| The burnout epidemic is real. "Workers are quitting everywhere because they are burned out," says Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments. "A vacation won’t solve that by itself, but if employees are pressured to half-work on their time 'off,' you’ll be making it clear to workers they’ll never be able to relax.” Read on.—The Ragan Team TOP READS Is the Great Disengagement worse than the Great Resignation? 3 Things: The impact of the Delta variant, chronic discontent, and a study in employee empowerment. What vaccine approval means, how to retain millennials, and more: Curating the week in wellness, August 23–27, 2021. A 7-step guide to smarter, more effective wellness programs. More articles. Visit our website for additional trend stories, research, case studies and more. RESEARCH Report: Vacation is not the solution to chronic burnout. Survey: The role of communicators expanded dramatically last year as organizations responded to a series of crises. STAT OF THE WEEK New research from Visier indicates that 57% or workers experience burnout all or most of the time. Only 11% say they never experience burnout. Ragan's premier Communications Week event set for Nov. 15-19. RESOURCES OF THE WEEK Best Practices for Inclusive Social Media. Creating social media content that’s sensitive to diversity, equity and inclusion is more than posting images with a mix of racial and gender identities. There are subtleties in how you showcase your organization’s commitment that goes beyond lip service. This exclusive guide from Ragan’s Social Media Leadership Council is packed with real-word examples. Ragan's Top Case Studies in Employee Communications & Culture. The case studies Ragan Communications has compiled in this book run the gamut of communications challenges in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic—from staying in touch via intranet and email in the age of working from home, to championing diversity and empowerment in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the unrest that followed. You’ll discover how dozens of organizations took on unique challenges and thrived. UPCOMING Ragan Webinar: Communicating Your Return-to-Workplace Plan to a Distributed Workforce
August 25, 2021 Ragan Webinar: How Data Can Improve Well-Being Programs and Reduce Costs
August 31, 2021 Ragan's Social Media Conference (Now Virtual)
September 9-10, 2021 Ragan’s Internal Communications, Culture & Wellness Conference
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