Work-Stress Management
“Analysis and Application Paper-Analysis Section” Stress has been considered a part of everyday life, and it affects everyone at some point and time. Some people may cope with stress more effectively or recover from stressful events quicker than others. It 's important to know your limits when it comes to stress to avoid serious health effects. Stress is caused by many things, but mainly when people have change in their lives, from getting married to determining what graduate school to attend or most common trying to stay ahead in the work place. Changes can be positive or negative, as well as real or perceived. Chapter 18 in The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook highlights Work-Stress Management and details …show more content…
Even when managing a stressful environment seems impossible, small steps that result in big changes are possible. The book The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook points out five steps toward managing work-place stress. These steps are: 1) “Identify how you respond to your specific work stressor,”2)”Set goals to respond more effectively to your work stressors,” 3)”Change your thinking,” 4) “When in conflict, negotiate,” and lastly “Pace and balance yourself.” These five steps will not eliminate work-place stressors, but help people understand what their work stressors are and how they can respond to them. Also, these steps of effective work place management cannot be achieved overnight, they make take time to integrate them into ones daily …show more content…
Setting the right goals, having a plan to reach those goals, and following through on what is required to reach or maintain goals, can make the difference between having a happy, fulfilled and less-stressed workplace, or not having one. I been taught by Joe Thompson, my mentor at Acuity Brands Lighting that goals are like having a good road map for life, follow the directions and success will come, deviate from the plan and issues will occur. Mr. Thompson explained to me that once my stressors are identified, I need to set goals to improve them before they controlled me. He shared with me the SMART model for goal setting. SMART is an acronym which stands for Specific, Measurable, Action-Orientated, Realistic, and Time-Based. S-in turn means what item will I focus my time and energy on, M-how do I measure my goals to ensure I’m on pace to achieve them, A- what are the clear steps on completing my task at hand, and R- are my goals realistic, and T-am I on tract timewise to complete my goals timely, or do I need to adjust or redefine
“Analysis and Application Paper-Analysis Section” Stress has been considered a part of everyday life, and it affects everyone at some point and time. Some people may cope with stress more effectively or recover from stressful events quicker than others. It 's important to know your limits when it comes to stress to avoid serious health effects. Stress is caused by many things, but mainly when people have change in their lives, from getting married to determining what graduate school to attend or most common trying to stay ahead in the work place. Changes can be positive or negative, as well as real or perceived. Chapter 18 in The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook highlights Work-Stress Management and details …show more content…
Even when managing a stressful environment seems impossible, small steps that result in big changes are possible. The book The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook points out five steps toward managing work-place stress. These steps are: 1) “Identify how you respond to your specific work stressor,”2)”Set goals to respond more effectively to your work stressors,” 3)”Change your thinking,” 4) “When in conflict, negotiate,” and lastly “Pace and balance yourself.” These five steps will not eliminate work-place stressors, but help people understand what their work stressors are and how they can respond to them. Also, these steps of effective work place management cannot be achieved overnight, they make take time to integrate them into ones daily …show more content…
Setting the right goals, having a plan to reach those goals, and following through on what is required to reach or maintain goals, can make the difference between having a happy, fulfilled and less-stressed workplace, or not having one. I been taught by Joe Thompson, my mentor at Acuity Brands Lighting that goals are like having a good road map for life, follow the directions and success will come, deviate from the plan and issues will occur. Mr. Thompson explained to me that once my stressors are identified, I need to set goals to improve them before they controlled me. He shared with me the SMART model for goal setting. SMART is an acronym which stands for Specific, Measurable, Action-Orientated, Realistic, and Time-Based. S-in turn means what item will I focus my time and energy on, M-how do I measure my goals to ensure I’m on pace to achieve them, A- what are the clear steps on completing my task at hand, and R- are my goals realistic, and T-am I on tract timewise to complete my goals timely, or do I need to adjust or redefine