How to Deal with Stress

How to Deal with Stress, 3rd edition , takes a psychological approach to stress, enabling you to build your own plan, gain control and improve your well-being.

Straightforward, easy to read and practical, How to Deal with Stress, 3rd edition will put you back in charge of your life. Written by two internationally-recognized experts in the field of stress management, Cooper and Palmer provide a thorough understanding of the psychological causes of stress and the resulting physical effects, enabling you to build your own personal plan, improve well-being and enhance your performance at work. Full of insight and examples from real people, a brand new chapter provides a practical worksheet to help you develop your problem solving skills and reduce stress day-to-day. Crammed full of techniques on how to deal with stressed employees and colleagues, How to Deal with Stress will help you achieve the ultimate long term goal.

Enables you to build your own personal plan, improve well-being and enhance your performance at work

Vorwort
Includes examples from real people and a brand new chapter that provides a practical worksheet to develop your problem-solving skills and reduce day-to-day stress

Autorentext
Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School. Based in Macclesfield, UK, he is also the Chair of the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work. He was President of the CIPD, the British Academy of Management, RELATE and Institute of Welfare. He has been voted the Most Influential HR Thinker by HR Magazine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Management. He is President of the British Academy of Management, is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and one of the first UK based Fellows of the (American) Academy of Management. He is also the President of the Institute of Welfare and Chair of the UK's Academy of Social Sciences. He is a leading commentator on workplace issues and wellbeing, having authored and edited numerous books and articles on the subject, as well as being a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen in 2001 for his contribution to occupational health, and awarded a Knighthood by the Queen in 2014 for his contribution to the social sciences.

Klappentext

Straightforward, easy to read and practical, How to Deal with Stress, 3rd edition will put you back in charge of your life. Written by two internationally-recognized experts in the field of stress management, Cooper and Palmer provide a thorough understanding of the psychological causes of stress and the resulting physical effects, enabling you to build your own personal plan, improve well-being and enhance your performance at work.
Full of insight and examples from real people, a brand new chapter provides a practical worksheet to help you develop your problem solving skills and reduce stress day-to-day. Crammed full of techniques on how to deal with stressed employees and colleagues, How to Deal with Stress will help you achieve the ultimate long term goal.

Zusammenfassung
How to Deal with Stress, 3rd edition, takes a psychological approach to stress, enabling you to build your own plan, gain control and improve your well-being.

Inhalt

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: What is stress?;
  • Chapter - 02: A working model of stress, coping and resilience;
  • Chapter - 03: Changing your thinking;
  • Chapter - 04: Changing your imagery;
  • Chapter - 05: Changing your behaviour;
  • Chapter - 06: Improving your physical health to help you conquer stress;
  • Chapter - 07: From problems to solutions;
  • Chapter - 08: Dealing with work-related stress;
  • Chapter - 09: Stress self-audit;
  • Chapter - 10: Developing your own action plan