What are you most thankful for this year? Or are you one of the many who is just so stressed out that its hard to even think about what you're thankful for. Office politics and layoffs. Too much work and fewer workers. More responsibility and less upward mobility. There are lots of reasons for today's employees to feel stressed.
I recently came across an interesting study conducted in 2005 by Bill Wilkerson, CEO of The Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health. He wanted to find out what was most stressful to employees so he conducted a survey and reported on the top 10 sources of stress in the workplace. (http://www.hillsorient.com/articles/2005/08/202.html)
The number one stressor? Lack of control. "Employees are highly stressed when they feel like they have no control over their participation or the outcome of their work." I hear this from many of my clients.
Is it time for you to take control for yourself?
As they say "Stressed is desserts spelled backwards." So, let's skip the stress and go for the chocolate.
