Stress Management in the Workplace: Are you helping yourself?

Our world is a stressful place. On a daily basis in the workplace, you may juggle deadlines, demanding clients, constant change & conflict. You may also be dealing with job security concerns & resource constraints.

Technology has made people available to their devices, clients and employers 24 hours a day. Also, in many instances long hours are taken for granted.

A little bit of stress can give you the kick along to meet a deadline. However, long-term stress has been proven to have a detrimental impact on your health. Feeling stressed out or overwhelmed will have a negative impact on your productivity and job performance. Work related stress is a health and safety issue that contributes to absenteeism.

5 Signs you are stressed

Whether stress has a big impact on your life depends on how you choose to respond to it. We encourage you to be mindful of your response to stress and understand the situations (or people) that stress you out.

If you are feeling stressed, here are some steps you can take to deal with it:

Only YOU can manage your own stress levels.

We challenge you this week to spend 10 minutes thinking about the factors that contribute to your stress levels and then take action, using some of our tips, to help you proactively manage them.