Sinqobile Sibisi

With the high levels of unemployment that we are facing in the country, most people are just grateful to land a job. However when a job doesn’t match with your values, passions and personality, this might lead to what is termed a “misalignment burnout”. In a session called Unhappy at work? How to manage misalignment burnout, three speakers from the HR Indaba explored this phenomenon. Judy Klipin, an author and burnout activist, started the conversation by debunking the claims of what causes burnout.

Tswelo Kodisang, CPO at FirstRand, began the ‘Building the Resilience Muscle: Preparing Your Teams for Greatness’ session at today’s HR Indaba by demystifying the concept of resilience for the packed audience. “Resilience can be simply put as the ability to bounce back. This could be psychologically, emotionally or physically. It is about coming out on the other side with a successful story to tell,” he shared.

The workplace structure is usually assigned to the office maintenance guys or regarded as “someone else’s” problem. However, in the aftermath of Covid-19, an increasing number of CEOs have delegated this responsibility to human resources to bring more people back into the office.