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The IUP Journal of Soft Skills
Stress Management Training: A Boon to Employee Wellness!
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Employee wellness is the need of the hour. It's not just a responsibility but also the required investment for an organization to have a healthy work culture. There are four parameters for employee wellness—physical fitness, nutrition, health education and stress management. Stress management is not just a part of soft skills training, but is also a part of employee wellness programs today. Employers are trying different strategies to destress their employees. Stress management training helps to develop employee wellness, thereby increasing productivity.

 
 
 

The atmosphere at the workplace has changed due to globalization and technological advancement. This can have a great impact on the lives of the employees. Modern jobs are knowledge-based and demand more from employees, which create many challenges in an employee's life, thus causing stress. The reasons can be: pressure from superiors, target-oriented approach, relationship with colleagues, lack of time for personal life, spouse stress, children stress, and many more. These kinds of stress can create mental and health ailments, which may affect the performance and productivity of the employee.

In this fast and globalized world, helping employees to be healthy and productive is essential for achieving organizational goals. Employees are an asset, so an organization has to take care of them.

Considering various employee wellness programs, stress management is essentially included as part of the training.

 
 
 

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