50 things you can do today to manage stress at work

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Guides you through the steps you can take to manage and control stress in the workplace. This book helps you to understand what stress is and identify how and why it occurs at work, and offers practical advice to help you make positive changes.;Front Cover; Acknowledgements; Other titles in the Personal Health Guides series include:; Contents; Authors' Note; Chapter 1 -- About Stress at Work; What is stress?; The short-term outcomes of stress; The 50 most-quoted causes of stress at work; Chapter 2 -- The Job Itself; 1. How to cope when you have too much work to do; 2. How to cope when you have too little work to do; 3. How to keep up with the pace of work; 4. How to deal with shift work; 5. How to deal with deadlines; 6. What to do if your computer at work is making you stressed; 7. How to remain calm when your computer malfunctions. Front Cover Acknowledgements Other titles in the Personal Health Guides series include: Contents Authors' Note Chapter 1 -- About Stress at Work What is stress? The short-term outcomes of stress The 50 most-quoted causes of stress at work Chapter 2 -- The Job Itself 1. How to cope when you have too much work to do 2. How to cope when you have too little work to do 3. How to keep up with the pace of work 4. How to deal with shift work 5. How to deal with deadlines 6. What to do if your computer at work is making you stressed 7. How to remain calm when your computer malfunctions. 8. How to make attending meetings less stressful9. How to get more pay 10. How to cope with working in an open-plan office 11. How to cope with a dull, boring, repetitive job Chapter 3 -- Your Role in the Organisation 12. Take control of your workload 13. What to do if your role in the organisation is ambiguous 14. How to overcome role conflict 15. What to do if people disapprove of your role Chapter 4 -- Your Career Development 16. How to deal with the strain of a promotion 17. How to cope with job insecurity 18. How to cope with being over-promoted -- or under-promoted. 19. How to overcome any lack of training20. How to cope with giving a presentation Chapter 5 -- Relationships at Work 21. How to deal with your emotions at work 22. How to obtain interpersonal support at work 23. How to deal with bullying and harassment at work 24. What to do if your ideas are always rejected 25. How to cope with sacking people 26. How to get on with your colleagues 27. How to motivate your colleagues Chapter 6 -- The Climate and Culture of your Organisation 28. What to do if the structure of your organisation is causing you stress. 29. How to increase your commitment to the organisation30. How to change the organisational culture 31. Office politics and how to cope with it 32. How to deal with favouritism in the workplace 33. How to make sure there is no discrimination in your workplace 34. How to deal with violence at work 35. How to cope with political correctness in the workplace 36. How you can get the organisation to be more committed to you Chapter 7 -- Work-Life Balance 37. Use flexible working to improve your work-life balance 38. How to cope with travelling to and from work. 39. How to keep your work and personal life separateChapter 8 -- Personal strategies 40. Use your breathing to cope with stress 41. Control your stress by using biofeedback 42. Use autogenic training to relax and manage your stress 43. Talk to yourself (positively) and relieve your stress 44. How to use progressive relaxation to manage your stress 45. Use visualisation to help you cope with stress 46. How an employee assistance programme (EAP) can help you to manage your stress 47. Use neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to manage your stress.