Stress in the Spotlight: Managing and Coping with Stress in the Workplace

  • 3h 43m
  • Brian Claridge, Cary L. Cooper
  • Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
  • 2014

Based upon interviews with individuals in high pressure positions, this book provides practical insight about how to identify, tackle and overcome any kind of stress. Interviewees include a bomb disposal expert who neutralized bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq, a leading surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital who led a team of specialists to separate twins who were joined at the head, and Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi and Saatchi. This inspiring book illustrates how people can overcome obstacles, deal with difficult people, get self-motivated, face challenges, establish goals, avoid work taking over their private life and embrace changes at work.

About the Authors

Brian Claridge is a freelance journalist who writes for national and regional newspapers and magazines. He has interviewed many successful business entrepreneurs and millionaires as well as big personalities from the world of film, entertainment, television, music, sports and publishing. Brian also enjoys writing about travel, property, finance and general lifestyle.

Sir Cary Cooper is a Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, UK. He is Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences (a body comprised of 46 learned societies in the social sciences, representing over 88,000 social scientists); the Editor-in-Chief of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and the author of many books on workplace health (eg. The Science of Occupational Health). Cary received a CBE in 2001 for his contributions to occupational safety and health, and is a regular contributor to radio and TV on topics in occupational psychology and health.

In this Book

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Kevin Roberts–CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Dame Mary Perkins DBE–Co-Founder and Senior Executive, Specsavers
  • Major Chris Hunter QGM–Former Bomb Disposal Expert, Author, and Broadcaster
  • Nikki King OBE–CEO, Isuzu Truck (UK) Ltd
  • Frederick Forsyth CBE–International Bestselling Author, Journalist, and Political Commentator
  • Dr. David Dunaway–Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London
  • Gian Fulgoni–Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, comScore, Inc
  • Debra A. Pruent–Chief Operating Officer, GfK Consumer Experiences
  • Gale D. Metzger–Former Co-Founder and President, Statistical Research Inc. (SRI)
  • Jack Kraft–Former Vice-Chairman and COO, Leo Burnett Advertising Agency
  • Joan Chow–Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, ConAgra Foods
  • Mark Conroy–Former President, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
  • Ann Widdecombe DSG–Former British Conservative Party Politician and Author
  • Robert Barocci–President and CEO, Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), New York
  • Ken Hom OBE–International Celebrity Chef, TV Presenter, and Author
  • Sir Chris Bonington CVO, CBE, DL–World-Famous Mountaineer, Explorer, and Writer
  • Angela Knight CBE–Chief Executive, Energy UK
  • Shelley Zalis–CEO, Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange
  • Jeff Banks CBE–International Fashion Designer
  • Nigel Sillitoe–CEO, Insight Discovery, Dubai
  • Sally Gunnell OBE–Former British Olympic Champion
  • Ann Pickering–Human Resources Director, Telefónica UK
  • Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE, DL–Co-Founder and Chairman, Cobra Beer
  • Conclusion
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