The Causes and Consequences of Workplace Stress

Well-being & BalanceConfidence & Self-AwarenessAll employees≈ 15 min

Key skill: Stress management

Summary

Identify the major sources of work-related stress — work organisation, meeting one's own personal standards, relationships with management, and change — in order to act on two complementary fronts: collective well-being within the company and individual stress management.

Target audience

Anyone looking to improve their quality of life and relationships

Learning objectives

Recognise the main sources of workplace stress in order to manage them better.
Analyse the impact of work-related stress on your professional and personal life.
Understand the consequences of a lack of recognition at work.
Take ownership of how you face professional change and uncertainty.

Module outline

ArticlesStress and its consequences: the 7 major effects of stress in the workplace · Team anti-stress survey: 4 key questions for opening up the topic of stress with your team
Expert videoAn overview of statistics on work-related stress in France and its main causes
AnchoringA quiz and True/False questions to explore the topic further and anchor what you've learned
Memo cardA downloadable memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

Models & methods

Work-related versus personal stress; four sources of workplace stress; a 4-question team anti-stress survey.

Research-based

ANACT stress study of 1,000 employees; Le Monde article (May 2013); Third European Quality of Life Survey (2012).