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EMPLOYEE STRESS AND PERFORMANCE

Posted by Mr. David Lee - Speaker & Ezine on Thursday, October 14, 2010,

Employee Stress and Performance

By David Lee
Originally published in Training Scene
Creating a high performance organization is a popular theme in the training and development field. To survive in these competitive times, companies can't afford anything less. Creating a high performance organization requires understanding what factors influence performance. One of the most significant factors is stress.

Historically, stress has been viewed as ...

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BUSINESS IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE STRESS

Posted by Mr. Anthony Franklin on Monday, October 4, 2010, In : Business News 


Unmanaged stress has a debilitating impact on employee productivity. Sudipta Dev writes about this common syndrome.

The negative impact of employee stress on business is now an acknowledged factor. Studies in America have proved that the annual cost of employee stress in terms of loss to productivity is more than a staggering $300 billion. Unmanaged stress has a debilitating impact on the organisation, the consequences vary from loss of individual productivity to increased absenteeism to ris...


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THE TRUE COST OF EMPLOYEE STRESS ON BUSINESS

Posted by David Lee on Thursday, September 30, 2010, In : Business News 

Employee Stress: The True Cost

By David Lee
Published in The John Liner Review, Vol 11(3), pg. 33-38, 1997
Most organizations have no idea just how much employee stress costs them each year. A 1990 study by the Princeton, NJ, firm of Foster Higgins & Co. indicated that corporate health benefits cost the average company 45 percent of its after-tax profits. With research implicating stress in 60 percent to 90 percent of medical problems, compan...

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WHATS REALLY HAPPENING IN OUR WORKPLACE DUE TO STRESS

Posted by Anthony Franklin on Thursday, September 30, 2010, In : Medical News 
Facts about Workplace Stress

 

Workplace stress costs the nation more than $300 billion each year in health care, missed work and stress reduction efforts.

(Source: American Institute of Stress)

Only 45 percent (Source: BLS) of private-sector employees are covered by or participate in employer-...


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BIG PROBLEMS FOR BUSINESS THAT ARE ONLY GETTING BIGGER

Posted by Anthony Franklin on Thursday, September 30, 2010, In : Medical News 

Businesses Are Having A BIG PROBLEM!  And It's Gonna Get BIGGER!


Doctors in America and the UK are reporting a dramatic rise in stress and depression, resulting in a record number of people being signed off work, some for up to weeks on end. And the American and UK is just an example of a trend that is repeated across the developed world. Victoria Fletcher, Health Editor of the Daily Mirror revealed that a survey of over 250 doctors foun...


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