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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness, Updated and Expanded (featuring "How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You" by Michael Gervais)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness, Updated and Expanded (featuring "How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You" by Michael Gervais)

by Harvard Business Review, Michael Gervais, Angela L. Duckworth, Martin E.P. Seligman, Herminia Ibarra
September 2025
Beginner to intermediate
208 pages
4h
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People

by Jennifer Moss

We tend to think of burnout as an individual problem, solvable by learning to say no, doing more yoga, employing better breathing techniques, practicing resilience—the self-help list goes on. But evidence is mounting that applying personal, Band-Aid solutions to an epic and rapidly evolving workplace phenomenon may be more harmful than helpful. With “burnout” now officially recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the responsibility for managing it has shifted away from the individual and toward the organization. Leaders take note: It’s now on you to build a burnout strategy.

The term “burnout” originated in the 1970s, and for the past 50 years, the medical ...

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