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Book Description

Learn all you need to know about coping with stress in the workplace, from identifying the causes and symptoms of stress to monitoring your response to pressure and implementing coping strategies. Reducing Stress shows how to reorganize your work practices and think positively, plus it also provides practical techniques to use when dealing with potential problem areas. Power tips help you to handle real-life situations and develop first-class stress-management skills that will dramatically improve your ability to deal with pressure.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Understanding Stress
    1. What is Stress?
    2. Defining Stress at Work
    3. Recognizing Symptoms
    4. Measuring Stress
    5. How Stressed Are You?
  3. Analyzing the Causes of Stress
    1. Changing Societies
    2. Changing Organizations
    3. Changing Practices
    4. Analyzing Jobs
    5. Assessing Relationships
    6. Assessing the Workplace
    7. Coping with Daily Life
  4. Dealing with Stress at Work
    1. Identifying Attitudes
    2. Devising a Strategy
    3. Taking Positive Action
    4. Reclaiming Your Desk
    5. Studying Work Patterns
    6. Managing Time
    7. Communicating Well
    8. Gaining Inner Balance
    9. Making Time to Relax
    10. Seeing Stress in Others
    11. Analyzing Personality
    12. Helping Others
  5. Taking Action at Home
    1. Taking Time Off
    2. Learning to Relax
    3. Developing Interests
    4. Improving Diet
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