What do you think are some reasons for stress on the job? What can employees do to reduce stress? Dr. Karl Albrecht suggests the following to reduce stress on the job:
- Build rewarding, pleasant, cooperative relationships with as many of your colleagues and employees as you can.
- Don’t bite off more than you can chew. Take on only those assignments that you know you have time for.
- Build an especially effective and supportive relationship with your boss. Understand his or her problem and help the boss to understand yours.
- Negotiate realistic deadlines on important projects with your boss. Be prepared to propose deadlines yourself, rather than have them imposed.
- Study the future. Learn as much as you can about likely coming events, so that you can anticipate them well in advance.
- Find time every day for detachment and relaxation.
- Take a walk now and then to keep your body refreshed and alert.
- Make a noise survey of your office area and find ways to reduce unnecessary racket.
- Get away from your office from time to time for a change of scene and a change of mind.
- Reduce the amount of trivia to which you give your attention. Delegate routine paperwork to others whenever possible.
- Limit interruptions. Try to schedule certain periods of “interrupt ability” each day and save other periods of time for yours own purposes.
- Make sure you know how to delegate effectively.
- Don’t put off dealing with distasteful problems such as counseling a problem employee.
- Make a constructive “worry list.” Write down the problems that concern you and beside each write down what you’re going to do about it, so that none of the problems will continue to bother you unconsciously.
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