What stressors do people face in your organization?
Do you have a program that addresses the needs of your staff?
Stress has been blamed for everything from coronary heart disease to headaches...what is the truth about stress?
Life without stress is neither possible nor desirable, but there must be a balance for each person in order to make use of stress to achieve goals, and the relaxation required to recharge physical and psychic batteries. Some people burn out while others rust out.
Stress is specific to each individual. What may be challenging and exciting to one may be overwhelming and frustrating to another. Stress lies not in the event but in how we perceive the event, and its consequences.
To the degree that either the employee or the organization is working under conditions of DIS-stress, the organization suffers a loss of productivity, and the employee is at risk, both physically and psychologically.
Those who are most at risk of suffering harmful effects of too much stress are those who deny that they experience any stress in their life.
Managing stress is about striking a balance in your life: about attending to the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual dimensions. It's about knowing how to start - and how to stop.
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