The Tilted Edge

Resistance and Analysis Paralysis, the fourth stress reaction, is a reaction to the perceived loss of value and status driven by an unconscious fear of harmful intentions by those who are more powerful.

Stress Symptom # 3: Overwhelm and Confusion. The third stress reaction pattern is about a perceived loss of certainty and stability driven by an unconscious fear of incompetence in managing one’s life alone.

Impulsivity and false starts are common stress symptoms in the workplace that can lead to recklessness. Learn to better manage these stress patterns.

The underlying desire is control and the feeling is to strive for perfection or obsess about being right, this often shows up to others as micromanagement.

Stress has always been a problem in the workplace, but rarely has it skyrocketed as it has in 2020. Worse, this stress is contagious and spreads unless leaders know how to recognize it and use laser coaching techniques to address and reframe it rapidly.