But the truth is stress doesn’t just ‘happen’.
No one can afford the cost of letting stress sabotage energy, health, productivity or personal joy. Stress is the key determinant in well being, quality of life and successful aging. In the BestStress Zone™ hardiness, resilience, and healthy biological responses and emotional energy replace anxiety and depression.
Whether it’s the formidable challenges inherent in a fast paced fiercely competitive overworked society, contemporary work stressors; having to produce more with less, downsizing, reorganization, mergers, the ‘unfair’ boss –or– disruptive changes and conflicts in private life such as divorce, loneliness, marriage, addictions that include food, alcohol, drugs, & career—or– the threat of local & global terrorism, dependent care responsibilities, difficulties of personal aging, family shifts and health—or– our expectations of ourselves & others—or—those inevitable life events such as death of a loved one — almost all of us are “stressed”. Stress is a reality in today’s world.
Because more than 50 percent of adults report high stress daily, it is likely that stress takes an enormous toll at every workplace. 70% of a company’s value is linked to its human capital* when compared to social or financial capital. Healthy employees (physical and emotional) are your greatest asset! Health problems caused by stress cost employers approximately two billion dollars annually in poor performance on the job, on-the-job injuries, absenteeism, presenteeism and tardiness. Did you know that 70 to 80 percent of primary care doctor visits are due to stress? The ‘costs’ of stress are accelerating faster than the cost of a gallon of gas!
*Human capital is the collection of capabilities of the individuals required to provide solutions to customers. The idea of human capital expands on the view towards labor in that labor is not equal and the quality of employees can be improved by investing in them. The education, experience, and abilities of an employee have an economic value for employers and the economy as a whole. For more on the value of human capital and corporate productivity go to www.miliken.org
