Book description
Everyone in the workplace is under stress including your employees. The good news is that, with training, employees can learn how to work well under pressure. This practical pocket guide for managers will teach you how to channel stress to enhance your own performance and the performance of those you manage. You can alleviate the negative affects of stress in your workplace and organization and in teams and individuals simply by applying the straightforward guidelines you'll find here. Performance Under Pressure: Managing Stress in the Workplace focuses on the two essential skills required to perform well under pressure: Perceiving a situation in an optimal way and using the physiological boost associated with stress to your advantage. The book presents new and proven strategies for dealing with time, anger, people, fatigue and evaluation pressures. And it introduces an effective four-step method for optimal energy management.
Table of contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: Managing Stress in the Workplace
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Part Two: Performance Under Pressure
- 4. Clarify Your Relationship With Stress and Its Causes
- 5. Optimal Energy Management: Stop and Breathe
- 6. Optimal Perception: Rewrite
- 7. Optimal Performance: Take Action
- 8. Making SBRT a Habit
- 9. Dealing With Time Pressure
- 10. Dealing With Anger Pressure
- 11. Dealing With People Pressure
- 12. Dealing With Fatigue Pressure
- 13. Dealing With Evaluation Pressure
- In Conclusion
- References and Further Resources
- Appendix: List of Employee Support Services
Product information
- Title: Performance Under Pressure: Managing Stress in the Workplace
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2003
- Publisher(s): HRD Press
- ISBN: 9780874257410
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