Fernandez (2016) argued that managers can help employees cope with stress by creating the happiest, healthiest and productive workforce. To do this, the managers would need to focus on the employees’ personal career growth. Fernandez suggests that the creation of models and encouraging practices that promote the well-being of the workers such training for resilience, exercise, and flexibility would yield positive result in coping with stress, anxiety, and burnouts. Besides, disconnecting from work would allow the worker to recover and boost productivity and, as a consequence, have a reduced risk for stress. Breaks enable the employees to recharge and avoid burnouts. Since chaos is inevitable at workplaces, the managers could require the workers to train in dealing with such environment. On top of that, mono-asking promote productivity, managers can help the workers to focus one one-time task in succession by prioritizing deliverable. Managers also need to show empathy and compassion to the worker by either offering insurance, or other social support. In a nutshell, the managers ought to focus on personal development as well as the entire team.
I believe that the suggestions can help workers cope with stress, anxiety, and burnout. For instance, disconnecting from work after a work schedule as well as breaks in between allow one to recover. Training the employees on how to cope with the daily chaos puts them in a better position to deal with stress. Besides, the social support provided by the leader tends to increase workers moral.
One can apply the suggestion by ensuring that the workers do not keep working continuously. For instance, the company can come up with a regulation that "no emails after 6.00 p.m." to give the worker enough time to rest. On top of that, ensuring that there are breaks at work would lead to more productivity and less stress. I would also advocate for one activity at a time social support as well as training on how to deal with the chaotic working environment.
Reference
Fernandez R. (2016). Help your team manage stress, anxiety, and burnout. Retrieved on January 31, 2016 from https://hbr.org/2016/01/help-your-team-manage-stress-anxiety-and- burnout
