Minimizing Employees Burnout

Minimizing Employees Burnout

Introduction

Organization sets goals that have to be achieved by individuals working in the organization. Goal setting is done for the purpose of achieving desired results that every department, teams, organization and individuals have to work collectively to increase the efficiency and to achieve the success of the organization. Similarly, Allstate Insurance Company uses goal settings process in their organization, which is also the key system to increase performance and job satisfaction that allows employees to stay self motivated. This paper demonstrates the reasons of employees' burnout and how to minimize employees' burnout at work.

Discussion

Allstate Insurance Company

Allstate Insurance Company is considered to be the second largest insurer in the U.S. In 1931, Allstate was founded as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and became public limited company in 1993 (Allstate, 2013). The products and services are Business insurance, Life insurance, Home insurance and Auto insurance. It also offers Investment and retirement products, and Banking services.

Organizational Behavior

Allstate stands out amongst other insurance companies are due to one specific goal that is focusing on diversity. The focus of Allstate is to satisfy their customers along with employees by using integrated approach to diversity in the market and within the company. The focus of competitors of Allstate are focusing on diversity as a business problem and Allstate insurance company is endeavoring to assessing the impact of diversity on the performance of company. As a part of its initiative, Allstate boasts a precise assessment system, and that goal setting process has demonstrated a strong association among the business growth and diversity strategy.

Allstate has been able to set goals and hold their leaders responsible: this is where they tie their rewards to diversity which gives Allstate an edge among their competition. Allstate not only faced challenges from other insurance companies they were facing challenges from financial services firms and direct marketers. Allstate practice goal setting daily in their company.

Reasons of Employees Burnout

One cannot simply engage people by asking them to get engaged. The manager has to work with focus group within the organization to convince them to work with the company. The head of human resource department has to work through the managers to draw attention to know the results what are good and what are bad. Key points that are involved in causing employees burnout are:

Communication - people do not have the idea about the business and their lack of involvement.

Staff training and development - people do not have the idea about the opportunities they have to develop and enrich their career in the company.

Feedback - the people working in the company were not receiving feedback from manager on their performance. The manager there did not have the communication with the employees in positive term.

Minimizing Employees Burnout

Managers have to work through employees to minimize the employee burnout within in the organization by providing training and development and employee motivation. Manager has to provide assistance and encourage employees whenever possible (Gargan, 2010). The employers need to recognize the stressful schedules ...