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Stress of today - Part Two |
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Stress of today - Part Two
Resilience and Self Control in today's stressful environment
The need for self control and resilience in the work place has never been of more importance. With bankruptcies, mergers and increasing debts, headlines scream about massive lay offs, redundancies and closures. Techno-phobia is increasing rapidly - with computers, faxes, photocopiers, printers, E-mails, mobile phones, lap tops and blackberries - change is constant and all around us. The pace, pressure and expectation in the workplace is ever increasing. Tools for managing workplace stressors have never been more urgently needed than right now.
Surviving and flourishing in the pressuring environment of the new millennium calls for knowing how to respond and transform the perception of stress effectively into motivation. Everybody experiences challenges and disappointments; it is not possible to move forward without them. It is, however, the way in which we respond to these set backs that separate the resilient people from the intolerant and stressed. Resilience is the ability to control or improve your performance when you are surrounded by adverse circumstances. The key is to harness a positive attitude and behaviour which will in turn energise you and the people around you to achieve and see a way forward when circumstances could potentially pull you down into a negative spiral as described in part 1 of this article.
Resilient people will be able to improve performance and stamina during periods of high demands; they can see opportunities in change. Challenges are welcomed as new opportunities; they will grow and develop rather than seeing change as a threat. Individuals can influence events and have a strong sense of self-achievement and effectiveness as opposed to feeling that they are a victim of circumstance. They live in the 'cause' side of the equation rather than in the 'effect'. These are the people who cause positive things to happen rather than perceiving that they are always "affected" by external events they cannot control and which drag them down. Managers who have this strong sense of commitment and are fully involved are unlikely to be demotivated by the day to day stressors which arise unexpectedly. These are the qualities required in the workplace of today which will enhance corporate performance and boost the morale of others. These are the people who inspire and lead others to achieve. These are the employees of the future. (Concluded in part 3.)
Wendy Chalmers Mill
Positive Performance
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