Lisa Nunn

We often hear the wrong message about burnout: that the way to avoid it is to change yourself: adjust your work habits, de-clutter your calendar; take more time off; learn to "say no;" prioritize activities that rejuvenate you, and so on.

While better time management and better boundaries are certainly good for us, they are not the solution to burnout. That's because burnout is a community problem, not a personal one.

Dr. Nunn offers sociological insights to help us better understand how that is true. She explains the factors that create a feeling of belonging in the workplace are the very same things that—when absent—drive burnout.

That's the Burnout-Belonging Connection.

Learn more about what a workplace community is, what it is not, and 10 everyday things that each of us can do to make ours stronger.