harvard Business Review Article-How to Tell Your Boss You’re Burned Out
Eisenhower Matrix
Forbes article on The Pomodoro Technique
MRA Membership 
About MRA 
Let's Connect:
Guest Bio - Michelle Hyde 
Guest LinkedIn Profile - Michelle Hyde 
Host Bio - Sophie Boler 
Host LinkedIn Profile - Sophie Boler 
Transcript:
Transcripts are computer generated -- not 100% accurate word-for-word.
00;00;00;02 - 00;00;21;05
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Hello everybody and welcome to 30 minute Thrive, your go to podcast for anything and everything HR. Powered by MRA, the Management Association. Looking to stay on top of the ever changing world of HR? MRA has got you covered. We'll be the first to tell you what's hot and what's not. I'm your host, Sophie Boler, and we are so glad you're here.
00;00;21;06 - 00;00;46;07
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Now it's time to thrive. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of 30 Minute Thrive. I'm excited to talk about this topic for today, and it's one that it's really never gonna lose its importance and a topic that people are always looking at for new tips and advice, and that is managing work related stress and burnout. So I'm also excited to introduce our guest for today.
00;00;46;14 - 00;01;14;16
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So I'm here with Michelle Hyde and MRA learning in Development Instructor. So welcome to the podcast, Michelle. Thanks so much. So be so excited to be here with you today and to be talking about this really important topic. Absolutely. Well, Michelle, I know you hold a lot of expertise and diversity, inclusion, employee experience, coaching and event planning. So I know you have a lot of great tips on this topic, like timing and communication.
00;01;14;24 - 00;01;39;04
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So this title for this episode is Surviving the 9 to 5: managing work related stress and Burnout. So let's start out by talking about how you can really identify that stress and burnout in the workplace. So Michelle, what are some common signs and symptoms of work related stress burnout that employees and employers really should be aware of? Great questions.
00;01;39;05 - 00;02;03;07
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I'll be So first off, we all have stress. Every one of us has stress, whether it's a deadline. Maybe it's a big project, an upcoming public speaking engagement. All of these things are stress. And I think a lot of times stress and burnout are used interchangeably. You know, it's kind of viewed as the same type of thing, but they actually are different stresses that work short term stress.
00;02;03;09 - 00;02;29;22
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It's you know, we have a big event coming up. We have a big launch that's coming up. So there's going to be stress that's going to be involved in that. We're burnout is a more prolonged and heightened response to that stress. So in the nineties, Dr. Christina maxwell did developed that MBI, the Maslow burnout inventory three and it's still used today.
00;02;30;05 - 00;03;04;18
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And according to her research, there's actually three characte