The impact of empathetic leadership on preventing burnout
Empathetic leadership leads to stronger collaboration, less stress, and greater morale. However, many leaders struggle to make caring part of their organisational culture. A recent study shows that burnout is a workplace problem, not a worker problem. It happens when there is a mismatch between the organisation and its employees in any of the following areas: workers’ amount of control, fair treatment, a sense of community, workload levels, the doling out of rewards, and orga