Author(s): K. Harold

Business, Economics, Finance

Workplace stress and burnout is a multi-billion-dollar problem affecting organisations. The impacts of workplace stress and burnout include low productivity and profitability, rampant presenteeism and absenteeism, alarming workplace safety performance and workers compensation claims, poor quality assurance, high negative staff turnover and even, sometimes, work-related suicide. How do you solve such complex problems when the root cause is often nebulous or emotionally-charged?