System

• All components of life are part of a system.
• Systems are dynamic.
• An impact in any part of the system has some affect on all parts and on the system as a whole.
• The system itself does not exist in isolation it exists within an environment.
• The system and the environment impact on each other.

Features addressed by Workplace Stress Consultants:

Communication

• Systems created for communication.
• The flow of information along and around the system.
• Quantity and nature of the information e.g. constantly receiving and being expected to respond to several modes of information creates stress and greatly reduces efficiency the very thing it is meant to assist.
  

Company Culture

• Hours plus workload: there is a commonly held, ego driven belief that to be worthwhile you must be seen (or heard) to work harder and longer hours.
• Targets: are realistic.
• Resources: employees are well resourced to perform stated tasks.
• Leadership: Effective and deserving of respect.
• Principles: company, business and personal: support and encourage best business practices.
• Wellbeing and Sustainability: An ethos of 'looking after' the organisation at all levels. An acknowledgement that energy spent in creating healthy work places 'pays off'.
  

Environment

• Physical/location: calculated to produce optimum output.
• Personal/emotional: providing a genuinely positive environment is a key to loyalty and efficiency.

Education

• An understanding of the physiology of stress.
• An ability to recognize it at all level of the system.
• Skills to address it and create change.
• Maintenance, how to keep stress below the threshold.

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