Stress_Management

Stress Management Stress can affect anybody working anywhere. It is an individual reaction and can reveal itself both physically and psychologically, and although it is not an illness, it capable of causing ill health. Statistics show that (work-related) stress affects approximately one in five employees and costs companies in the region of £370 million every year. So what is stress' There are a few ways in which to define it: 1. A simple (or more personal) definition “it is what I think and feel when I believe I cannot cope” 2. The Health and Safety Executive define it as “the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures, or other types of demands placed on them” 3. A more technical definition “it is a negative imbalance between pressures, demands and challenges and the individual’s personality, behaviors and coping skills”. Stress is not something to be taken lightly. Not only does it cost companies large amounts of money, it has undesirable effects on employees. It is one of the most significant causes behind sickness from work. A lack of attention to employee well-being has potential legal and cost implications and increasing awareness of stress is vital. Stress also has a knock on effect; stress, management, work, people, lack, employees, effects, costs, levels, cost, time, related, personal, one, money, employee, companies, cause, being, working, things, role, out, number, loss, legal, known, individual, health, every, demands, become, act, work-related