Workforce burnout: the quiet crisis in local government

Workforce burnout: the quiet crisis in local government

Council staff are increasingly overwhelmed and overloaded, research shows. The findings – gathered by management consultants Dattner Group – reveal local government workers close to burnout. “Councils are facing a quiet crisis: overwhelmed teams, exhausted leaders, and diminishing returns on effort,” Dattner Group CEO Zoe Dattner tells GN. The cause? “Burnout in local government is being driven by a mix of under-resourcing, unclear or inconsiste…

Warning about LGR threat to good officers | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)

Local government reorganisation risks councils losing good staff but keeping staff of lower quality, the managing director of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives & Senior Managers has warned. Graeme McDonald also told a panel discussion at the Local Government Association annual conference real…The post Warning about LGR threat to good officers appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).