Beating Burnout at Work was nominated for best Spring 2021 book by the Next Big Idea Club. The Next Big Idea Club is curated by Adam Grant, Daniel Pink, Susan Cain, & Malcom Gladwell.
A first-of-its kind, science-backed toolkit that takes a holistic approach to burnout prevention by helping individuals, teams, and leaders build resilience and thrive at work.
Solving the burnout puzzle requires a systemic approach.
In Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience, Paula Davis, founder of the Stress and Resilience Institute, provides a new framework to help organizations prevent employee burnout. Davis offers an actionable method to help leaders create cultures of well-being and resilience in their organizations.
Davis’s research-driven, fast-reading, and actionable book is the first-of-its-kind to explore a new solution to the burnout problem at work: a comprehensive approach focused on building the resilience of teams of all sizes. Davis argues that teams, and their leaders, are uniquely positioned to create the type of cultures that are needed to prevent burnout.
In Beating Burnout at Work, Davis shares stories from her work coaching, teaching, and training teams and leaders across different industries, and she explores:
- How she navigated her own burnout as a lawyer, and how that led her to study burnout and launch a business with the aim of helping organizations and their employees become more resilient;
- How teams and leaders can utilize simple, science-backed strategies to create cultures that promote resilience and well-being and reduce burnout;
- How the Mayo Clinic, one of the most renowned medical centers in the world, has developed a powerful model to reduce burnout in its organization;
- How organizations dealing with high-stress challenges, including the US Army, work to increase resilience in a systemic way; and
- How the German company trivago is piloting a new approach to work amid COVID-19 in order to increase team connection and resilience
Praise for Beating Burnout at Work
“Building resilience is a team sport, not an individual trait. In this groundbreaking book, Paula Davis gives us a roadmap for creating stronger teams and sustainable well-being. Beating Burnout at Work is loaded with practical strategies and steeped in great research.”
“Not only was Beating Burnout at Work informative, but reading it was delightful. Davis nailed the art of delivering complex, evidence-based information using accessible language… Read More
“Not only was Beating Burnout at Work informative, but reading it was delightful. Davis nailed the art of delivering complex, evidence-based information using accessible language, a smooth cadence and such a relatable voice. Best of all is the way she animated key points with anecdotes and storytelling. Here is how engaged I was: If the book were a person I would take it to lunch immediately just to swap stories with a smart friend.”
“I don’t remember being a part of a team that enjoys getting together and talking through issues as much as the group I’m working with now, and I can credit much of that to the tools Paula gave us and shares in her book, Beating Burnout at Work.”
“In Beating Burnout at Work, Paula Davis provides a critical field guide for explaining burnout in your organization as well as some practical steps that organizations and teams can use to avoid it. This book is a must for anyone… Read More
“In Beating Burnout at Work, Paula Davis provides a critical field guide for explaining burnout in your organization as well as some practical steps that organizations and teams can use to avoid it. This book is a must for anyone who’s feeling overwhelmed and looking to find ways to get back into balance.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated a trend that has permeated throughout the workplace: We’re all feeling more stretched, more exhausted, and more overwhelmed. Beating Burnout at Work highlights how we can diagnose burnout… Read More
“The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated a trend that has permeated throughout the workplace: We’re all feeling more stretched, more exhausted, and more overwhelmed. Beating Burnout at Work highlights how we can diagnose burnout, and how leaders can change work practices to ensure their employees are able to bounce back stronger and more resilient than before.”
“The unique team and systems approach in Beating Burnout at Work is practical and goes beyond treating the symptoms of individual burnout to identifying and treating root causes that impact everyone in the work environment. This sets the stage for lasting change.”
“Understanding how to avoid burnout and build resilience in yourself and in your team is, more than ever, a foundational and essential skill. No one understands this topic more deeply than Paula Davis… Read More
“Understanding how to avoid burnout and build resilience in yourself and in your team is, more than ever, a foundational and essential skill. No one understands this topic more deeply than Paula Davis, and in Beating Burnout at Work she outlines a powerful data-driven and research-based framework for countering burnout.”
“Paula is a thought leader in the application of the science of resilience to teams, and I’m excited that she has translated her incredible work into such a user-friendly guide for leaders and organizations… Read More
“Paula is a thought leader in the application of the science of resilience to teams, and I’m excited that she has translated her incredible work into such a user-friendly guide for leaders and organizations. As questions about the future of work increase, her book opens the door for a much-needed conversation about burnout and how to create positive cultures at work.”
“Readers will nod in agreement as they read this searching, empathetic, and timely work. Davis asserts that the key to getting through burnout…is teamwork. She grounds her contentions with copious… Read More
“Readers will nod in agreement as they read this searching, empathetic, and timely work. Davis asserts that the key to getting through burnout…is teamwork. She grounds her contentions with copious, well-documented research, all presented in crisp, clear prose. An indispensable study of the challenges of the new work world.”
“Timely lessons, in mercifully compact form.”
About Paula Davis and the Stress & Resilience Institute
For over 15 years, Paula Davis, JD, MAPP, has been a trusted advisor to leaders, teams, and organizations, helping them make work better. As the founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, Paula has dedicated her career to addressing workplace challenges with practical, research-driven solutions.
Her work extends across industries, from training U.S. Army personnel in resilience skills to guiding Fortune 500 companies and educational institutions like Harvard and Princeton in creating cultures that value well-being. With her roots in applied positive psychology and years of hands-on expertise, Paula offers a unique perspective on transforming workplace dynamics for lasting impact.
Her latest book, Lead Well, delivers a fresh perspective on how leaders can build cultures that benefit everyone.
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