The Science of Stress: Finding The Sweet Spot For Your Company

The science of workplace stress

Stacy Shaw Welch, Ph.D with Henry Albrecht, Limeade CEO

Today’s speakers

Stacy Shaw Welch, Ph.D

Henry Albrecht, Limeade CEO

Agenda

We’re stressed

57k 52% 83%

Cost of stress 60% of lost work days can be attributed to stress

75-90% of visits to healthcare providers are due to stress-related conditions (increasing employer healthcare costs)

How we’re dealing with stress

The economy of stress Homegrown approach │ 

Clinical care │ │ 

Interactive media │ 

What is stress? Stress is a demand | | | 

The natural pattern of human behavior | 

The body’s stress response system “Fight or flight” response | | 

Stress response in our body | | | 

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No one reaches peak performance without being stressed, whether an athlete or an office worker

Finding the sweet spot of stress We need the stress system “on” | | | 

When stress system is “off” it negatively effects us at an individual & environmental level

Yerkes-Dodson human performance curve

Healthy stress system

Stress symptoms - physical

Stress symptoms – emotional

Stress symptoms – cognitive

Short-term vs. long-term stress Short-term (acute) stress | | 

Long-term (chronic) stress | | | | 

Short-term (acute) stress is usually not harmful

Harmful to the body and contributes to a range of health problems

Chronic stress

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The most dangerous thing that can happen is that you drop into a mode of permanent activity. When you permanently check your smartphone to see if there are any new emails it leads to you not finding any rest whatsoever.

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Be mindful

Stress in the individual vs. environment Both affect each other | 

There is no silver bullet | 

Wherever you start is good

Limeade & stress

We all want happy employees

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