STRESS: NO DISTRESS

Stress is thought to be the professional evil of our time. A growing number of employees complains they are victims of it. Managing the level of stress and its numerous manifestations has moved up on the HR Managers’ checklists.

Stress is caused by a discrepancy between the perception a person has of the constraints of his environment and the resources he has to face them.
However, stress is not bad in itself.
Indeed Stress only becomes a problem when the individual is exposed to it over a long period of time, generating an inefficient work-environment.

Managing one’s stress aims at helping the person get a grip on his stress and re-taking control. Indeed two different kinds of stress need to be addressed.

First the “individual” level of stress (linked to a person, a situation, a project…) needs to be considered before taking into account the “collective” stress resulting from a structure, a way of organizing….

Managing stress is therefore a major managerial stake, which calls for a close HR monitoring. Managers should therefore watch out for behaviors causing stress in order to reset reality and allow a collective improvement.

We are convinced that the main stake in managing stress lies with the individuals’ ability to :
• Take back the control
• Identify the extent to which everyone can act
• Get several perspectives on a situation
• Achieve a degree of liberty in a situation that seems stuck.
• Face his responsibilities toward himself and the others, in order to foster action.

The goal for managers is to handle stress positively.
This comes to answering a simple question: how do I make something useful out of my stress?

Of course, situations maybe arise where one can’t possibly do anything. But the individual can always chose HOW he looks at the situation.
Remember: STRESS is NO DISTRESS.

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