Employee motivation: Workers 'must recognise they are stressed'

Date: 17/05/2010

Employers need to give their workers as much information as possible about the signs of stress in order to keep employee motivation as high as it can be, according to the Stress Management Society.

Neil Shah, director of the organisation, said that employers will often put all kinds of support systems in place for stressed workers, but the first step is for them to realise for themselves they are having difficulty coping with their work.

"Sometimes when people are very stressed, they don't even know that they're stressed," he commented.

"They might recognise that they are not sleeping well or feel irritated but they may not attribute that back to stress."

According to a survey for mental health charity Mind, one-third of people visiting their GPs for support over work-related stress said staff had to compete against one another, which may not be the healthiest factor for employee motivation.

Written by Jo Morgan. ADNFCR-2060-ID-19781995-ADNFCR

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