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How to improve team members' performance using information about mental fatigue
- Mental fatigue is when someone's thinking skills get worse after doing brain work for a long time.
- Glutamate is a key brain chemical that helps nerve cells talk to each other. The problem arises with its excessive accumulation.
- Mental tiredness in a business environment can lead to reduced quality of decisions made, increased number of errors, decreased creativity and innovative thinking, and difficulties in communication between employees.
- General tiredness is often addressed through traditional methods like providing sufficient time for rest, encouraging a healthy lifestyle, and creating ergonomic workplaces.
- Considering the differences between general and mental fatigue, it's necessary to develop comprehensive strategies aimed at combating both types of fatigue.
- Creating a culture of mindful attitude towards fatigue, implementing flexible work schedules, teaching time management techniques, investing in technologies and tools, regular monitoring, and creating a work environment that promotes both physical and mental recovery can aid in fatigue management.
- Research from the Paris Brain Institute highlights the importance of considering mental fatigue in business processes.
- A 2021 study published highlighted that short breaks help 'replenish' the attention span which can help employees manage mental fatigue.
- When workers don't get enough sleep, it costs the US economy $411 billion each year.
- Companies that start programs to help workers handle stress and feel better overall see fewer sick days, more work getting done, and a nicer work environment.
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