Managing job stress 緩解工作壓力需要注意哪些要點?

　　l Hobbies 興趣愛好

　　l Job target 工作目標(biāo)

　　In relieving job stress, developing hobbies is very important. Hobbies can divert your attention/focus and help you temporarily forget your worries. Sports, for instance, like tennis, badminton, swimming, jogging, mountain-climbing, etc. will get you mentally relaxed after a day of stressful working and make you physically fit. One saying goes, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So everybody should learn to mix leisure with work.

　　In addition to hobbies, your job target is also important. Re-examine your job goals. Pursue realistic goals that are meaningful to you, rather than goals others have for you that you do not share. Pursue reasonable goals that are not too high and difficult for you to reach.

　　In addition, getting enough sleep, eating well-balanced and nutritious food, developing some mutually supportive friendships/relationships and developing positive emotions are important as well.

　　為了緩解工作的壓力，培養(yǎng)興趣愛好非常重要。興趣愛好可以分散你的注意力也可以幫助你暫時忘記煩惱。以運動為例，網(wǎng)球、羽毛球、游泳、慢跑、爬山等等。在一天的緊張工作之余讓身體得到鍛煉、你心理上得到放松。俗話說：勞逸需相結(jié)合。因此每個人應(yīng)該學(xué)會將休閑娛樂相結(jié)合。

　　除了興趣愛好之外，工作目標(biāo)也很重要。再次檢查你的工作目標(biāo)，追求對你有深遠意義的現(xiàn)實的目標(biāo)。而不是那些適合別人卻不適合你的目標(biāo)。追求合理的目標(biāo)，不要把目標(biāo)制定的太高也過于復(fù)雜。

　　除此之外，保證充足的睡眠，飲食上的營養(yǎng)平衡，處理良好的人際關(guān)系以及培養(yǎng)積極的情緒也很重要。

　　PART THREE: Discussion

　　Managing Stress

　　Your line manager is concerned that some staff are in low spirits and not doing their work efficiently. You have been asked to make recommendations about how to improve this situation. Discuss the situation together, and decide:

　　l why staff are less efficient in their job

　　l how to help staff to manage their stress

　　壓力管理

　　在你們所在的部門，部分員工最近情緒低落，工作效率布告，部門經(jīng)理對此甚是關(guān)心。請你們就如何改善該局面提出建議。討論并決定：

　　l 員工為何工作效率下降

　　l 如何幫助員工緩解壓力

　　A：You see, some colleagues aren’t as active and efficient in their job as usual and few made progress in their business in the passing months.

　　B: Yes, this is a situation that has to be improved. First of all, we should find out reasons behind this, especially work-related stressors.

　　A: That’s important. As far as I know, personality clashed among co-workers seem to be responsible. We’d better organize social activities, such as a basketball match, then colleagues can learn to help and cooperate with one another.

　　B: That would be a good idea. Work setting can create physical and mental stress too. You see, the office is a bit over-crowded and workers here just cannot enjoy privacy. We should think of moving to offices big and cozy enough.

　　A: Exactly. So many colleagues became passive in their work. Leadership style cannot be ignored. The manager should communicate with his or her staff about the leadership style through questionnaire to find out the problems and timely adjust the policies related.

　　B: Yes, that is very crucial. In addition, the company management should be concerned about the employees’ health and life, such as providing well-balanced free lunch.

　　A: Good suggestion. Besides, fierce competition and work overburden is undoubtedly responsible too. You just cannot sidestep it.

　　B: Definitely. One way out is to offer them training opportunities to improve their KSAs, such as time management training to help deal with heavy workload. Besides, we can organize sports to help them get relaxed after work.

　　A: Talking about overburden reminds me of a popular saying---“ In a well-managed company, no one should feel that he has to burn himself out.” So you see, management knowledge and skills are really essential and crucial.

　　B: You are to the point. Effective managers understand that stress control is a leadership responsibility and give it just as much attention as any other management function.

　　A: 你知道，有些員工在過去的幾個月中工作不積極，工作效率也和往常一樣幾乎沒有進展。

　　B：是的，這種情況應(yīng)當(dāng)被改善。首先，我們應(yīng)該找到原因，尤其是相關(guān)的工作壓力。

　　A：那很重要，據(jù)我所知。主要原因是同事之間的個性沖突。我們最好組織一次社會活動，例如籃球比賽，讓同事之間學(xué)會相互協(xié)助和互相幫助。

　　B：那真是個好主意。工作環(huán)境也會產(chǎn)生身體上和心理上的壓力。你知道，辦公室有一些擁擠員工沒有私人空間。我們應(yīng)該想辦法遷至一個空間足夠大和足夠舒適的場所。

　　A：確實是這樣。許多員工在工作中變得非常被動。領(lǐng)導(dǎo)風(fēng)格不容忽視。管理者應(yīng)該通過問卷的方式與其員工關(guān)于領(lǐng)導(dǎo)風(fēng)格進行交流來找出問題并及時調(diào)整相關(guān)政策。

　　B：是的，這很重要。除此之外，公司的管理者應(yīng)該關(guān)心員工的健康及生活。例如提供免費的營養(yǎng)平衡的早餐。

　　A： 好建議。此外，激烈的競爭和工作壓力毋庸置疑也應(yīng)付責(zé)任。你也不能忽視它。

　　B：確實是這樣。一個方法是為他們提供培訓(xùn)的機會來改善他們的 知識、技巧和能力。例如時間管理培訓(xùn)可以減輕他們的沉重負擔(dān)，此外，我們舉辦體育運動在工作之余得到放松。

　　A：談到負擔(dān)過重讓我想起一句流行語：在良好管理的公司沒有人感到筋疲力盡。因此你明白，管理的知識和技巧是真正重要的。

　　B：你說到點子上了。有效的管理可以了解壓力控制領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者責(zé)任而且多注意其他的管理信息。

　　(1) Would you welcome stress when you are targeting at your goal?(Why?/Why not?)

　　當(dāng)你朝某個目標(biāo)努力時，你喜歡有壓力嗎?(為什么?)

　　Yes. A reasonable amount of stress will push me forward a bit faster.

　　(2) Do you think companies should arrange leisure activities for the staff?(Why?/Why not?)

　　你認為公司應(yīng)該組織員工參與休閑活動嗎?(為什么?)

　　Yes. Arranging leisure activities as sports will help the staff better manage stress, make them healthy and strong, enhance team spirit and boost morale.

　　(3) Can people avoid stress during their life time?(Why?/Why not?)

　　在人的一生中，能躲避壓力嗎?(為什么?)

　　Absolutely no. stress and relaxation are like twins and are the hard fact of life. In one’s life, one will encounter this or that kind of stress due to the fierce competition of modern society. What’s important for people is to learn to cope with stress.

　　(4) How do you deal with stress in your daily life?

　　在日常生活中，你是如何緩解壓力的?

　　When I am stressful under heavy workload or study load, I will divert my attention for a moment to something I enjoy, such as going to the cinema or a concert, having sports, or just go shopping, etc.

　　(5) Is time management important when dealing with stress?(Why?/Why not?)

　　學(xué)會時間管理對于緩解壓力重要嗎?(為什么?)

　　Yes. Managing time skillfully can help you out of your disordered and chaotic life. Every part of your business including play, work and study should have its time. And life will be fabulous.