Normally people are happiest in bright daylight. In fact, this may trigger a release of chemicals in the body that bring a sense of emotional wellness.

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Improve lighting at work place by working by a window or using full-spectrum bulbs in your desk lamp.  Bad lighting causes a strain on your eyes and increase fatigue. (more…)

Causes of Stress at Work – Background noises

To reduce background sound in open offices – Install partitions to lessen the sound, use meeting rooms separate from the main work area, use quiet rooms or corners when concentration is needed, and when all else fails, use earplugs. (more…)

Causes of Stress at Work – Work Environment

When offices are open for others to see, you are constantly on stage so to say.

Open offices can be immensely distracting when you are doing a job that needs intense concentration. The noise of telephones and of people talking can significantly undermine performance in these jobs. Besides, these offices also lack privacy. This is important because it forces people constantly to “maintain appearances”, and to be constantly sociable when they may be more efficient focusing on the job in hand. (more…)

Causes of Stress at Work
Work overload occurs when job demand exceeds human limits and people have to do too much, in too little time, with too few resources.

Work overload is characterized by a combination of the following – (more…)

Causes of Stress at Work

Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold.  But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.
~ Douglas Pagels (more…)

What is Stress?

While stress does involve events and our response to them, these are not the most important factors. Our thoughts and reactions to the situations in which we find ourselves are the most critical factors. (more…)

In most organizations big or small, the workplace has become a high stress environment. Employees are experiencing high level of stress due to various factors such as high workload, tight deadlines, high targets, varied type of work, lack of job satisfaction, long working hours, and pressure to perform!!!!  (more…)