According to Lotta Harju, an assistant professor of Organizational Behavior at EM Lyon Business School in France, “Boreout is chronic boredom… A number of factors can cause chronic boredom, including working in a demoralising physical environment, or feeling under-challenged over a prolonged period. But the fundamental experience of boreout is meaninglessness—the experience that the work doesn’t really have any purpose, that there’s no point”.
Ugh—how miserable does that sound? And can you imagine doing your most amazing work under those circumstances?
And so. We’re left with the question of what to do about it. Luckily, Rachel Cooke has put together a list for leaders and individuals alike to tackle boreout in their workplaces. To listen to the full list of boreout prevention strategies, click here. If you would rather read a transcript, click here.
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