The document discusses stress, its causes and effects. It defines stress as the reaction people have to excessive pressures, and job stress as physical and emotional responses when job demands do not match a worker's capabilities. Common causes of work stress include bullying, unreasonable demands, lack of involvement in decisions, and imbalance between effort and reward. Job conditions like heavy workloads, infrequent breaks, shift work and poor management can also lead to stress. Stress can impact work performance and manifest psychologically, emotionally, physically and behaviorally. The document provides tips to manage stress through better time management, self-care, accepting limitations, relaxation, and positive thinking.
The document discusses counselor burnout, including its definitions, symptoms, causes, and ways to address it. Burnout is defined as physical, emotional and attitudinal exhaustion that occurs when job demands outweigh available resources. Common symptoms include feeling overwhelmed, tiredness, and relationship problems. Causes of counselor burnout include excessive caseloads, lack of support, and job-related stress. The document provides suggestions for counselors and employers to prevent and address burnout, such as learning relaxation techniques, maintaining work-life balance, and providing additional support.
Stress Management & the impact of SupervisionAhsan Bham
This document discusses stress management in the context of supervision. It defines stress and identifies common stressors like work load, people, mind, and body stressors. It then discusses the impact of supervision, distinguishing between eustress (positive stress) and distress (negative stress). Good supervision helps maintain eustress by guiding employees, while bad supervision causes distress through behaviors like being absent, overly controlling, or abusive. The document provides tips for coping with different types of difficult supervisors and improving relationships by showing respect, communicating issues, and suggesting solutions. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of managing relationships with supervisors for career success.
The document discusses the importance of maintaining a balance between personal and professional life. It provides tips for doing so such as focusing on work during work hours and not worrying excessively. It advises discussing personal issues with trusted friends outside of work and not oversharing at the office. Developing emotional maturity through qualities like being unselfish, wise, and tolerant can help one better handle pressures from both spheres of life. Compartmentalizing the personal and professional domains and remaining emotionally detached from one's work are also recommended for achieving balance.
This document outlines a workshop on preventing burnout in college students. The workshop aims to:
1) Help practitioners identify signs of burnout and assess a student's level of burnout.
2) Through activities like "Name that Sign," make students aware of habits and early signs of burnout.
3) Instruct students on preventing burnout by having them complete a burnout risk assessment and reviewing tips for stress management.
Burnout is a psychological term referring to long-term exhaustion and diminished interest resulting from chronic workplace stress. It can cause physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual damage. Burnout develops gradually over time from unrelenting stress at work due to factors like unclear job expectations, lack of control or recognition, and an unsupportive environment. Warning signs include feeling drained, developing health issues, and becoming cynical or detached. Preventing burnout requires reducing stress through healthy lifestyle habits, setting boundaries, and addressing issues directly with employers.
Being a hard worker requires consistency, perseverance, and effort over time. While some people may be predisposed to these traits, one can fully develop into a hard worker by cultivating an optimistic mindset, identifying and challenging irrational thoughts, and reframing problems as learning opportunities. It also involves focusing on the task at hand without distraction, taking responsibility for your actions and goals, and building a support system.
Stress & Burnout Presentation April 2014Emma Hamel
A stress and burnout presentation which gives the signs of both and tools to deal with each. For more information contact Emma on emma@time2beme.co.za.
The document discusses counselor burnout, including its definitions, symptoms, causes, and ways to address it. Burnout is defined as physical, emotional and attitudinal exhaustion that occurs when job demands outweigh available resources. Common symptoms include feeling overwhelmed, tiredness, and relationship problems. Causes of counselor burnout include excessive caseloads, lack of support, and job-related stress. The document provides suggestions for counselors and employers to prevent and address burnout, such as learning relaxation techniques, maintaining work-life balance, and providing additional support.
Stress Management & the impact of SupervisionAhsan Bham
This document discusses stress management in the context of supervision. It defines stress and identifies common stressors like work load, people, mind, and body stressors. It then discusses the impact of supervision, distinguishing between eustress (positive stress) and distress (negative stress). Good supervision helps maintain eustress by guiding employees, while bad supervision causes distress through behaviors like being absent, overly controlling, or abusive. The document provides tips for coping with different types of difficult supervisors and improving relationships by showing respect, communicating issues, and suggesting solutions. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of managing relationships with supervisors for career success.
The document discusses the importance of maintaining a balance between personal and professional life. It provides tips for doing so such as focusing on work during work hours and not worrying excessively. It advises discussing personal issues with trusted friends outside of work and not oversharing at the office. Developing emotional maturity through qualities like being unselfish, wise, and tolerant can help one better handle pressures from both spheres of life. Compartmentalizing the personal and professional domains and remaining emotionally detached from one's work are also recommended for achieving balance.
This document outlines a workshop on preventing burnout in college students. The workshop aims to:
1) Help practitioners identify signs of burnout and assess a student's level of burnout.
2) Through activities like "Name that Sign," make students aware of habits and early signs of burnout.
3) Instruct students on preventing burnout by having them complete a burnout risk assessment and reviewing tips for stress management.
Burnout is a psychological term referring to long-term exhaustion and diminished interest resulting from chronic workplace stress. It can cause physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual damage. Burnout develops gradually over time from unrelenting stress at work due to factors like unclear job expectations, lack of control or recognition, and an unsupportive environment. Warning signs include feeling drained, developing health issues, and becoming cynical or detached. Preventing burnout requires reducing stress through healthy lifestyle habits, setting boundaries, and addressing issues directly with employers.
Being a hard worker requires consistency, perseverance, and effort over time. While some people may be predisposed to these traits, one can fully develop into a hard worker by cultivating an optimistic mindset, identifying and challenging irrational thoughts, and reframing problems as learning opportunities. It also involves focusing on the task at hand without distraction, taking responsibility for your actions and goals, and building a support system.
Stress & Burnout Presentation April 2014Emma Hamel
A stress and burnout presentation which gives the signs of both and tools to deal with each. For more information contact Emma on emma@time2beme.co.za.
The document discusses ways to avoid and prevent job burnout. It identifies warning signs of burnout like feelings of frustration and lack of motivation. It describes common stages of burnout from initial high energy to full exhaustion. Occupations most at risk include helping professionals, those under tight schedules or deadlines, and socially criticized roles. Suggested strategies to prevent burnout involve finding meaning in work, developing social support, building skills, managing stress, and gaining a sense of control over your work.
Burnout occurs when the demands and stress placed on us exceed our physical and mental abilities to deal with them. We deprive ourselves out of the rest we need because we assume we can push past our breaking points. The bad news is, this is happening more frequently.
Time wasters and procrastination[1]. introduction to stress management. (days...cenriquegf30
The document discusses various time wasters such as indecision, inefficiency, procrastination, and poor planning. It then focuses on procrastination, defining it as putting off tasks that should be done now. Several common causes of procrastination are discussed like waiting for the right mood, underestimating difficulty, and fear of failure or success. The document provides tips for managing procrastination such as examining time spent procrastinating, setting reasonable goals, and rewarding progress. Stress management and burnout are also covered, noting that excessive stress can negatively impact health and waste life. Common burnout causes include overwhelming workloads and powerlessness to change important situations.
This document discusses stress, its causes, effects, and management strategies. It defines stress as the body's response to changes and outlines potential stress symptoms. Stress is categorized into positive (eustress) and negative (distress) types. The stages of stress response - alarm, resistance, and exhaustion - are explained. Common stressors include work, health, relationships, and mindset. Both healthy (exercise, relaxation) and unhealthy (drinking, smoking) coping mechanisms are listed. The ABC approach to stress management emphasizes awareness, balance, and control. The author is an expert business consultant who has authored over 50 books on related topics.
Stress can be caused by overwork, job insecurity, information overload, and a fast pace of life. Symptoms of stress include headaches, rapid heartbeat, poor concentration, anxiety, high blood pressure, and irritability. Too much stress leads to burnout, characterized by exhaustion of physical or emotional strength. Prolonged stress impacts job performance, health, absenteeism, and employee turnover. Companies lose millions each year to stress-related problems. Employers should implement measures like flexible work hours, job security, promotions, work from home, and stress relief activities to reduce stress and prevent burnout.
Burnout is a psychological syndrome involving long-term exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and reduced personal accomplishment from one's work. It is not the same as stress and can develop over time from a buildup of stressors without relief. Signs include emotional exhaustion, depersonalization of others, and a reduced sense of personal achievement. Those at highest risk include health workers, teachers, social workers and police due to high workload, responsibility and lack of support. Prevention focuses on reducing stressors individually through relaxation, and organizationally by increasing job resources, support, and participation in decision making. Treatment involves counseling, skills training, social support and modifying work conditions.
Each month I present to the City of Cape Town offices. The topic is Stress & Burnout. Most of us struggle with this on some level during our lives and this presentation calls it for what it is, as well as giving ways to reduce the impact of stress. www.time2beme.co.za.
This is a presentation delivered to staff at City of Cape Town as part of Latitude Training & Grant Hamel's way to help heal the world. It was well received and people walked away enthralled, empowered and wanting more ...
This document discusses burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue among human services workers. It notes that those in helping professions are prone to burnout due to the demanding nature of the work, high ideals and motivation, and often low success rates. Burnout is defined as a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion where one loses confidence in their work. The document outlines various factors that contribute to burnout, including role ambiguity and overload, isolation, and lack of autonomy or appreciation. It also discusses the impacts of worker-client relationships and secondary traumatic stress. Suggested interventions are provided at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.
This document discusses stress management techniques for organizations. It defines stress and lists its physical, behavioral, mental, and emotional symptoms. It then outlines individual approaches like time management, exercise, relaxation, and social support as well as organizational approaches like selection and placement, goal setting, job redesign, participative decision making, wellness programs, and incentives. Specific techniques used by Dell and Sipera Systems are also summarized, such as providing recreation facilities, tours, rewards, and classes.
1) The document provides a 5-step process for leaders to get value from stress and experience less of it, including identifying specific stressors, determining when stress is helpful or harmful, shifting focus from stress to progress, increasing leadership capacity, and avoiding passing stress to teams.
2) It discusses the history of the term "stress" and how it has evolved over time to refer to various reactions and outcomes from demanding situations.
3) The document offers tips for managing stress responses, such as practicing mindfulness, preventing stress amplifiers, noticing physical responses, and shifting attention from a stressor to a resolution path.
The document provides information on strategies for managing stress and maintaining work-life balance. It discusses the causes and effects of stress, including factors like long work hours and balancing job and family responsibilities. It then offers several techniques for reducing stress, such as time management, cognitive restructuring, relaxation methods, maintaining a healthy lifestyle with exercise and adequate sleep, and considering work-life priorities.
Stress Management
The good news is that there are a lot of effective ways in which you can control your stress if you are struggling in coping with stress.
https://onlinetherapyandcounselling.com/
Stress Management, Online Therapy and Counselling, Online Therapy, Managing Stress, Dealing With Stress, Stress Management is Important
The work-life balance training program includes the following solutions to better help manage stress, time and personal and professional balance.
• Work life Balance defined: what it means, what it doesn't mean
• Achievement and Enjoyment as the basis for life-time goals
• Accepting responsibility for your own work and life results
• Staying in focus despite interruptions
• A method for staying in balance every day
• Improved productivity through quick and effective planning and organization • Connecting daily activities to work-life goals
• Strategies that improve team communication
• Effectively adjusting your work-life balance over time
25% of European workers* say they feel stressed at work all or most of the time. Tight deadlines, long hours and intense workloads are all negatively impacting many people’s health and wellbeing.
Regain control and feel happier and relaxed - with our top 10 tips for reducing stress at work.
Puzzles have been an integral part of people's lives for a long time. They are very famous around the world nowadays. . These puzzles are also known as brain teasers or riddles. Puzzles are used to develop intelligence.
This document provides 35 tips for managing stress in the short term. Some of the key tips include engaging in physical activity, deep breathing exercises, getting enough sleep, spending time on hobbies, learning to accept things that are outside of one's control, and seeking professional help if stress becomes unmanageable. The document emphasizes that stress is a normal part of life but that too much or too little stress can be harmful, and recommends finding a stress management strategy that works best for the individual.
The document provides tips for improving self-confidence. It recommends recognizing your strengths, managing stress through exercise and meditation, being well-prepared for important events through homework, developing resilience by embracing challenges, trying new things to get out of your comfort zone, and acting confidently even when you don't feel it.
The document provides an outline on stress management presented in three parts: general awareness of stress, stress at work, and self-help techniques. Part 1 defines stress, discusses its causes and symptoms. Part 2 examines factors that can lead to work stress. Part 3 recommends changing one's thinking, behavior, and lifestyle to manage stress through techniques like relaxation, exercise, and seeking support.
This document provides information about managing stress, including what stress is, common causes of stress, and whether stress can be harmful. It then offers several strategies for reducing stress, such as managing time effectively, practicing relaxation techniques like deep breathing, muscle relaxation exercises, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The key message is that learning to recognize the signs of stress and developing skills to handle it through relaxation can help improve both physical and mental health.
The document discusses ways to avoid and prevent job burnout. It identifies warning signs of burnout like feelings of frustration and lack of motivation. It describes common stages of burnout from initial high energy to full exhaustion. Occupations most at risk include helping professionals, those under tight schedules or deadlines, and socially criticized roles. Suggested strategies to prevent burnout involve finding meaning in work, developing social support, building skills, managing stress, and gaining a sense of control over your work.
Burnout occurs when the demands and stress placed on us exceed our physical and mental abilities to deal with them. We deprive ourselves out of the rest we need because we assume we can push past our breaking points. The bad news is, this is happening more frequently.
Time wasters and procrastination[1]. introduction to stress management. (days...cenriquegf30
The document discusses various time wasters such as indecision, inefficiency, procrastination, and poor planning. It then focuses on procrastination, defining it as putting off tasks that should be done now. Several common causes of procrastination are discussed like waiting for the right mood, underestimating difficulty, and fear of failure or success. The document provides tips for managing procrastination such as examining time spent procrastinating, setting reasonable goals, and rewarding progress. Stress management and burnout are also covered, noting that excessive stress can negatively impact health and waste life. Common burnout causes include overwhelming workloads and powerlessness to change important situations.
This document discusses stress, its causes, effects, and management strategies. It defines stress as the body's response to changes and outlines potential stress symptoms. Stress is categorized into positive (eustress) and negative (distress) types. The stages of stress response - alarm, resistance, and exhaustion - are explained. Common stressors include work, health, relationships, and mindset. Both healthy (exercise, relaxation) and unhealthy (drinking, smoking) coping mechanisms are listed. The ABC approach to stress management emphasizes awareness, balance, and control. The author is an expert business consultant who has authored over 50 books on related topics.
Stress can be caused by overwork, job insecurity, information overload, and a fast pace of life. Symptoms of stress include headaches, rapid heartbeat, poor concentration, anxiety, high blood pressure, and irritability. Too much stress leads to burnout, characterized by exhaustion of physical or emotional strength. Prolonged stress impacts job performance, health, absenteeism, and employee turnover. Companies lose millions each year to stress-related problems. Employers should implement measures like flexible work hours, job security, promotions, work from home, and stress relief activities to reduce stress and prevent burnout.
Burnout is a psychological syndrome involving long-term exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and reduced personal accomplishment from one's work. It is not the same as stress and can develop over time from a buildup of stressors without relief. Signs include emotional exhaustion, depersonalization of others, and a reduced sense of personal achievement. Those at highest risk include health workers, teachers, social workers and police due to high workload, responsibility and lack of support. Prevention focuses on reducing stressors individually through relaxation, and organizationally by increasing job resources, support, and participation in decision making. Treatment involves counseling, skills training, social support and modifying work conditions.
Each month I present to the City of Cape Town offices. The topic is Stress & Burnout. Most of us struggle with this on some level during our lives and this presentation calls it for what it is, as well as giving ways to reduce the impact of stress. www.time2beme.co.za.
This is a presentation delivered to staff at City of Cape Town as part of Latitude Training & Grant Hamel's way to help heal the world. It was well received and people walked away enthralled, empowered and wanting more ...
This document discusses burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue among human services workers. It notes that those in helping professions are prone to burnout due to the demanding nature of the work, high ideals and motivation, and often low success rates. Burnout is defined as a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion where one loses confidence in their work. The document outlines various factors that contribute to burnout, including role ambiguity and overload, isolation, and lack of autonomy or appreciation. It also discusses the impacts of worker-client relationships and secondary traumatic stress. Suggested interventions are provided at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.
This document discusses stress management techniques for organizations. It defines stress and lists its physical, behavioral, mental, and emotional symptoms. It then outlines individual approaches like time management, exercise, relaxation, and social support as well as organizational approaches like selection and placement, goal setting, job redesign, participative decision making, wellness programs, and incentives. Specific techniques used by Dell and Sipera Systems are also summarized, such as providing recreation facilities, tours, rewards, and classes.
1) The document provides a 5-step process for leaders to get value from stress and experience less of it, including identifying specific stressors, determining when stress is helpful or harmful, shifting focus from stress to progress, increasing leadership capacity, and avoiding passing stress to teams.
2) It discusses the history of the term "stress" and how it has evolved over time to refer to various reactions and outcomes from demanding situations.
3) The document offers tips for managing stress responses, such as practicing mindfulness, preventing stress amplifiers, noticing physical responses, and shifting attention from a stressor to a resolution path.
The document provides information on strategies for managing stress and maintaining work-life balance. It discusses the causes and effects of stress, including factors like long work hours and balancing job and family responsibilities. It then offers several techniques for reducing stress, such as time management, cognitive restructuring, relaxation methods, maintaining a healthy lifestyle with exercise and adequate sleep, and considering work-life priorities.
Stress Management
The good news is that there are a lot of effective ways in which you can control your stress if you are struggling in coping with stress.
https://onlinetherapyandcounselling.com/
Stress Management, Online Therapy and Counselling, Online Therapy, Managing Stress, Dealing With Stress, Stress Management is Important
The work-life balance training program includes the following solutions to better help manage stress, time and personal and professional balance.
• Work life Balance defined: what it means, what it doesn't mean
• Achievement and Enjoyment as the basis for life-time goals
• Accepting responsibility for your own work and life results
• Staying in focus despite interruptions
• A method for staying in balance every day
• Improved productivity through quick and effective planning and organization • Connecting daily activities to work-life goals
• Strategies that improve team communication
• Effectively adjusting your work-life balance over time
25% of European workers* say they feel stressed at work all or most of the time. Tight deadlines, long hours and intense workloads are all negatively impacting many people’s health and wellbeing.
Regain control and feel happier and relaxed - with our top 10 tips for reducing stress at work.
Puzzles have been an integral part of people's lives for a long time. They are very famous around the world nowadays. . These puzzles are also known as brain teasers or riddles. Puzzles are used to develop intelligence.
This document provides 35 tips for managing stress in the short term. Some of the key tips include engaging in physical activity, deep breathing exercises, getting enough sleep, spending time on hobbies, learning to accept things that are outside of one's control, and seeking professional help if stress becomes unmanageable. The document emphasizes that stress is a normal part of life but that too much or too little stress can be harmful, and recommends finding a stress management strategy that works best for the individual.
The document provides tips for improving self-confidence. It recommends recognizing your strengths, managing stress through exercise and meditation, being well-prepared for important events through homework, developing resilience by embracing challenges, trying new things to get out of your comfort zone, and acting confidently even when you don't feel it.
The document provides an outline on stress management presented in three parts: general awareness of stress, stress at work, and self-help techniques. Part 1 defines stress, discusses its causes and symptoms. Part 2 examines factors that can lead to work stress. Part 3 recommends changing one's thinking, behavior, and lifestyle to manage stress through techniques like relaxation, exercise, and seeking support.
This document provides information about managing stress, including what stress is, common causes of stress, and whether stress can be harmful. It then offers several strategies for reducing stress, such as managing time effectively, practicing relaxation techniques like deep breathing, muscle relaxation exercises, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The key message is that learning to recognize the signs of stress and developing skills to handle it through relaxation can help improve both physical and mental health.
Stress has become part of life and anyone can experience a stressful situation in their lives. Sometimes, being a little stressed can be motivating and can tend to inspire individuals for accountable action but being exposed to it for a long period of time can disbalance the basic lifestyle of a person. Here we will explore the basic definition of stress, its impact on the human body, and ways to cope up with stress in your life in brief:
The document provides an overview of stress management techniques, defining stress, identifying common causes, and outlining various strategies to manage stress such as deep breathing, guided imagery, progressive muscle relaxation, lifestyle changes, and setting goals. Warning signs of stress and its impact on physical and mental health are also discussed. Workplace stressors and strategies to address them are reviewed.
This document discusses strategies for managing stress. It begins by defining stress and describing how the body responds to stress through the release of hormones. It then provides several strategies for managing stress, including: avoiding unnecessary stress; altering stressful situations; adapting to stressors by changing one's attitude; accepting things that cannot be changed; making time for fun and relaxation; adopting a healthy lifestyle; using relaxation techniques; and learning to tame stress through deep breathing, exercise, meditation, and maintaining social support. The document emphasizes the importance of balancing stress with relaxation.
The document discusses stress management and is from Pannasastra University of Cambodia. It defines stress and discusses the pros and cons of stress. Common causes of stress include general life events, work-related issues, and changes in circumstances. Signs of stress can be psychological, emotional, behavioral, or physical. Effective stress management involves avoiding unnecessary stressors, adapting coping strategies, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and accepting things outside of one's control.
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Stress is what you feel when you have to handle more than you are used to. When you are stressed, your body responds as though you are in danger. It makes hormones that speed up your heart, make you breathe faster, and give you a burst of energy.
The document discusses various time wasters such as indecision, inefficiency, and procrastination. It then focuses on procrastination, defining it as putting off tasks that should be done now. Common causes of procrastination include waiting for the right mood, underestimating difficulty, and fear of failure or success. The document provides tips for managing procrastination such as examining time spent procrastinating, setting reasonable goals, and rewarding progress. It also discusses stress management, burnout, and how to prevent burnout through effective time management and addressing its underlying causes.
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The document provides information on stress management for teachers. It discusses common stressors teachers face like workload, lack of resources, and communication difficulties. It also provides a stress assessment questionnaire and coping scale to help teachers evaluate their stress levels and coping strategies. Effective stress management involves identifying stressors, developing coping methods, and utilizing support systems. The costs of stress can be personal, social, organizational, and professional. Maintaining a healthy work-life balance through prioritizing different life domains is important to reduce stress.
This document discusses stress, what causes it, and strategies for managing it. It defines stress as the mental, physical, emotional, and behavioral reaction to demands or threats. Situations that are strongly demanding, imminent, involve life transitions or ambiguity can be stressful. Not all stress is bad - eustress from opportunities can be positive, while distress from overwhelming difficulties is negative. When stressed, the body has physical, behavioral, mental and emotional responses. Common stressors include work, school, health, relationships and finances. Reducing stress involves finding support, changing one's attitude, being realistic, getting organized, taking breaks, self-care, learning to say no, exercise, hobbies, relaxation, humor and managing
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Attitudinal change for improved productivityFaakor Agyekum
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4. WHAT IS STRESS?
"The adverse reaction
people have to excessive
pressures or other types of
demand placed on them."
5. WHAT IS WORK STRESS?
The U.S Department of Health has defined
Job Stress as:
"...the harmful physical and emotional
responses that occur when the
requirements of a job do not match the
capabilities, resources or needs of the
worker".
7. Causes of Stress At Work
bullying or harassment, by anyone, not
necessarily a person's manager
feeling powerless and uninvolved in
determining one's own responsibilities
continuous unreasonable performance
demands
lack of effective communication and conflict
resolution
lack of job security
long working hours
8. Causes of Stress At Work
excessive time away from home
and family
office politics and conflict among
staff
a feeling that one's reward is not
commensurating with one's
responsibility
working hours, responsibilities
and pressures disrupting life-
balance (diet, exercise, sleep and
rest, play, family-time, etc)
10. Job Conditions That May Lead
to Stress
The Design of Tasks.
Heavy workload, infrequent rest breaks, long
work hours and shift work; hectic and routine
tasks that have little inherent meaning, do not
utilize workers’ skills, and provide little sense of
control.
Example: David works to the point of exhaustion.
Theresa is tied to the computer, allowing little
room for flexibility, self-initiative, or rest.
11. Job Conditions That May Lead
to Stress
Management Style.
Lack of participation by
workers in decision-making,
poor communication in the
organization, lack of family
friendly policies.
Example: Theresa needs to
get the boss’s approval for
everything, and the
company is insensitive to
her family needs.
12. Job Conditions That May Lead
to Stress
Interpersonal Relationships. Poor social
environment and lack of support or help from
co-workers and supervisors.
Example: Theresa’s physical isolation reduces
her opportunities to interact with other
workers or receive help from them.
13. Job Conditions That May Lead
to Stress
Work Roles. Conflicting or
uncertain job expectations,
too much responsibility,
too many “hats to wear.”
Example: Theresa is often
caught in a difficult
situation trying to satisfy
both the customer’s needs
and the company’s
expectations.
14. Job Conditions That May Lead
to Stress
Career Concerns. Job insecurity
and lack of opportunity for
growth, advancement, or
promotion; rapid changes for
which workers are unprepared.
Example: Since the reorganization
at David’s plant, everyone is
worried about their future with
the company and what will
happen next.
15. Job Conditions That May Lead
to Stress
Environmental Conditions. Unpleasant or
dangerous physical conditions such as
crowding, noise, air pollution, or ergonomic
problems.
Example: David is exposed to constant noise
at work.
17. Typical Relationship Between
Performance and Stress
High Too Little Stress Optimum Stress Excessive Stress
(excellent)
Level of
Level of
Performance
Performance
Low
(poor) Low High
Stress
22. PHYSICAL SIGNS
Aches / pains & muscle tension / grinding teeth
Frequent colds/infections
Allergies/rashes/skin irritations
Constipation / diarrhoea
Weight loss or gain
Indigestion/heartburn/ulcers
Hyperventilating / lump in the throat / pins&
needles
Physical tiredness
23. BEHAVIOURAL SIGNS
No time for relaxation
Prone to accidents, forgetfulness
Increased reliance to smoking or caffeine
Becoming a workaholic
Poor time management / poor standards of work
Absenteeism
Self neglect / change in appearance
Social withdrawal
Relationship problems
Nervous
25. Top Ten Stress Busting Tips
1. Learn to manage your time more
effectively
a lot of time IS WASTED doing unimportant tasks, especially
when stressed, so prioritise your day and do the important
jobs first. The unimportant ones can wait. don’t put off the
unpleasant tasks – avoidance causes a great deal of stress.
Give unpleasant tasks a high priority and do them first.
2. Adopt a healthy lifestyle
eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly and ensure YOU get
adequate sleep & rest TO ENABLE the body to cope with
stress should it occur. sign, don’t ignore it, ask for some help.
26. Top Ten Stress Busting Tips
3. Know your limitations and do not take on too much
We cause ourselves a great deal of stress because we like people to like us and don’t want to let
people down. We then end up doing more than we should. Learn to delegate effectively & be
assertive so that you can say no without upsetting or offending.
4. Find out what causes you stress
Take time to discover what is worrying you and try to change your thoughts & behaviour to reduce
it.
5. Avoid unnecessary conflict
Do not be too argumentative. Is it really worth the stress? Look for win - win situations. Look for a
resolution to a dispute where both parties can achieve a positive outcome. Find out what the real
cause of the problem is & deal with it.
27. 6. Accept the things you
cannot change
Changing a difficult situation is not always
possible. If this proves to be the case, recognise
and accept things as they are & concentrate on
all that you do have control over.
7. Take time out to relax and
recharge your batteries
you will perform more effectively during work
after even a short 10/15minute break
8. Find time to meet friends
Friends can ease work troubles & help us see
things in a different way.
Top Ten Stress Busting
Top Ten Stress Busting
Tips
28. Top Ten Stress Busting Tips
9. Try to see things
differently, develop a
positive thinking style
If something is concerning you, try to see
it differently. Talk over your problem with
somebody before it gets out of
proportion. Often, talking to a
friend/colleague/family member will help
you see things from a different and less
stressful perspective.
10. Avoid alcohol, nicotine
and caffeine as coping
mechanisms
Long term, these faulty coping
mechanisms will just add to the problem.
29. Are You a Positive or
Negative Thinker?
"A man is but the product of
his thoughts.
What he thinks, he
becomes."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Positive thinking will let
you do everything better
than negative thinking will."
Zig Ziglar - Personal
development guru
30. Take this short quiz to
determine what kind
of thinker you are!