In this blog, I am going to talk about seven signs to look out for and I’m going to do from a little different angle than I usually do.
I want you to look out for seven signs in your staff. It can be used for you too of course but today we talk about signs of stress especially for your staff.
Signs that will tell you when they are not okay and that you need to do something for their sake and for your own sake and you’ll understand that as we go through this.
Being a lady boss can be really stressful. You can have all kinds of symptoms from not feeling well to thinking that life is a disaster, but you still have to care for your staff at the same time. Right?
I want to help you with this and I’ve made this list of seven things to look out for, signs telling you that your employees are not feeling well or there are other obstacles that you need to take care of before they grow too big and they get unmanageable.
I have used this list for a long time and I also discuss it with my clients. I also suggest that you make it into a checklist that you can look at at regular times, like once a month. It will only take 15 minutes when you are used to it, 15 minutes to look to see if there is anything you need to do to help manage your own stress, and once you’ve gone through the checklist you might find that there are things to do, and yes, you have to do them and of course that will take more than 15 minutes but you will save so much time by doing things early.
Of course I want you to adjust the list to your specific workplace and to your needs because this is a general list that I want to tell you about.
My client Paula, she uses this and she says it’s the best tool to keep track of what’s going on with her team, to be a better boss and to be able to catch problems at an early stage.
Here are the 7 Signs Your Staff Are Struggling With Stress:
- Poor Work.
When you see low quality work or late delivery of your products or services, that the quality is not great and your customers are not really satisfied.
- Low Moods.
When you see depression, anxiety, a depressive mood, being more agitated and lack of motivation.
- Low Concentration.
You Look for decreased concentration at work where they are forgetting things, they’re slow starting, taking no initiatives and have no drive to make decisions.
- Conflicts.
Starting arguments when people are lacking cooperation and they are maybe even insulting others.
- Physical issues.
When they complain about symptoms like muscle pain, stomach ache, sleeping issues and other things of course.
- Long Term Sick or Often Sick And Still At Work.
People start getting on long term sick leave or the other way around when they are at work even though they should be home because they are ill, they are contagious, they are spreading the viruses and they are not doing such good work. They should be in bed to get better much sooner. Also when you see high staff turn around or when people leave you at a higher rate that’s also a sign.
- Accidents At Work.
When you start seeing accidents or near accidents. When that happens and you also have to look at your team and evaluate their moods to see if there are things that you need to change.
So that’s the list of seven signs to look out for.
As you can see these signs can happen to anyone and if you do catch them early and stop them at an early stage you will not only help your employee to better health and to a happier work life, but you will also help yourself and the rest of your staff to a good workplace.
If these things are allowed to continue for a long time it’s going to be much, much harder to do something about it and that’s going to cost your both more money and more time.
When you make this a habit to look at these things on a regular basis you will probably also notice that you will kind of develop a higher general awareness for things happening in the group and that means that you will catch things maybe even earlier and that will make your work so much more efficient and happier.
But, just watch out so you don’t become too overprotective.
And as I said, in the beginning, don’t forget it might be you that is the person getting these signs so you have to watch out for yourself too.
You can ask your staff or someone in your staff that you really trust to help you see it in yourself because that’s going to be a tremendous help for you too.
I hope this will help you to stay calm and be that good leader that you deserve to be. Don’t forget to adjust it to your specific circumstances in your workplace.
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Happy working.
