How to Reduce and Manage Stress at Work

How to Reduce and Manage Stress at Work Svetlana Pushkareva BUS 68

Prioritize Tasks 

Make a list of tasks youHave to do

Tackle task in order of importance

Do the high-priority items first

 Improve your time management and organization skills

• Get a to do list that works

• Learn to say "no”

• Ask for help when you need it

• Stop setting unrealistic goals for yourself

Spend more time with optimistic people

• Negative people will pull you down to their level

• Choose to work with people who have a positive attitude instead

Create a balanced schedule• Analyze your schedule,

responsibilities, and daily tasks

• Try to find a balance between work and family life

Take more breaks from your work

Even a five-minute break will help

Get away from your desk

Fix your environment lighting temperature

noise level

Laugh more, stress less

• Humor can help reduce stress by providing a positive way of looking at problems.

• Humor can also help you perceive what's ridiculous or absurd in a situation.

• To promote humor in your life, follow these steps: Be open to humor Give yourself permission to laugh, even during tough times Surround yourself with humor Share your humor Tell a funny true story to a co-worker or friend

Resolve conflict positively•  Resolving conflict in healthy, constructive ways can

strengthen trust between people and relieve workplace stress and tension

• When handling emotionally-charged situations, stay focused in the present by disregarding old hurts and resentments

• Connect with your emotions• Hear both the words and the nonverbal cues being used• If a conflict can’t be resolved, choose to end the

argument, even if you still disagree.

References

www.familybusiness.about.com/od/worklifebalance/tp/stressquicktips

www.helpguide.prg/articles/stress/stress-at-work.htm

www.lifescript.com/health/a-z/mayo/l/laugh_more_stress_less.aspx