Work-related stress is how you feel when you have demands at work that exceed how much you feel you can cope with.

THE IMPACT We all know that excessive stress is a health hazard. Less talked about are the effects of burnout on business performance. Stress makes people nearly three times as likely to leave their jobs, temporarily impairs strategic thinking, and dulls creative abilities. Burnout is a threat to the bottom line, one that costs the US more than $300 billion a year in absenteeism, turnover, diminished productivity, and medical, legal, and insurance costs.

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