Effective Ways to Manage Stress in the Workplace

Stress in the workplace can impact employees emotionally and physically. This article discusses effective ways to manage stress, including training, communication, creating boundaries, and promoting a healthy workplace culture.

Stress Management
Stress is feeling of pressure faced by many people in the work life. The stress in the work
life gives impact on the responses that are emotional and physically related. It is seen that stress
arises due to high work pressure, lack of support from the top management and also unclear
expectations in the work place. It is very important to manage stress in effectively, so that the
employees can conduct their day to day activities in a proper manner.
To manage stress in the work life the following points should be taken into consideration:
Training
To manage stress it is important to take into consideration employee’s performance. If
training is given to the employees of the organization, then it can be easy to attain the goals and
objectives. The employer should give focus on giving training services so that the knowledge
can be enhanced of the employees in the particular field. If the employee faces stress, then it is
very important to give focus on training. Training reduces the workload and also stress of the
individual. Training helps to enhance the confidence level of the individual, so that they can
conduct the activities of the organization in an efficient manner. It assists the employees and also
enhances the productivity level of the individual (Seaward, 2013).
Improve communication
To manage stress in the work life, it is one of the important factors that should be
considered. By communicating with each other one can easily reduce stress in effective manner.
If effective communication is there in the work life then it can also increase the teamwork. It is
not only necessary to hear the problem of the individual but also it is the responsibility of the
employer to resolve the issues faced by the employee of the organization. If the individual
possess stress in the work place then it can only be reduced by communicating effectively with
the other employees of the organization (Jaremko & Meichenbaum, 2013).

Create boundaries
By considering the recent scenario, it is seen that it can be a pressure for an individual to
be available 24 hours. So in this case the work life boundaries should be created, so that the
employee can feel comfortable in conducting the activities. Proper rules and regulations should
be made to check the email from home and also not to answer the phone call at the time of
dinner. The stress can be effectively managed if clear boundaries are made. So it is important to
maintain and create proper boundaries to reduce stress in the work life (Folkman, 2013).
Create healthy and beneficial culture at the workplace
If the work place culture is maintained then it can directly give impact on the individual
and the stress will be reduced. To manage the stress in the work life it is important to conduct
social events, so that the people can feel refreshed and positive environment can be created in the
workplace (Wright, 2014).

References
Folkman, S. (2013). Stress: appraisal and coping. In Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine (pp.
1913-1915). Springer New York.
Jaremko, M., & Meichenbaum, D. (Eds.). (2013). Stress reduction and prevention. Springer
Science & Business Media.
Seaward, B. L. (2013). Managing stress. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Wright, K. (2014). Alleviating stress in the workplace: advice for nurses. Nursing
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