Work Stress
Physical & Psychological Costs of Your Workplace
March 09, 2015
Stanford Study Highlights the physical and psychological costs of the workplace. Workplace stresses, including long hours and lack of work/life balance, have a major impact on people’s health and well being. Check out the full article here:
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-your-workplace-might-be-killing-you
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The Economic (and Human) Costs of Work Related Stress
February 03, 2015
Bloomberg reports on a new study from Harvard and Stanford Business Schools that workplace stress may be responsible for up to $190 billion in annual healthcare costs and 120,000 deaths. Being overworked and trying to balance work and family are two of the biggest stresses driving these expensive and unfortunate outcome totals. Recognizing and doing something to reduce work related stress just may be an economically rational business strategy. Check out the Bloomberg article here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/work-anxiety-kills-thousands-of-americans-every-year
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/work-anxiety-kills-thousands-of-americans-every-year
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The Costs of Not Being Able to "Turn Off"
January 26, 2015
A Bloomberg article detailed a new study linking prolonged difficulty falling asleep with as much as a quadrupled risk in high blood pressure. Think of difficulty falling asleep as hyper vigilance, or a difficulty letting down your guard and winding down. Unfortunately, in today’s seemingly non-stop world many people experience hyper vigilance in their day to day lives, Chronically worrying about work responsibilities and pressures, family issues and dynamics, and trying to balance the many directions in which they can feel pulled. Learning how to “turn off” is a critical skill that is worth developing for your sleep, for your heart and for you and your loved ones in so many essential ways.
Check out the article here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-26/difficulty-falling-asleep-may-raise-blood-pressure-study-finds.html
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Check out the article here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-26/difficulty-falling-asleep-may-raise-blood-pressure-study-finds.html
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