Work Well, Not Long with Dr. Devan Kronisch, Part 2

SHOW SUMMARY

Working well doesn’t always mean working long hours, and overworking should not be treated as a badge of honor. Unfortunately, in modern society, we often celebrate this behavior without realizing that this is also the leading cause of burnout and a host of other mental health problems in the workplace. 

In this episode of the Peak Performance Selling Podcast, Dr. Devan Kronisch talks about the culture of overworking, and how managers can lead the charge in improving work-life balance. They also talk about the importance of failure and how to know whether you’re really performing well or just setting the bar too low. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Managers have a direct impact on their employees' mental health
• Work ethics and Calvinism in North America
• Managers need to start taking more days off
• Why it's difficult to break the cycle of overworking 
• We learn best in a failure-tolerant environment

QUOTES

Dr. Devan on the relationship between Calvinism and overworking: "Basing on Calvinism, [the reason] why you are supposed to work yourself to death is to show that you will go to heaven. And you show that you're a good person by overworking. It has become such a badge of honor when we're seeing all these tweets; 'Hey, it's only Wednesday and I've already worked 80 hours this week!' And we're supposed to celebrate this."

Dr. Devan on managers leading the charge towards a better work-life balance: "I'm telling the managers that I'm coaching, 'I want to see stupid vacation pictures from you. I want you to go into your team slack and send a picture of you on your veranda with the cape with the dog or whatever so that it really shows that it's okay to really take [a day] off.’ That it isn't a badge of honor to work long. We don't want people to work long, we want people to work well." 

Dr. Devan on why failing is an important step in learning: "What we do know is that we learn best in a failure-tolerant environment. If you are in a job or position that allows you to experiment often, fall on your face then get up from it, you will go further."

You can connect with Dr. Devan and their work in the link below:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/devan-kronisch/

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