ConcerroConnect Webcast:
Building BRIDGES: Overcoming Staff Burnout and Moving Toward Engagement

Burnout has become the norm for many health care professionals, both clinical and administrative. Join us for our complimentary webinar on January 24, 2012 at 1pm ET/ 10 am PT as Jonathon Halbesleben, PHD will help you understand the significant organizational and personal costs of burnout and present the psychological theory underlying the burnout experience.

Jonathon will also present his BRIDGES program, a framework for reducing burnout and building engagement, which is easily customizable to your own environment. Attendees will gain valuable insight into the true costs of stress and the tools they need to address the problem.

During this webcast you will learn how to:

• Define stress, burnout, and engagement

• Describe the "conservation of resources" model and its role in stress and burnout

• Justify the need to address staff burnout through an understanding of its costs to your organization

• Apply the five steps in the BRIDGES program to reduce burnout and build engagement in your own work setting

About the speaker:

Dr. Halbesleben is the author of Managing Stress and Preventing Burnout in the Healthcare Workplace and has published over 55 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Medical Care, Medical Care Research and Review, and HealthCare Management Review.