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Let's Use Stress as Fuel - How to Convert Challenges into Achievements

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Emergence of Stress and Effect on Work Life The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety defines work stress as “The harmful physical and emotional responses that can happen when there is a conflict between job demands on the employee and the amount of control an employee has over meeting these demands.” Also,  stress could be described as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand placed upon it” (Selye, 1987, p.17). In today's dynamic professional landscape, stress often feels like an unavoidable part of life. Stress, burnout, and low morale are most available highlighted points in high-pressure workplaces. Stress can be defined as psychological and physiological response to demanding or challenging situations. It can be caused by various factors, and it will create work pressures, relationship issues, or significant life changes. Stress can act in different ways, including feelings of anxiety, tension, or overwhelm, as well as physical symptoms like headach...
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Transforming Stress into Strength - Thriving human power

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Conclusion Thriving under stress is not just about surviving challenges, but about harnessing them to foster personal and professional growth. By implementing effective stress management strategies, cultivating resilience, and fostering a supportive work environment, we can transform stress into a positive motivational and innovative factor which helps to increase productivity. Also, Stress can be an opportunity as face challenges. A workplace that prioritizes stress management contributes to a positive organizational culture, promoting well-being and collaboration among employees. Positive effects of stress motivate employees to meet deadlines and achieve goals while sharpen focus and concentration. Also develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills, making employees more adaptable and better equipped to handle future challenges. Navigating stress can lead to personal development.   Effectively managing stress reduces the risk of anxiety, depression, and burnout, leadin...
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Navigating Workplace Stress -The Essential Role of HR

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HR Tools and Techniques for a Healthier Work Environment 01. Create positive environment for healthy work-life balance A positive culture drives an environment of trust, collaboration and mutual respect, and it provides a solid foundation for employee healthy work-life balance. Such as team-building events, encourage social interactions and promote open communication to improve employee relationships and job satisfaction recognizing and celebrating achievements, milestones or birthdays shows appreciation and boosts morale are few examples which contribute to a positive work environment.   02. Recognize employees Recognizing employees who are doing more than usual and appreciate their extra effort is an essential step in work life. Even if an employee is completing their normal workload and showing no signs of stress, employer should take time in one-on-one meetings to recognize the work they do every day.   03. Establish clear communication channels Transparent a...
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Improve Resilience in the Workplace - Effective Stress Relief Techniques

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Tips to Manage stress positively "Thriving under work stress" is an interesting topic in today modernized world. It shows the ability to not only manage stress effectively but also to use it as a catalyst for personal and professional growth. Recognizing and addressing work stress is not just beneficial for individual well-being; it is essential for fostering a healthy and productive workplace. Get preventive actions to manage stress can enhance mental health, improve job performance, and cultivate a supportive organizational culture. By prioritizing stress management, both employees and employers can create a more resilient workforce, and finally it will lead to greater satisfaction and success in the workplace. Here are some key aspects of thriving in stressful work environments. 01. Revamp the habitat. A lot of stress comes from environment. Update the office with a healthy color scheme, additional plants, or new silverware. 02. Allow for flexible hours and remote workin...
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The Yerkes-Dodson Law of Arousal and Performance: Understanding the Optimal Stress Levels

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  Stress Performances Curve The pressure performance curve introduced by famous psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dodson in 1908. The pressure performance curve is a bell-shaped chart which represents the relationship between arousal (pressure) and performance. This Curve clearly shows that stress can have both sides as positive as well as negative. Pressure indicates along the x-axis horizontally from low to very high. Performance is along the y-axis from low to high. Above colors represent a traffic light warning system like Green is good; amber is caution; and red is bad. Stages of stress performances curve 01. Boreout This is low-pressure state. Boreout can occur when someone is in lack of motivation forces and when no reason to do anything as drifting aimlessly or completely bored status, but not laziness, because of a lack of challenge. Everyone needs a minimum amount of pressure to motivate themselves.  If a task is too easy, or there are no targets, deadlines o...
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Burnout to Brilliance - Mitigating Stress for Enhanced Employee Output

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  Factors affecting to the employee performance Workplace stress has significant effects over the employees’ job performance. According to Psychology, work stress influences employees’ psychological states. Employee performance is the result of the individual’s efforts at work (Robbins, 2005). It affects their effort levels at work (Lu, 1997; Richardson and Rothstein, 2008; Lai et al., 2022). Stress can help or damage work performance, depending on how big the stress level is (Davis & Newstrom, 2008). High stress work may trigger health problems in employees over time due to high job demands, low job control, and low social support at work (Chou et al., 2015; Park et al., 2016; Lu et al., 2020).  Main reasons cause to Work stress There is basic three reasons which may cause to stress. Other reasons for work stress Crunched timelines Occupational demands Lack of Communication Relationship with manager Uncomfortable office environments Impact of work stress Mental health p...
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Mapping Job Stress - A Comprehensive Conceptual Framework

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  The Demands-Resources-Individual Effects (DRIVE) Model Job characteristics such as workplace control, demands, support, rewards, and individual factors such as motivation, ways of coping, attributional style, and self-efficacy, have all been implicated in the prediction of outcomes such as stress-related illness, job satisfaction, sickness absence, and many physical and mental health problems (Karasek, 1979; Siegrist, 1996; Folkman & Lazarus, 1980; Mark & Smith, 2008; Cox & Griffiths, 1995; Gianakos, 2002. Mark and Smith (2008) developed a model - DRIVE (Demands, Resources, and Individual Effects). DRIVE model used a "transactional" type approach, which focuses on individual experience and subjective perceptions while seeks to measure and predict the role of more objective job characteristics. Variables are selected in terms of both workplace demands and resources and individual demands and resources. Updated DRIVE model In the updated DRIVE model, percei...
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Recognizing Stress - Exploring Its Various Forms

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    TYPE OF STRESS Stress is an ordinary response of the body when changes happen whether internal or external. The physical, mental and emotional reactions will be used by the body in response to change. The environment, the body and thoughts are all factors that influence stress (Cleveland Clinic, 2015). Stress is the physiological reaction of a person to an external stimulus that causes the "fight-or-flight" response (Mujtaba and McCartney, 2010; Stress Management, 2020). Workplace stress is the reaction that individuals have when some types of work demands do not suit their capacities and knowledge, or when work pressures exceed one’s ability to handle it effectively (Semmer, 2007). According to the American Psychological Association (APA), stress is classified into three categories of acute, episodic and chronic. The types of stress in psychology include acute, chronic, or episodic. Below are the three main types of stress. 01. Acute stress Short-term stress that ari...
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