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Managing a Stressed-Out Staff?
Workplace stress getting you down?
You're not alone. According to a Gallup Poll titled, "Attitudes in the
American Workplace VI":
- 80% of workers feel stress on the job, nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress and 42% say their coworkers need such help;
- 14% of respondents had felt like striking a coworker in the past year, but didn't;
- 25% have felt like screaming or shouting because of job stress, 10% are concerned about an individual at work they fear could become violent;
- 9% are aware of an assault or violent act in their workplace and
- 18% had experienced some sort of threat or verbal intimidation in the past year.
And this was several years ago, before the onset of the current Economic
Downturn (at Dr. Clue, we like to call it "ED").
What does this mean for managers and team leaders like you? It means
that a significant key to your success is developing sensitivity to your
co-workers' particular reactions to stress. The better you can
anticipate their stress responses, the easier it will be to provide the
support they might need in order to "get back into the game".
Ask yourself these questions:
- Can your organization afford the absenteeism related to workplace stress?
- How much productivity is being lost due to employee stress (what the World Health Organization has called "A Worldwide Epidemic")?
- Do you want to do something to forestall stress-related employee turnover?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, it may be time to start
educating yourself about stress-both its signals and what to do about
it. Read the article "The Five Responses to Stress-What to Look For,
How to Manage It" and learn for yourself how to get a handle on
workplace stress.
Just fill in the form at the right to get access to the article today.
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