Uncertainty among employees: For many, uncertainty is an obstacle at work. Due to uncertainty, employees dare not ask questions, wrong or no priorities are set. In addition, much is being postponed and agreements are not being met. In short: uncertainty has a negative influence on the decisiveness and assertiveness of employees. In addition, uncertainty in performance and personal growth are in the way. As a…
Delegating and releasing employees: Do you feel overwhelmed by the amount of work as a manager? Are you very busy and are you starting to lose the overview? Delegating is not only important to be able to save time, but it also shows that you have confidence in your employees when you let them perform certain tasks. But you…
Do you have a competitive employee in your team or workplace and do you want to guide these employees in the right way? Every employee can get burnout. Yet one is more susceptible to it than the other. Employees who are perfectionist, have a high work ethic, want to fully commit themselves and have difficulty saying ‘no’, run a greater…
Increase job happiness: Are your employees happy at work? Fun at work is a very un-Dutch expression. We are actually far too sober for that. The Dutch employee works because food has to be put on the table. You can do fun things in your free time. But since we work most of our time, it would be nice if…
Input or output driven management, what do you prefer? Leading a team can be a major challenge. As a manager, you can have in mind exactly how you want to see a project carried out. But your employees probably don’t think the same way about accomplishing the project. You may then be inclined to explain in detail how you want…
The role of HR: Through this article, we want to help HR advisors and HR members (and other stakeholders) reduce (long-term) absenteeism in an organization. First of all, this can be achieved by reducing direct absence, as a result of burnout, for example. On the other hand, the solution can be found in the preventive angle, for…
Are your employees exhausted and the positive working atmosphere hard to find? Not every entrepreneur is by nature a pacesetter, which is often the expectation others have. But in fact, being a pacemaker is not necessary at all. With a few simple tips, you too can make your employees feel like doing their daily tasks again. They…
CC culture: On average, email takes up one-third of our working time. This is a source of annoyance and frustration for many people. Certainly, if the emails make your inbox bulge via a ‘CC’. In certain organizations, these CC messages are a real scourge with an underlying purpose. What is expected of you when your name pops up in the…
Employee boundaries: An employee who knows his or her boundaries and clearly indicates them is an asset to a company. Unfortunately, there are few such employees. Most ignore their stress and go on and on. Until it gets all too much and they are at home with a burnout. That is the last thing you want. An employee who…
Addressing an employee: No supervisor escapes employees who report sick due to burnout related complaints. It is therefore important that managers take this omission seriously and discuss this with their employees. But that is not easy for everyone. Why not? Addressing an employee because you see that he/she is suffering from too much stress and…
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