The Science of Stress: Finding The Sweet Spot For Your Company
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83 percent of Americans report workplace stress. It’s a real issue. Stressed out workers report higher medical expenses and are at risk for leaving your company. But what if we shared some evidence-based insights that stress actually drives productivity up? This presentation by Stacy Shaw Welch, PhD and Henry Albrecht, CEO of Limeade explores: - The science behind stress and anxiety in the workplace - The sweet spot — optimal stress levels for individuals and workforces - How to foster a culture and environment that builds productive stress
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The Science of Stress: Finding The Sweet Spot For Your Company
- 2. The science of workplace stress Stacy Shaw Welch, Ph.D with Henry Albrecht, Limeade CEO
- 3. Today’s speakers Stacy Shaw Welch, Ph.D Henry Albrecht, Limeade CEO
- 4. Agenda
- 6. We’re stressed 83% 52% 57k
- 7. Cost of stress 60% of lost work days can be attributed to stress 75-90% of visits to healthcare providers are due to stress-related conditions (increasing employer healthcare costs)
- 8. How we’re dealing with stress
- 9. The economy of stress Homegrown approach │ Clinical care │ │ Interactive media │
- 11. What is stress? Stress is a demand | | | The natural pattern of human behavior |
- 12. The body’s stress response system “Fight or flight” response | | Stress response in our body | | |
- 13. “ “ No one reaches peak performance without being stressed, whether an athlete or an office worker
- 16. Finding the sweet spot of stress We need the stress system “on” | | | When stress system is “off” it negatively effects us at an individual & environmental level
- 17. Yerkes-Dodson human performance curve
- 20. Stress symptoms - physical
- 21. Stress symptoms – emotional
- 22. Stress symptoms – cognitive
- 23. Short-term vs. long-term stress Short-term (acute) stress | | Long-term (chronic) stress | | | | Short-term (acute) stress is usually not harmful Harmful to the body and contributes to a range of health problems
- 24. Chronic stress
- 25. “ “ The most dangerous thing that “ can happen is that you drop into a mode of permanent activity. When you permanently check your smartphone to see if there are any new emails it leads to you not finding any rest whatsoever.
- 26. Be mindful
- 28. Stress in the individual vs. environment Both affect each other | There is no silver bullet | Wherever you start is good
- 29. Limeade & stress
- 30. We all want happy employees
- 32. Get in touch