Creating a Stress-Free Workplace

Stress in the workplace plays a key role in  employee dissatisfaction and productivity diminution. If you are an employer managing a team of workers, it is absolutely vital that you take steps to ensure that your workers are in a supportive and harmonious environment with as few stressors as possible. This article takes a look at some of the steps you can implement for the purpose of a stress-free workplace.

Are Eustressed Out Lately?

What would you pay to receive that one piece of information that promises to
transform your life and eliminate stress entirely? Well, according to Dr.
Richard Lazarus, a psychologist who was a professor at the University of
California, Berkeley, you would do well to toss that information to the wolves.
The reason is that human beings need a certain amount of stress to propel
themselves forward and continue growing. A life that is completely without
stress is a life lived in a cardboard box on a secluded mountain.

Be Your Own Stress Therapist

Psychotherapists have severl tools at their disposal for helping clients overcome
stress and related issues. One of these tools is called rational-emotive
behavior therapy (REBT), which used to be known as rational-emotive therapy
(RET). This system of therapy was pioneered by Dr. Albert Ellis decades ago,
and today its principles and techniques are employed in the more mature system
known as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

An Anti-Stress Grab Bag

While there are plenty of  known  activities to relieve stress, we have selected a few of them that require  no preparation beforehand and can be execute immediately.