How to fight stress
by: Dan Berger
If you ask any American if they’ve felt stress recently, I bet that nine times out of 10 you’ll get a response in the affirmative. It seems inevitable no matter what we do. But there are strategies to help combat stress – and, in particular, strategies that help leaders lessen the stress felt by their employees.
The Harvard Business Review cites a few examples of how to keep balance in the workplace. Among other things, they suggest:
- focusing on what matters – making sure your team is fulfilling the purpose it was meant to fulfill, without extraneous distractions;