| Too often, as employers seek to address mental-health challenges in the workplace, they neglect the main culprit: workload and culture. “Most often, employees are left on their own to figure out how to manage their time in ways that will reduce stress and burnout,” writes Eric Garton in Harvard Business Review. “They have limited ability to fight a corporate culture in which overwork is the norm and even celebrated.” Read on.—The Ragan Team TOP READS More articles. Visit our website for additional trend stories, research, case studies and more. RESEARCH The 3 areas most likely to cause employee burnout.  Survey: The role of communicators expanded dramatically last year as organizations responded to a series of crises. STAT OF THE WEEK 
Different generations experience the effects of occupational burnout in dramatically different ways, with Baby Boomers affected the least, according to research from Visier. Ragan's premier Communications Week event set for Nov. 15-19.
RESOURCES OF THE WEEK Best Practices for Inclusive Social Media. Creating social media content that’s sensitive to diversity, equity and inclusion is more than posting images with a mix of racial and gender identities. There are subtleties in how you showcase your organization’s commitment that goes beyond lip service. This exclusive guide from Ragan’s Social Media Leadership Council is packed with real-word examples.
Ragan's Top Case Studies in Employee Communications & Culture. The case studies Ragan Communications has compiled in this book run the gamut of communications challenges in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic—from staying in touch via intranet and email in the age of working from home, to championing diversity and empowerment in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the unrest that followed. You’ll discover how dozens of organizations took on unique challenges and thrived. UPCOMING Ragan Webinar: The Results Are In: The Comms Maturity Landscape
September 16, 2021 Ragan Virtual Workshop: Brand Journalism: Take Charge of Your Own Story
September 21, 2021 Ragan's Social Media Conference (Now Virtual)
September 9-10, 2021 Ragan’s Internal Communications, Culture & Wellness Conference
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