Keep a look-out for signs of stress

Tackle staff stress before it costs you money.

At Connected Accounting we can advise businesses in the St Albans area on many of the issues you face. Here are some thoughts on reducing stress amongst your staff members...

With the cost to UK business of stress and stress related illness estimated at billions of pounds every year, it is clearly in your interest to nip any potential problem in the bud before it starts to impact on your bottom line.

Look for the signs

Telltale signs that an employee might have a stress problem include:

Health
Symptoms such as headaches, tiredness, indigestion, or unusual weight changes
Behaviour
Signs of uncharacteristic irritability, anxiety, or depression
Self management
Difficulty in managing time or in making decisions, seems to do everything in a hurry or be flustered by apparently simple tasks
Relationships
Becoming more or less confrontational, or more or less withdrawn

If you see signs of stress a quiet chat with the person concerned and/or with his or her colleagues is often all that is needed to identify the causes.

Aggravating factors

Very often the main causes are not work-related, but there might be aggravating factors in the workplace. Research suggests such factors include:

  • Having to deal with excessive red tape
  • Skills shortages
  • Pressure to succeed
  • Deadlines
  • Constant interruptions
  • Lack of support
  • Poor communication
  • Incompetent management
  • Poor internal communications

Take appropriate action

A stressed mind quickly loses perspective and easily gets things out of proportion, and although any of the above might be cited by the individual as the cause of their problem, they are very often more perceived than actual causes.

Either way you need to take appropriate action because stress in the workplace is infectious and soon starts to eat in to your bottom line.

If you are in the St Albans area and are looking for support and advice from a team of professional accountants and business advisers, contact Connected Accounting.

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