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Stress Management
1. |  By: Paul McGee Publisher: Capstone Publication Date: 15-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
How to defeat stress, worry, and anxiety to achieve more in business and life. From the international bestselling author of Self-Confidence.
Are You A Worrier?
Do you seem to worry more than most? Do you find that insignificant things stress you out? Do you sweat the small stuff and the big stuff too? Well, now's the time to stop worrying and start living.
Worry, stress, anxiety - whichever label you prefer to use - can have consequences that impact not only our lives, but the lives of others around us. When we worry it's like the engine of our mind is constantly being revved up. It...
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2. |  Leadership in Action: In Focus - Health - Stress Takes a Toll on Leaders Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership Publication Date: 01-JUN-2002 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leadership in Action: In Focus - Health - Stress Takes a Toll on Leaders
All stress is not created equal, and stress is not always negative.
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3. |  By: Denis Sartain; Maria Katsarou Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-FEB-2011 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Under Pressure
Everyone needs a certain level of pressure in order to achieve things at work. But when we go beyond pressure, we start to experience stress which is negative, counter-productive and potentially disastrous. Yet stress, especially at work, is a subject that is often ignored because to recognise it can be interpreted as a sign of weakness. This book looks at the challenges facing people in today's fast-moving world where the issues encountered by people at all levels in organisations are unprecedented. It provides practical techniques to help people cope with a much misunderstood but...
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4. |  By: Eric Albert; Laurence Saunder Publisher: Editions d'Organisation Publication Date: 07-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Stress.fr
PrésentationSi le stress n'est pas un phénomène nouveau, il est très récent que l'entreprise s'y intéresse et commence à faire des choses pour ses collaborateurs. Encore faut-il que cela soit utile !En effet, depuis que le sujet est devenu un marché, les "experts" se sont multipliés. Chacun y va de ses préconisations avec une rigueur scientifique plus ou moins sérieuse.Cet ouvrage fait un point précis sur l'état de la connaissance sur le sujet et montre de façon très pratique comment on peut et comment on doit agir sur le stress au travail.Les auteurs, Éric Albert et Laurence Saunder...
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5. |  Leadership in Action: Stress and the Eye of the Beholder By: Cynthia D. McCauley Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership Publication Date: 01-APR-2005 Insert Date: 03-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Leadership in Action: Stress and the Eye of the Beholder
A challenging, rewarding task for one person may be flooded with stress and anxiety for others. How one appraises self and situation makes all the difference.
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6. |  How to Deal with Stress, 3rd Edition By: Stephen Palmer; Cary Cooper Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Deal with Stress, 3rd Edition 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...
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7. |  By: Jean-Paul Lugan Publisher: Editions d'Organisation Publication Date: 07-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 05-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Le changement sans stress
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"Syndrome du rescapé", "alzheimer", "anorexie"... comment vaincre les nouvelles pathologies de l'entreprise?
La réalité économique de plus en plus dure contraint les directions d'entreprise à conduire des restructurations. Pour être plus performant, un seul chemin : réorganiser! De ces réorganisations à tout-va naissent des effets pervers pour les salariés et les directions: alors que les uns sont victimes du "syndrome du rescapé", les autres souffrent de pathologies telles "l'anorexie" ou "l'alzheimer". Comment alors éviter les écueils liés au management du changement?
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8. |  By: Eve Adamson Publisher: Adams Media Publication Date: 18-JUL-2009 Insert Date: 26-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 365 Ways to Reduce Stress It's a crazy world--but you don't have to let it get to you. No matter what kind of stress you're under--good, bad, or simply constant--you can remain calm, centered, and content. With this book, you'll find hundreds of ways to reduce your stress level, starting now. With quizzes designed to identify your key stress triggers, you'll learn how to avoid, reduce, and/or eliminate anxiety in your daily life. You'll also master the art of creating and maintaining a sane and serene outlook, no matter what may come your way. With the clever and creative de-stressing strategies in this hands-on...
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9. |  By: Tania Ahsan Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 18-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 02-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Brilliant book of calm
For most of us, trying to find a moment of peace in our hectic schedule is like searching for a needle in a haystack. When faced with a crisis it's more likely that we'll fly into a panic than calmly assess the situation and formulate a plan to deal with the problem. With the help of The brilliant book of calm you can take charge of your life like never before, so that when push comes to shove and the proverbial hits the fan, all you need to do is take a deep breath before you deal with whatever life has thrown at you. Packed with advice on how to slow down, calm down and find your inner...
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10. |  By: Elisabeth Wilson Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 31-MAR-2006 Insert Date: 02-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Stress proof your life
Elisabeth Wilson looks at the sources of stress – occupational, genetic and environmental – and reveals 52 brilliant techniques for creating a stress-free zone. When your batteries are blown and burnout is imminent these top tips can help you regain control.
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11. |  By: Elisabeth Wilson; Infinite Ideas; Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 17-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 22-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Stress-free living
The internet, email and mobile technology have given birth to an 'instant gratification' society. It's almost impossible not to find yourself drawn into it. In Stress-free living we help you find and maintain a balanced perspective, so that you can deal with whatever life throws at you. Whether you're permanently stressed-out or just in need of a bit of a push towards a calmer place, this book can help you regain control. It's what you want: helpful information that's jargon-free, gets straight to the point, is easy to navigate and most importantly is actually pertinent to you.
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12. |  By: Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 17-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 20-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Relax
Need to relax but don't know how? Or perhaps you just don't know how to fit it into your frenetic schedule. It's time to act before stress messes with your health, your career and your relationships. It can be difficult to know where to start though. The never-ending avalanche of feel-good books and the reams of articles in magazines, websites and TV programmes are all supposed to help. But who's got the time to wade through this lot to sift the stuff that works from the rubbish? Well, we've done the hard work for you – Relax cuts straight to the heart of the matter, providing you with...
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13. |  By: Peter Clough; Doug Strycharczyk Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 26-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Developing Mental Toughness Mental Toughness is about how effectively individuals respond to stress, pressure and challenge. This ground-breaking book explains the concept of mental toughness, clearly and effectively. Tracing its development from sports psychology into organizational development, health and education;it is the first book to look at mental toughness and its application at the organizational level.
Written for anyone coaching individuals and teams for improved performance, Developing Mental Toughness contains practical guidance on delivering techniques which will radically improve people's abilities not...
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14. |  By: Franz Metcalf; BJ Gallagher Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Publication Date: 06-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 18-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Being Buddha at Work Offers ancient solutions to today’s problems and provides new perspectives on timeless troubles
For people seeking to bring spiritual values to work or seeking to discover new beliefs and values through their work
Coauthored by Buddhist scholar Franz Metcalf and workplace expert BJ Gallagher
Buddhism has for thousands of years provided a spiritual foundation for the daily lives of millions of people around the world. But does Buddhism have anything to offer us—Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike—in today’s world of work? Metcalf and Gallagher think it does. Spiritual wisdom, Western or...
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15. |  By: Dr Mike Clayton Publisher: Prentice Hall Life Publication Date: 02-SEP-2011 Insert Date: 30-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Brilliant Stress Management Ready to take back control? We all have stress in our lives. It could be a deadline at work, a major change such as a house move, or a relationship breakdown. Whatever it is, it can leave you feeling out of control. In Brilliant Stress Management Mike Clayton helps you work out what it is that makes you stressed and shows you how you can tackle it. Whether you crumble under pressure, get angry, or simply bury your head in the sand, this book provides effective techniques to help you take the edge off and even channel your stress in a positive way. Brilliant Outcomes. Know how to create a calm...
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16. |  How to Get Things Done Without Trying Too Hard, 2nd Edition By: Richard Templar Publisher: Prentice Hall Life Publication Date: 12-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 30-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Get Things Done Without Trying Too Hard, 2nd Edition Why is it that some people always seem to be on top of everything? Paperwork dealt with, projects delivered on time, diary organised, promises met, all those little jobs around the house sorted… And they seem so relaxed about it too. In this clever book, bestselling author Richard Templar delivers a collection of principles, tactics and techniques that will make sure things always get done, without you ever having to break a sweat or stay up into the small hours to do it. You’ll discover the secrets of being the kind of person who gets things done, and how to set up and run your work and your...
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17. |  By: Thomas Crum; Mark Victor Hansen Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Publication Date: 01-JAN-2009 Insert Date: 15-OCT-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Three Deep Breaths
Using the popular parable/story format, "Three Deep Breaths" focuses on three simple, effective practices that busy people can implement with little time or even with just a few minutes as a simple, effective antidote to busyness....
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18. |  Was That Really Me?: How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality By: Naomi L Quenk Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Publication Date: 13-AUG-2002 Insert Date: 23-AUG-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Was That Really Me?: How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality
Outlining the stress patterns of 16 personality types using the framework of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, this book includes startling information on work-related stress and long-term stress.
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19. |  Work Makes Me Nervous: Overcome Anxiety and Build the Confidence to Succeed By: Jonathan Berent; Amy Lemley Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 22-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 29-MAR-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Work Makes Me Nervous: Overcome Anxiety and Build the Confidence to Succeed
A proven therapeutic method that channels workplace anxiety into powerful, confident performance
Millions of people are afraid of work. The situations they fear may be different-public speaking (e.g., presentations and speeches), meetings, conference calls, new assignments, performance reviews, promotions or praise, client consultations, team projects, and so on. But the feeling is often the same: some combination of obsessive worry, fear of being noticeably nervous, clammy hands, racing thoughts, sweating, blushing, heart palpitations, trouble breathing, and more.
That feeling is...
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20. |  How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress By: Anna Maravelas Publisher: Career Press Publication Date: 01-AUG-2005 Insert Date: 21-DEC-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress
An alarming 88% of Americans cite hostility, desk-rage, and workplace incivility as top concerns. How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress will help executives, supervisors, and managers-and the people that work for them-protect pride, profit and productivity from these disabling emotions.
Most individuals react to workplace frustration with nearly invisible habits that drive wedges between people and groups. And workplace aggravations are constant—even just a handful a day means thousands per year, per employee!
Responding to frustration with blame and defensiveness is not human...
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