How to Recognise and Deal With Stress in the Workplace

Stress, simply put, is a person's natural reaction to the demands and pressures of everyday life, both in the workplace and in our personal lives. Appropriate amounts of stress can stimulate and motivate all of us into action. This in itself is not a harmful or dangerous thing; indeed it is quite necessary. However if the demands and pressures we face are too great, or are prolonged, the stress we experience can become harmful. In this difficult economy, workplace stress is a very real occurrence Stress in the workplace reduces productivity, increases management pressures, and makes people ill in many ways, evidence of which is still increasing...