After looking into the articles and tests provided in step 2 of this week’s blog post instructions I have learned more about what some of my natural tendencies are.
I learned that I have quite healthy reactions to stress although I can always have room for improvement. If I took this test a few years ago I bet it would be the opposite. I a few years ago I would say I handled stress terribly compared to now, a major impact on that was taking a step back in situations to re-evaluate instead of reacting right away. I am a bigger believer in doing your best every day and your results will fall into place.
I have been known to always give advice regarding what you can and can not control. You can control your effort and attitude but you can not control the manager’s promotional decisions. I preach this although sometimes I lose sight of this concept, I often hear from my girlfriend” not your circus, not your monkeys”. This is one of my favorite analogies as it reminds you that you can only do so much and there is only so much you can control.
Regarding the Type A test, my results showed that I was a solid mixture of both. As I learned from this test I am very situational, which justifies how I act if that is more of type A characteristics or B.
After reading a by SHRM, What Managers Can Do to Ease Workplace Stress I found that the majority of workers are stressed about one thing or another if that is something from work or outside of work. It talks about over the last few years data has shown a decline in quality relationships between co-workers and clients. This seems could be tied to COVID-19 and the improvement of technology has limited face-to-face interaction. My last takeaway from this article was in fact that coping and planning to take time for activities that relieve your stress needs to be built into your daily schedule.
Work Cited
Wilkie, Dana. “What Managers Can Do to Ease Workplace Stress.” SHRM, SHRM, 6 July 2021, https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/employee-relations/pages/how-managers-can-help-stressed-workers-.aspx.
