Monday, July 19, 2010

Managing Stress In The Workplace

In the 1999 film Pushing Tin a huge rivalry erupts between a cocksure air-traffic controller and a new arrival. Their spats are carried out in front of the rest of the control team, which comprises a collection of oddball characters into whose hands you would not really want to place your life. One such character, nicknamed Doctor Freeze, makes a brief appearance but not in his job as a controller guiding planes onto the runway. We learn that Freeze earned his nickname because he froze under the stress of the job some time earlier and he lost his nerve to the extent that he has not been able to return to work since, as each attempt he makes ends in retreat. The entire workforce is alerted to Freeze's arrival in the car park and bets are taken on how far he will get this time before he crumbles. As he prepares to leave his car Freeze repeatedly assures himself that "it's a big sky; lots of room." By the time he reaches the doors of the building, however, he lives up to his name and then bolts back to his car as the winners collect their money.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-738-managing-stress-in-workplace.html

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