S03 | E10 Tactics for Overcoming Overwhelm with Dr. Allessandria Polizzi
- Author
- Lindsay Recknell
- Published
- Fri 21 Jan 2022
- Episode Link
- http://www.mentalhealthforleaders.com/
When it comes to stress, people leaders and HR professionals tend to face a higher propensity for burnout and overwhelm in the workplace, and they aren’t typically well equipped with how to handle it. Unfortunately, the pandemic has only exacerbated this problem.
Today’s guest has experienced these issues head on, and is here today to share tactics that leaders and HR professionals can use to get past that overwhelm and burnout in a healthy and productive way. Dr. Allessandria Polizzi teaches us her unique resiliency model and gives greater insight into what leadership can do to better support their employees in the face of adversity, build wellbeing, and prevent burnout.
We also discuss why these tactics are so important to psychological safety, and the positive consequences that valuing skills like resiliency can have within an organization. Tune in!
About Allessandria Polizzi:
Dr. Allessandria Polizzi is a Top 100 HR professional of 2020 and a 20-year HR professional, with experience leading teams across multiple industries to unlock the potential in people and help organizations thrive. Following a recovery from burnout and a depression diagnosis since 2021, Dr. Polizzi rebooted her consulting practice, Verdant Consulting, with a renewed focus on implementing the latest scientific resiliency, burnout prevention, and psychological safety research to help people, teams, and organizations learn practical, simple skills that will help them flourish. She offers training programs and organizational consulting services designed around neuroscience, cognitive behavior therapy, and the ISO 45003.
She is also cofounder of the Kite HR Wellbeing app for HR professionals and shares of-the-moment discoveries on all of these topics via the Be Verdant podcast.
To learn more, visit her website and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Mentioned In This Episode:
- Building Resilience in HR Professional with Kris Tierney
- Compassion and Mindfulness at Work with Scott Shute
- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
- HR Wellbeing Week
- Kite HR
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