A survey by online learning provider, SkillSoft, shows that 95 per cent of managers find life at work stressful and 28 per cent have taken time off work as a direct result.
More than half the managers surveyed stated that they could never imagine a stage in their life when they were completely stress-free and 58 per cent of managers stated that they probably spend most of their lives stressed in one way or another.
Almost 70 per cent of managers say they wake up in the night due to feelings of stress.
Respondents could reply to more than one factor causing stress – and the survey reported the following results:
The major causes of management stress at work are:
1. Workload – 61.6 percent
2. Deadlines – 50.3 percent
3. Feeling undervalued – 38.9 percent
4. Having to work longer hours than they should – 37.3 percent
5. Having to take on other people’s work – 34.1 percent
6. Lack of control over their day – 31.9 percent
7. Targets – 30.3 percent
8. Type of work – 30.3 percent
9. Too many emails – 28.1 percent
10. Organisational changes that impact on them and their job – 27 percent
Top ten colleague irritations:
1. Seeing other people not pulling their weight – 56.1 percent
2. Bosses changing their minds about what they want you to do – 37.3 percent
3. Lack of support from bosses – 29.7 percent
4. Pressure from bosses – 28.6 percent
5. Interruptions by bosses – 23.8 percent
6. Feeling put-upon by bosses – 22.2 percent
7. Lack of support from colleagues – 21.6 percent
8. Bullying behaviour by bosses – 17.8 percent
9. Feeling put-upon by colleagues – 11.4 percent
10. Bullying behaviour by colleagues 9.2 percent
Source Onrec
We have covered the subject of managing stress at work on the Women in Business Radio Show – you can download the audio recordings here if you are want to access practical guidance on how to manage stress at work.
The issue of stress at work needs to be considered seriously by all of us – in relation to the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of ourselves and our team members.
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