Employees are constantly doing more with less.

1. Productivity
Under
Pressure
Coping with
Stress at Work

2. Why is this important?
• The number of stressors in our lives is
increasing
• Leisure time is decreasing
• Workplace stress is pervasive
• Stress is a contributing factor to many of the
aches and ailments that we experience

3. Don’t let this represent YOU

4. Objectives
• Understand how workload affects perceptions
on stress
• Set priorities that can help to control the
workload
• Develop your own personal plan to manage
the stress

5. Sign of the times
55 apps related to workplace stress
are now available…….. cnet.com

6. Check out these stats
25% of workers report they have missed
work as a result of work-related stress.
Workplace environments have a greater
effect on employee stress levels than the
number or hours employees work.
75% of visits to doctors’ offices concern
stress related ailments.
40% of job turnover is due to stress.

7. Stress is a simple word that is
used to describe a complex set
of issues and problems.

8. Stress is like a
BANK ACCOUNT…
What’s the balance on your
stress bank??

9. Job Stress Often Occurs Due To
• Your Work Environment
• Your job demands
• Your expectations
• The people around you
• Disorganization

10. Classify the Stressors
1. Incidental Hassles
2. Major Life Changes
3. Ongoing Problems
EXAMPLES

11. I really get
stressed out at
work when……

12. Quick Quiz
Bad stress takes its toll on
the body because it is more
powerful and not because
of how long it lasts.
T F

13. Stressful situation
produce the same
reaction in
different people.
T F

14. Stress affects the
feelings and behaviors
of stressed people but
rarely produces a
physical symptom.

15. Everyday life is full of
stressful situation and
there is little a person
can do to control stress.

16. What happens to you when
you are STRESSED!!
• Physical
• Behavioral
• Emotional

17. Job Stress:
Know some of the
symptoms
• Inability to leave job problems
behind at night or on weekends
• Fatigue, insomnia, high blood
pressure
• Headaches, ulcers, heartburn
• Inability to concentrate or focus
• Hopeless feeling of overload
• Anger, Irritability

18. What happens when
all of these different
stress symptoms
come into play on
the job?

19. Witness the Effects
Staff Attitude and Behavior
•Loss of motivation and
commitment
•Staff working increasingly long
hours but diminishing returns
•Frequent sickness and
absenteeism
•Presenteeism

20. Witness the Effects
Relationships at work
•Tension and conflict between
colleagues at work
•Poor relationships with
patients/clients
•Increase in disciplinary problems

21. Witness the Effects
Work Performance
•Reduction in productivity
•Increase in error rate
•Poor decision making
•Deterioration in planning and
control of work
•Poor quality work

22. Witness the Effects

23. Protect your Productivity
Recognize the four major time traps.
Procrastination
Perfectionism
Carelessness
Imbalance

24. Protect Your Productivity
Use a System to keep track of
Priority Tasks
•Paper
•Electronic

25. Organizing – How
do I Start?
• Clean off your desk…
• Begin with your
calendar
• Start with the to do
list……
• Begin with a plan

26. Organizing Relieves Stress
Avoid the “Sticky Note”
Planning System

27. Don’t let JOB STRESS
run -- or ruin your life!
Recognize the warning signs of too much stress
Maintain a proper perspective on your life and work
Take steps to reduce stress, if needed