Impact of Burnout on Decision Making Processes

This guide outlines how burnout affects decision-making processes in the workplace. It begins by identifying the key challenges that burnout presents, such as disruption of attention, impact on information gathering, reliance on intuition, and emotional responses that can cloud judgment. The document emphasizes the importance of balancing deliberate and instinctive thinking in effective decision-making. It then provides a structured approach to enhance decision-making skills, starting with defining the problem clearly and setting appropriate time limits. The guide stresses the significance of identifying objectives, gathering relevant information, and differentiating between facts and opinions. Additionally, it discusses the integration of intuition with gathered information and the necessity of weighing pros and cons using structured frameworks like consequence and comparison tables. Finally, the guide encourages self-evaluation of past decisions to improve future decision-making practices and highlights common decision-making pitfalls to avoid.