Performance Under Pressure : Managing Stress in the Workplace

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
• 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.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I : Manaing Stress in the Workplace
Chapter 1 : Stress in the Workplace
Chapter 2 : Managing Stress in Your Work Group of Organization
Chapter 3 : Managing the "Stressed-Out" Employee

Part II : Performance Under Pressure
Chapter 4 : Clarify Your Relationship With Stress and Its Causes
Chapter 5 : Optimal Energy Management : Stop and Breathe
Chapter 6 : Optimal Perception : Rewrite
Chapter 7 : Optimal Performance : Take Action
Chapter 8 : Making SBRT a Habit
Chapter 9 : Dealing With Time Pressure
Chapter 10 : Dealing With Anger Pressure
Chapter 11 : Dealing With People Pressure
Chapter 12 : Dealing With Fatigue Pressure
Chapter 13 : Dealing With Evaluation Pressure

In Conclusion
References and Further Resources
Appendix : List of Employee Support Services