Stressproof
The Game Plan
Published on 4. January 2021
258 pages
978-1-77010-783-0 (ISBN)
Description
The world faces a 'giant storm' of stress and burnout that is exacerbated in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Learning how to navigate the world going forward is something that everyone has to do. How can leaders help themselves, their employees and their businesses to thrive in the face of these and other challenges?
Stressproof speaks to the crisis currently facing the professional landscape. It outlines the conundrum of stress and its performance advantage versus its destructiveness; and it focuses on the stress-related challenges facing decision makers in the world of business today.
Practical, insightful and based on case studies and real-world examples, Stressproof provides a game-changing action plan to help managers, leaders and those who are making decisions.
Stressproof speaks to the crisis currently facing the professional landscape. It outlines the conundrum of stress and its performance advantage versus its destructiveness; and it focuses on the stress-related challenges facing decision makers in the world of business today.
Practical, insightful and based on case studies and real-world examples, Stressproof provides a game-changing action plan to help managers, leaders and those who are making decisions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Johannesburg
South Africa
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan South Africa
File size
6,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-77010-783-0 (9781770107830)
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RICHARD SUTTON is an adviser on stress management and adaptability to industry leaders, top athletes and Olympic teams. He is widely regarded as an expert in the field of genetics and their role in resilience, using a combination of hard data and DNA to map a 'stress footprint' based on both nature and nurture to unearth genuine resilience, recovery and adaptability.
Richard has been a post-graduate lecturer in the areas of pain management, health and athlete development for almost two decades at leading South African and international universities. He is the author of the bestseller, The Stress Code, a 'surviving to thriving' guide to stress.
Richard has been a post-graduate lecturer in the areas of pain management, health and athlete development for almost two decades at leading South African and international universities. He is the author of the bestseller, The Stress Code, a 'surviving to thriving' guide to stress.
Content
- Intro
- StressPROOF
- Preface
- Where it all started
- Introduction
- 1
- The Conundrum
- Stress - the performance advantage
- A system in overdrive
- Stress and digestive issues
- Stress and our immune system
- Under siege
- Linking autoimmune conditions to chronic stress
- Perfectionism may be destroying our youth
- Autoimmune diseases - once the exception, now the norm
- What chronic stress does to the human brain
- Altered structure, reduced function
- Stress - the greatest leadership challenge of our time
- 2
- Why Now?
- Everything is changing
- Poverty and hunger are increasing
- Hunger and malnutrition impact mental health and emotional stability later on in life
- The science
- The all-consuming stress of financial pressure
- Productivity - a disappearing act
- The 'high-performance' culture
- The implosion of the 'high-performance' model
- The labour market - is employment becoming a luxury item?
- Pushing harder to stay in the race
- Earnings not aligned with basic living expenses
- Corroded self-worth and personal value
- Businesses struggling to stay in the game
- The new challenges we all face
- Our current skills are on the endangered list
- The growing divide
- The future of jobs
- Skills and training
- Rising prevalence of job and employment insecurity
- Economic downturn and recessions are creating heightened uncertainty and insecurity
- The psychological contract
- The impact of job, employment and economic instability
- Physical pain hurts your business
- Future-proofing for perceptions of fairness and injustice
- Future-proofing for job and employment insecurity
- Connection and unity create a significant source of strength
- A recalibration of work
- The benefits
- The downside
- Trust and success
- All on its head
- The overwhelming stress of uncertainty and a lack of control
- Coronavirus - we've got your number
- A lack of control plus one
- 3
- The Impact of the Giant Storm
- Badge of honour
- Solving the burnout puzzle
- Why we need to take stress more seriously
- Stress around the world
- The European stress landscape
- European companies acknowledge the need for action
- Is the other side of the Channel any better?
- Across the pond
- South Africa - A nation on its knees
- The unemployment calamity
- Profit over people
- Increasing demands on South African professionals
- What is being felt on the ground in South Africa?
- Mental health in South Africa
- 4
- The Action Plan
- Acknowledge your role
- Looking for leadership
- The expanded portfolio
- Changing the script
- Lead
- The connection factor
- Empower your people
- Solve problems
- Regardless of your title, be a CEO
- Boosting productivity
- The PRODUCTIVITY silos
- Wellness programmes
- Poor health has a high price tag
- Quantifiable returns
- Get ready to be amazed
- Why wellness programmes often fail
- The time factor
- Not addressing the root cause
- Underexposure to the new vision
- A wellness programme that works
- A story of leadership
- Wellness programme fundamentals
- Give more control and authority to your team
- Create an environment of mutual support
- Listen, always be fair, consistent and authentic
- Nurture an effort-reward balance
- Tackling overcommitment
- Tackling the external factors
- The Game Plan
- Acknowledgements
- The Stress Code app
