Stress is the part and parcel of event management. Every event professional is under constant stress throughout the execution of an event. While moderate amount of stress is necessary in order to give optimum results, a prolonged stress that exist for weeks, months and some times years can create three types of problems in an individual:
i) Physiological problems like heart diseases, high blood pressure, migraine, diabetes, asthma, obesity, infertility etc.
ii) Psychological problems like anxiety, depression, lack of concentration etc.
iii) Behavioral problems like sleeplessness, overeating, under eating, absenteeism etc.
As an event manager it is your job to take care of both physiological and psychological health of yourself and your team members. For this find out the signs of stress, causes for stress and then formulate, prepare and implement strategies for coping stress.
1) Signs of Stress
2) Causes for Stress
3) Strategies for coping stress
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