2. What is Stress??
Stress is what we feel as a result of how we experience
ourselves, others and our external environments.
It is a normal physical response to events that make you feel
threatened or upset your balance in some way.
The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you.
– Helps you stay focused, energetic, and alert.
– But beyond a certain point, stress stops being helpful and starts causing
major damage to your health
There can be positive and negative stress:
Positive stress can result in our taking action to successfully solve
problems- Motivational effect
Negative stress can result in feelings of frustration, resentment and
anger- Anxiety
3. Stress- Physical or Mental?
The body doesn’t distinguish between physical and
psychological threats.
Chronic stress disrupts nearly every system in your
body.
High B.P, suppressed immune system, increased the risk
of heart attack and stroke, infertility!!
Long-term stress can even rewire the brain, leaving you
more•Pain of any kind anxiety and depression.
vulnerable to •Depression
•Heart disease •Obesity
•Digestive problems •Autoimmune diseases
•Sleep problems •Skin conditions, such as
eczema
4. Stress at Work
What is Job Stress?
Job stress can be defined as the harmful
physical and emotional responses that occur
when the requirements of the job do not match
the capabilities, resources, or needs of the
worker.
5. Stress at Work (contd.)
Job Conditions That May Lead to Stress
Design of Tasks. Heavy workload, infrequent rest breaks, long work hours and
shift-work; hectic and routine tasks that have little inherent meaning, do not
utilize workers' skills, and provide little sense of control.
Management Style. Lack of participation by workers in decision- making, poor
communication in the organization, lack of family-friendly policies.
Interpersonal Relationships. Poor social environment and lack of support or
help from coworkers and supervisors.
Work Roles. Conflicting or uncertain job expectations, too much responsibility,
too many "hats to wear.“
Career Concerns. Job insecurity and lack of opportunity for growth,
advancement, or promotion; rapid changes for which workers are unprepared.
Environmental Conditions. Unpleasant or dangerous physical conditions such
as crowding, noise, air pollution, or ergonomic problems.
6. Stress Management
Techniques
Yoga
Gaming zones
Book Shelves
Team Games
Corporate outings- a picnic for the
organisational family
Motivational lectures
Movie Screenings
7. Yoga techniques for stress
Management
Breathing technique help relax and learn the various types of
Pranayama.
Can be done either lying down or sitting posture to ensure
rhythmic breathing in and out.
AUM chanting is soothing.
Practice joint relaxing exercises and instant whole body
relaxation techniques with deep breathing .
A) Shavasan
B) Makarasan
C) Bhujangasan
D) Shalabhasan
E) Suptavajrasan
F) Vakrasan
G) Pranayama
H) Meditation
8. The Corporate Health Benefits of
Yoga
Yoga is unique in the sense that it can be utilized for a
variety of reasons.
The breathing meditation portion of Yoga is especially
beneficial for stress relief
Movements of the various types of Yoga are designed
to lengthen, strengthen and tone muscles.
Furthermore, because these exercises are merely a
deep and focused way of breathing they can be
performed anywhere and at any time.
This is beneficial to the corporation because
relaxed, pain-free employees are far more likely to be
productive than tense and achy ones.
9. The Google Experience
Google headquarters is one of the most productive
places in the world. Extraordinarily that productivity
is achieved in a building that looks and feels more
like a hotel and spa than a corporate headquarters.
Instead of taking the elevator employees take the
slides
Instead of sitting in an ergonomically mis-built office
chair
Relax in massage chairs
Hang out at the staff gyms, libraries, canteens
10. The Point?
For years Google has been sending a powerful
message to the corporate world that has mainly
fallen on deaf ears:
“We care about results and not how many hours you
spend in the office”.
Google provides its employees with a stress free
work environment because stressed employees
cannot be the productive, problem solving
employees who launch corporations into the level of
success Google is currently enjoying.
11. The Result?
The result is that Google employees are a
fiercely loyal, highly productive, highly
creative, self-driven, corporate dream-team
Employees are encouraged to take a relaxing
coffee break or attend a Yoga class, at the
corporate gym
