9 Strategies For Dealing With Workplace Stress

Dealing with stress at work? Learn 9 practical work related stress management tools and techniques to help you manage your stress. This short and applicable e-book discusses the main causes of stress at work, good stress and negative stress, and how to reduce workplace conflict and stress. Only 40 pages long, Stephanie Berryman writes short and practical books that focus on easy to implement strategies that will help you manage anxiety and stress, deal with a stressful work environment and reduce workplace stress. This book is the third in a series, '9 strategies for Dealing With...'. The first book, '9 Strategies for Dealing With the Difficult stuff' hit #2 and the second book, '9 Strategies for Dealing with Stress' hit #1.In 9 Strategies for Dealing with Workplace Stress, Stephanie draws on research into the best workplace stress management strategies and ties this in to her personal experience as a leadership coach and consultant. Stephanie's approach is to help readers reframe their relationship with stress and focus on what they can control. In the appendix of the book, Stephanie shares excellent lifestyle strategies that her readers have contributed to the book and a list of websites and resources to access. If you are experiencing stress symptoms and need stress relief, this book will provide you with concrete tools to help you overcome workplace stress.Stephanie Berryman has her masters in leadership development and she has worked as a consultant, coach and corporate trainer for the past 15 years. Stephanie has worked as the manager of education and training at a local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association and has delivered training in stress management and mental health. In her book, she draws on her personal experience in managing workplace stress as well as what she has learned about stress management from working with hundreds of clients and students. In Stephanie's book, '9 Strategies for Dealing with Workplace Stress', she offers practical strategies for stress management that can be used to address stress in the workplace or in other aspects of life. Here is a sample strategy from the book:8. Build Positive RelationshipsWe spend 8 hours every day with our colleagues. That's usually more time than we spend with the person we've chosen to marry, our friends, or our family. Why would you not want to have pleasant and professional relationships with these people? I work with a lot of teams that are stressed out, with high workloads and big demands, but their number one stressor seems to be interpersonal relationships. It's tough dealing with other people all day long, especially when they aren't people you would have chosen to spend a significant part of your life with. We need to find ways to manage all our relationships professionally and focus on building strong relationships with the people we do enjoy.In a recent study of workplace dynamics reported in the Harvard Business Review, researchers "found that ... having a lot of coworkers who eventually developed into friends, significantly increased employees' performance, as judged by their supervisor. One possible reason for this was people seeking advice. If you have friends in the company, it's far easier to ask for help without fearing you'll be judged a poor performer. In addition, having friends in the company, especially if they work in other departments, gives you access to information through informal networks you might not otherwise get. Another reason might be morale: Employees with close friends at work reported being in a good mood more often, which could spill over into positive effects on the work being performed."If you do choose to build stronger connections at work, take the time to ask people about themselves and their lives. I've been consistently surprised when I get to know people better - everyone has an interesting story. You'll often find common ground, new respect and compassion for others.

Working in a stressful environment not only increases the risk of physical illness or distress, but also increases the likelihood of workplace accidents. While legislation provides some guidelines for risk assessment of physical hazards, there remains limited guidance on the risks of psychosocial hazards, such as occupational stress. This book takes the risk management approach to stress evaluation in the workplace, offering practical guidelines for the audit, assessment and mitigation of workplace stressors. Based on research and case studies, this book provides a comprehensive source of theoretical and practical information for students and practitioners alike. It includes chapters on: * environmental stress factors * psychological stress factors * work-related accidents * job stress evaluation methods With its up-to-date approach to a fascinating area of study, this is key reading for all students of organizational psychology and those responsible for workplace safety.

Coping with Work Stress: A Review and Critique highlights current research relating to the coping strategies of individuals and organizations, and provides best practice techniques for dealing with the growing epidemic of stress and lack of overall well-being at work. Reviews and critiques the most current research focusing on workplace stress Provides 'best practice' techniques for dealing with stress at the workplace Extends beyond stress to cover broader issues of well-being at work

`Written primarily for the employee, this book is a gold mine of easily assimilated information and ideas which should also be of value to anyone working in human resources' - Personnel Today`Much of the literature on stress tends to be either academic or research-based, or otherwise focuses on the more practical aspects of stress management. Managing Workplace Stress strikes a balance between the two in providing background and discussion that puts many areas of work-related stress into context, as well as giving helpful practical advice on managing particular stressors' - People ManagementStress in the workplace is an ever-increasing problem and its consequences, such as higher rates of absenteeism, reduced productivity and increased health compensation claims, are widespread. This book examines the causes of the increase in work-related stress.Susan Cartwright and Cary L Cooper focus particularly on the stress created by organizational changes including job redesign, reallocation of roles and responsibilities, and the accompanying job insecurities. They highlight the everyday stressors likely to impact upon managers and employees - for example, working with difficult people and managing increased work loads - and offer useful strategies for dealing with these various situations.

A historical account of workplace stress and what the research in the field of occupational stress tells us about the changing nature of work and what individuals and organizations can do about it to create more liveable environments.

Based on a large-scale survey, indepth interviews and comparative analyses, this book offers deep analyses of work stress and coping among seven professional groups: doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, teachers, police officers, and life insurance agents. The book makes practical recommendations for personal, organizational and societal intervention.

This cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) based self-help guide will equip the user with the necessary tools and techniques to manage work related stress more effectively.

This book begins by analysing the relationship between occupational stress and workplace bullying in the educational sector. It continues to examine the insufficient recovery from job stress as a risk factor for poor health and well-being; stress, burnout and coping strategies in the emergency and intensive care units of hospitals; pile-up stress from age discrimination on older working people's adjustments; and discusses the role of psychosocial safety climates in job stress and work-related injuries.