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Over three-fourths of employees face\u00a0burnout<\/a>. Less than a quarter of employees\u00a0strongly believe<\/a>\u00a0their employer cares about their mental health. And 47% of employees believe the majority of their stress comes solely from the workplace, according to the\u00a0American Institute of Stress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For David Ko, CEO of Calm, a subscription-based meditation and wellness platform, managing workplace stress is not only at the top of the brand\u2019s mind but also for himself as a leader. \u201cI\u2019m very humbled to work at this company. I\u2019m also pretty stressed by working at this company because every second of every day, someone is using our product,\u201d he tells\u00a0Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Leaders, he says, can do a better job of managing workplace stress if they stop making this one major mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number one thing that I\u2019ve seen that leads to workplace stress is workload management,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

When someone is juggling too many things at once, mistakes are more likely to happen. Moreover, their time management, productivity, and stress can all be shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe, as leaders, don\u2019t do a very good job of understanding [employees\u2019] entire workload,\u201d Ko says. \u201cYou may say to someone, \u2018This is really important. It\u2019s got to be done within the next 48 hours.\u2019 But do you, as a leader, take the time to understand all the other priorities that they may be working on?\u201d<\/p>\n

Leaders need to do a better job of assessing the load, he says, asking what other priorities have been added to their plate, and pivoting accordingly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you going to take away?\u201d Ko says. \u201cI often ask leaders today, if you\u2019re going to give someone something to go do, are you taking the time to go say, maybe, though, that seventh, eighth, ninth priority, that can wait?\u201d<\/p>\n

Leaders should also make sure their teams understand the reasons behind a shift in priorities or why a new task takes precedence over others. \u201cWe assume most employees understand why we\u2019re giving them more work to go do, but too often, we don\u2019t explain the why,\u201d Ko says.<\/p>\n

Make employees feel a part of the conversation about what they think they can accomplish in a given time, Ko adds. \u201cIt\u2019s a two-way dialogue, not a one-way dialogue,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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By Alexa Mikhail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Original post Fortune<\/a><\/p>\n

Image by\u00a0Tung Lam<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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