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How Leaders Help Teams Manage Stress
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How Leaders Help Teams Manage Stress

by Allen Morrison, David Forster
July 2025
Beginner to intermediate
7 pages
17m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review

Overview

Workplace stress is inevitable, but poor leaders can amplify it into team dysfunction. Research shows that leaders often intensify the pressures employees are experiencing, eliciting fight-or-flight responses. Instead, leaders should model trust and encourage peer collaboration on finding solutions to stressful conditions. Learn three researched-based actions leaders can take to help build team resilience.

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