“It is not stress that kills us but rather our response to it” – Hans Selye. Our stress management tips given in this presentation gives you the ability to alter your response to the event. Stress in the workplace can be handled with greater ease when you use effective stress management techniques.

1. Managing
Stress

2. What is Stress?
 A physical and emotional reaction to pressure,
change, fear or the unknown.
 It is your total response to an environmental
condition or stimulus, also known as a stressor

3. Work Stress
 Also known as Occupational
Stress
 It is “the adverse reaction
people have to excessive
pressures or other types of
demand placed on them at
work.”
 Stress is not an illness – it is a
state. However, if it becomes
excessive and prolonged,
mental and physical illness
may develop.

4. Stages of Stress
ALARM
STAGE
RESISTANCE
STAGE
EXHAUSTION
STAGE

5. Factors Influencing Work Stress
 Demands
 Relationships
 Change
 Management Style
 Working Conditions

6. ABC Strategy
A= Awareness
B= Balance
C = Control

7. How to Manage Stress
Action Oriented:
 Managing your time:
 Identify where you can improve and use time
management tools like to-do lists etc.
 Managing other people:
 People can be a significant source of stress.
Being assertive and managing conflicts will
ensure that your needs are addressed.
 Managing your work environment:
 Workspace stress can come from irritating,
frustrating or uncomfortable conditions
workspace. Take action to minimize stress in this
environment

8. How to Manage Stress
Emotion Oriented Approaches:
Emotion oriented approaches are useful when the
stress you are experiencing comes from the way
you perceive a situation.
 Be aware, use rational & positive thinking to
change the way you perceive stressful events
 Use affirmations & imagery to overcome short-
term negative thinking

9. How to Manage Stress
Acceptance Oriented Approach:
Acceptance-oriented approaches apply to situations where you have
no power to change what happens, and where situations are
genuinely bad.
 Use techniques like meditation and physical relaxation to calm
yourself when you feel stressed.
 Take advantage of your support network – this could include your
friends and family, as well as people at work and professional
providers, such as counselors or family doctors.
 Get enough exercise and sleep, and learn how to make the most
of your down time, so that you can recover from stressful events.
 Learn how to cope with change and build resilience, so that you
can overcome setbacks.

10. In Conclusion
 To control your stress, conduct a job
analysis, so that you know your most
important priorities at work.
 Learn good time management
strategies, so that you can handle your
priorities effectively.
 Try to let go of negative thinking habits,
and become a positive thinker by using
affirmations and visualization.
 Create defenses against stressful
situations that you cannot control – use
your network, be sure to get enough
exercise and sleep, and learn how to
relax.