Season 6 Episode 8: Work Performance: Burnout vs. Boreout

Season 6 Episode 8: Work Performance: Burnout vs. Boreout
Season 6 Episode 8: Work Performance: Burnout vs. Boreout

Burnout in life occurs when we are overwhelmed by all that is coming at us. Boreout is when we are underwhelmed by the lack of activity around us. Creating cultures of purpose and meaning is critical to engage the minds and hearts of our people.

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Jason introduces Season 6 episode 8 of the podcast, Work Performance: Burnout vs. Boreout. Welcome back to the podcast on corporate culture and leadership and thank you for listening. We engage thought leaders like CEOs, CFOs, managers, VPs, directors, and more for this podcast. We wish to create content that engages your mind and heart and allows you to step back and think and add some positivity to your life. We deep dive into today’s topic.

We can’t control everything but what we can control is our response. Still a lot of work to do but wanted to remind the audience what is within our control is the temperature we create in the organizations and teams we work with. If you have a suggestion, please send it to info@jasonvbarger.com

Please leave a review for the podcast It really helps the podcast to spread these messages out into the world. Please share this podcast with your organization, on your team, or in your life to help spread these messages. Thank you!

1:30 – Jason introduces the episode and mentions some past episodes to check out from the multi-part series about The Great Resignation which happened this season.

6:30 – Changes have happened over the last 2 years in the work environment and that trend continues as we get “back to normal” as we are all growing and learning through this experience. 66% of millennials in 2021 that left their jobs said that they left their jobs for mental health reasons according to Bloomberg. A new work-life paradigm seems to be evolving as we dive into today’s topic.

“The best leaders are actively engaged and caring about their people”

10:10 – Companies are asking how do we care for our people? The research guides us, Adam Grant from the University at Penn points out the difference between burnout and boreout. Burnout is being overwhelmed by your work. Boreout is being underwhelmed by work. The balance is very important, especially now. Having too little work or little connection or purpose is demoralizing according to the research. Jason says an important piece of the puzzle is balancing what is meaningful to us with what is manageable to us.

13:21 – Tamara Myles has amazing insight and has studied the 10 principles of meaningful work, we recommend you listen to the last episode with her if you have not. 77% of people say they want to work for a place that connects to purpose and people but only 31% of organizations say they do that. Jason goes into what that means for organizations and how they can improve.

17:45 – Dutton’s research to engage in high-quality pathways

  1. Engage respectfully – Show people that you care about them
  2. Building trust – convey that we all trust each other and we are dependable. Listen to the episode trust the process for more on this.
  3. Be helpful – we need to just be helpful in the world and facilitate their successful performance.
  4. Just have fun – Having fun and finding ways to do that is important with your team, seek joy, play games, find ways to laugh, and have fun.

13:21 – Tamara Myles has amazing insight and has studied the 10 principles of meaningful work, we recommend you listen to the last episode with her if you have not. 77% of people say they want to work for a place that connects to purpose and people but only 31% of organizations say they do that. Jason goes into what that means for organizations and how they can improve.

Questions to Ponder

  1. If you feel tired or stressed about work, Is it burnout or boreout?
  2. In what ways can you invest time into building high-quality connections with those on your team?

Practice appreciation and gratitude for all that is within your control. Now is a chance for all of us to positively impact those around us and on our team. What is our response? How do we behave and help to shape the culture for those around us?

Please leave a review for the podcast It really helps the podcast to spread these messages out into the world. Please share this podcast with your organization, on your team, or in your life to help spread these messages. Thank you!


Remember, the best leaders, teams, & cultures stimulate progress by recalibrating their thermostat together.


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A thermostat is proactive. It sets the temperature in a room. Controls the temperature. Regulates the temperature. But in today’s distracted, fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy for individuals and organizations to act more like thermometers, slipping into reactionary thinking, becoming scattered and inconsistent. The most compelling leaders, teams, organizations, families, or collection of humans of any kind operate in thermostat mode. They calibrate their mind and heart to set the temperature for the vision and culture they want to create. Jason Barger, globally celebrated author, keynote speaker, and founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, is the host of The Thermostat, a podcast journey to discover authentic leadership, create compelling cultures and find clarity of mission, vision, and values.

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