WORKPLACE STRESS

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WORKPLACE STRESS
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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Stress levels increase during times of economic
  crisis.
• Personal financial worries
• Reduced staffing levels at work
• Reduction in funding for equipment supplies
• Need to continually work at optimum levels

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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Stress levels increase during times of
  organizational change.
• Campus construction/renovation
• Implementation of ADP
• Changes to PeopleSoft Financials
• All of the other changes that affect a vital
  organization. Lack of change is stagnation.

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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Reduce job stress by taking care of yourself
• Make healthy food choices
• Group B vitamins ensure healthy brain and
  neurological functionality
• Vitamin C helps to maintain a health immune
  system
• Small but frequent meals help maintain an even
  blood sugar level
• Get moving
• Exercise increases blood flow to the brain and
  releases helpful chemicals
• Exercise distracts us from stress
• Exercise helps maintain a healthy body, reducing
  stress susceptibility

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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Reduce job stress by taking care of yourself
• Sleep and rest are essential
• We have genetically programmed sleep and rest
  patterns
• Technologies allow us to keep unnatural waking
  and working hours
• Your ability to handle stress is compromised if
  you are sleep deprived
• Fight through the clutter
• Take time to organize your desk or workspace
• To reduce the sense of losing control
• To improve your ability to focus on work

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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Reduce job stress by taking care of yourself
• Mood Influencers
• Excessively negative or violent television
  programs can have a corresponding negative affect
  on your health and well-being.
• Violent computer games can produce a negative
  mental state.
• Humor has a beneficial effect on mood.
• Focus on Time Management
• Leave for work a few minutes earlier avoid the
  stress of running late
• Prioritize tasks (and do the unpleasant things
  first)
• Take occasional breaks to briefly relax and
  recharge

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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Reduce job stress.Addendum
• Be mindful of your emotional behavior
• Your emotions are contagious the more you
  positively affect those around you, the less
  other people will negatively affect you.
• Angry/irritable people often fail to appreciate
  the negative physical and emotional effect they
  have on themselves and their co-workers.
• If personal issues are affecting your work
  performance consider taking advantage of the
  confidential Employee Assistance Program.

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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Reduce job stress.Addendum
• Dealing with a difficult co-worker
• Realize that people who work with each other will
  have disagreements from time to time.
• Try not to respond to negative behaviors in the
  heat of the moment. Take time to cool off.
• Keep in mind that another persons point of view
  is based on their own perception of what is
  needed. Try to identify common interests and
  discuss options that might be mutually agreeable.
• Use I statements, use body language, and ask
  clarifying questions.

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WORKPLACE STRESS

• Reduce job stress.Addendum
• Stay in touch with your sense of humor
• (As long as your sense of humor isnt offensive
  to your co-workers. Never make jokes at the
  expense of others.)
• People who work in environments where humor is
  part of the culture often report high levels of
  job satisfaction.
• Humor can play an important role in team
  building. Shared jokes and laughter can help
  build a culture of teamwork.
• When appropriate laughter is part of the
  workplace employees are less likely to miss time
  from work due to stress related illness.

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Suggestions for Micro Office Workouts

• Sit tall in your chair, stretch both arms over
  your head and reach for the sky. After 10
  seconds extend the right hand higher, then the
  left.
• Desk push-ups Standing, put your hands on the
  desk. Walk backwards, then do push-ups against
  the desk. Repeat 15 times.

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Suggestions for Micro Office Workouts

• Stand up and touch your toes
• Shadow box
• Run in place for one minute
• Get out of your office and walk around
• Take the stairs
• Add a reminder to your desk calendar or send
  yourself an email reminder to Get Moving!