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2/16/24, 5:15 PM Running on empty: Are you ready for the burnout crisis?

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Addressing the burnout crisis proactively

To deal with this looming crisis, Dr Nosa Aihie, regional medical director for Offshore and
Medical Services in the Middle East at International SOS, offers suggestions on mitigating

burnout risks amid global turmoil. Dr Aihie underscores the role of proactive risk

management, stressing that organisations ill-prepared for crises, risk succumbing to
burnout.

He adds that employee burnout can have direct and indirect costs on an organisation’s

finances. Direct costs include increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, and high

turnover rates, leading to project delays, missed deadlines, and recruitment expenses.

Indirect costs involve the loss of institutional knowledge, resources spent on training new
employees, and damage to company culture and reputation, making it harder to attract top

talent.

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