Stress tested to destruction?

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Adam Bernstein investigates the impacts of stress, and looks at how companies can manage the issue for their staff

While a certain level of stress in our lives is important just to function, it was Reverend W. J. Kennedy who, in 1856, as the Inspector of Schools for Lancashire and the Isle of Man, identified that “…if you want any business done for you, you should ask a busy man…”

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That may be true, but the problem for some is that the relationship between busyness and stress is too incestuous. Too much stress and our human frailties are thrown into sharp relief; too little and we relax. So, what is the right level of stress and what can employer and employee alike do to reduce the threat to an individual’s wellbeing?
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