b'GOD BYGENERATIONAL FACTORS ON BURNOUT YOUR SIDEFor workers to stay with an organization, they must trust both leadership and the Through the dramatic events oforganizations mission and goals. In turn, the organization must be responsive to 2020 and the ensuing uncer employee needs, which can vary by generation, based on their work experience. tainty and anxiety ever since,The Silent Generation (born 19281945) benefited peoples lives and illusions of securityfrom guaranteed pensions, strong union protections, have been turned upside down. When and employers focused on maintaining a competitive, ever our plans, hopes, and dreams are putlivable minimum wage. That generated a loyal on holdorworkforce that experienced less burnout and often worse, lost for remained at a company throughout their entire career.everwe feelBusinesses treated Baby Boomers (born 19461964) discouraged,as a corporate liability. By the end of their employment, lost, and iso these individuals ended up with 401k retirement plans, lated, desper weakened union protections, a stagnated minimum ately praying,wage, and terminations close to the age of retirement God, where areso businesses could avoid paying pensions. Change You? Matthewin companies and roles became common, increasing Wests newestpersonal stress and employee burnout.book, The God Who Stays: LifeGeneration X (born 19651980) enjoyed the roaring Looks Different with Him by Your Side90s but experienced the dot.com bust and the 2008 financial crisis. The need for (Thomas Nelson), is an engaging, witty,employees to jobhop and trimmeddown workforces contributed to widespread and thoughtful exploration that helps usemployee burnout.reconnect to the biblical truth ofMillennials (born 19811996) and Generation Z (born 19972012) deal with Immanuel, God with us, a personal Savior401ks, weakened unions, and a noncompetitive minimum wage. They will likely who never leaves our side and who alwayschange companies and roles five to seven times during their careers. These answers when we cry out for help.generations value entrepreneurship and focus on environmental and social good. STAYING HEALTHY IN OUR TOXIC CULTURE With over four decades of clinical healthcare experience, physician Gabor Mat has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of normal as false, because we neglect the roles that trauma and stress and the pressures of modernday living exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how todays culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. In The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Avery), Mat brings his perspective to what makes us sick and connects the dots between our maladies and the declining soundness of society, offering a compassionate guide for health and healing.NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 57'