In 2004, Mary Ann Baynton was diagnosed with burnout. What she remembers most is the depletion of energy—and while she never stopped working, she describes it more as “plodding along with extreme effort.” At the time, Baynton was providing leadership training to...
We are finally, cautiously coming out from under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic—and many of us are burned out. “The most common request from employers now is how to address burnout,” says Mary Ann Baynton, principal of Mary Ann Bayton & Associates, a...