主管人員的壓力管理
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以宏觀的心來面對，凡人皆須壓力管理。不是只有上班族有壓力，沒上班的家庭主婦也有壓力！
尤其在組織結構和層級都很明確的大型企業中，主管階級工作人員的生理、心理壓力都普遍很高，而是否具有良好的抗壓性，也就成為主管級人員存活於組織內最大的挑戰。
一、主管人員的壓力管理是兼具「人格修養」和「管理風格」的修鍊
主管人員的工作中充滿了競爭與快節奏，因此他們所承受的心理壓力也絕非一般。一般高管最主要的壓力源是：
1、責任重大；
2、工作負荷特別大；
3、對於未來的不可掌控性，包括政府政策、未來的企業前景等；
4、工作內容特別複雜，層層面面，包括人際關係；
5、知識含量高，使得他們不停要更新知識。
長期處在白熱化競爭的氣氛中，會使主管人員心理極度緊張、苦悶和失望，致使情緒跌宕。當不堪忍受這種超負荷的精神壓力時，自己往往就不能把握自己而失去自控力。
尤其，不同層級的主管人員，又各自不同性質的壓力，所以必須不斷地學習。
例如低階主管的壓力主要來自組織任務的執行成效和工作量。是否能夠達成組織任務？如何分配工作量？執行策略是否恰當？以及人員配置的公平性是否能夠被職員所接受等等，都是低階主管所面臨的壓力來源。
而中階主管除了面臨組織任務執行成效的壓力之外，「管理」的技巧和「績效呈現」都是中階主管主要的壓力來源。一方面他們要求屬下達成工作任務；另一方面則必須面對高階主管的要求和監督。因此，這一上一下的局面造成中階主管面臨「三明治工作狀態」，成為組織中最具壓力的核心點。
尤其大部的中階主管都會面臨的另一個壓力來源是管理權責被架空，組織任務被掌握在高階主管手中，而執行責任落在低階主管和職員身上，中階主管形同虛設，導致個人價值和工作權利的降低。一旦適應困難，就容易誘發工作壓力或心理困擾。
另外，高階主管通常肩負組織存活的重責大任，組織的發展方向與經營模式的建立、經營成敗…等，都是高階主管的壓力源。簡單的法：企業有沒有賺錢，就是高階主管的主要壓力源。所以，「管理」和「組織成敗」是最可能造成高階主管壓力的原因。
主管人員長期處在壓力下，情緒或身體上容易出現不適。就生理上而言，有些人出現在免疫系統，有些人則以心血管疾病為主，也有人反應為皮膚、內臟、消化系統等問題。不過常見的是容易疲累、感冒…等等。就心理上而言，壓力會使人脾氣暴躁、沒耐性、不想工作、甚至情緒沮喪。有些人會出現失眠、睡眠紊亂的情形。
因此，主管人員的壓力管理，必須同時兼具「壓力調適技巧」、「人際溝通」、與「管理藝術」等方面。
1、「壓力調適技巧」指的是放鬆身體和心靈的各種策略，包括：呼吸放鬆法、漸進式放鬆法、運動或其他體能活動、還有提升「心理與靈性」的各種知識、甚至宗教寄託。
2、「人際溝通」指的是：如何與屬下和主管相處。如何協調職員的工作人際糾紛？
3、「管理藝術」指的是：何種管理模式能創造組織最大的績效？激勵員工士氣？
所以說，主管人員的壓力管理可以說是兼具「人格修養」和「管理風格」的大學問！
二、從簡易放鬆法入門
壓力是一個工作上、生活上很慣有的一種感覺，它是人生活中必然存在的一種感覺。適當的壓力可以提高一個人的工作動力，增加工作動機；過度的壓力會造成一個人的身體、心理負擔；然而完全沒有壓力的世界是窮極無聊、長期下來會使人萎靡不振，喪失生命的動力。因此，用一個正向的態度去面對壓力，把它當成挑戰。但是，也需要一個有效的方式，來管理壓力。
在這裡介紹幾種臨床上常用的簡易放鬆法，讓這群成受重大工作壓力的主管們，可以抽空利用幾分鐘的時間，減少壓力對身體造成的傷害。
（一）「淨化呼吸法」：
根據研究，人的換氣頻率在每分鐘6次左右的呼吸含氧率最高。因此建議可以利用5分鐘的時間，吸氣5秒後，再吐氣5秒。
練習「吸氣、吐氣」為一個單位，每單位10秒鐘，1分鐘進行6次，連續至少5分鐘。這個方法可以讓人神清氣爽，而且在生氣的時候特別好用，可以讓怒氣在短時間內降溫！
（二）漸進式肌肉放鬆：
漸進式肌肉放鬆技巧，效能與運動差不多，但可以在辦公室內、家裡、甚至路旁的小塊空間，就可以做。這個技巧對於肌肉常常酸痛的人也很有效，可以降低肌肉纖維的乳酸堆積，改善長期維持一個姿勢後導致的肌肉疼痛。
這個放鬆技巧剛開始練習時需要較長的時間，大約15分鐘左右，等到熟練之後，就可以有『立即放鬆』的功效。
它的原理是心理學上常用的「交互抑制法」，就像一個很簡單的反射作用，利用緊繃－鬆弛之間的交互轉換，讓個人體驗緊繃與放鬆時肌肉和身體的感覺之差異，並且在多次訓練之後增加對身體肌肉張力的敏感度，在一感覺到壓力造成的緊繃感時，馬上可以自己進行處理，不須等到一天下來累積許多壓力之後再處理，這樣做的效果是，不會在工作一天下來之後覺得身體很累、壓力很大。
漸進式肌肉放鬆的施行步驟如下：
（i）調息：腹式呼吸或深呼吸。讓心情平靜，注意力集中。
（ii）肌肉放鬆：主要是身體的大肌肉群，包括頭皮、臉部、頸部、背部、肩膀、雙手雙腿、胸部、腹部等。首先須將所要放鬆的肌肉部位緊繃起來，連續緊繃，一次比一次緊繃，維持約30秒之後，再放鬆下來，也是一次比一次放鬆，連續放鬆，維持約60秒。順序是從頭部開始，一個一個肌肉群接著做就可以了。假如有某一個部位特別痠痛可以多做一次，練習久了，就只要針對明顯不舒服的那個部位來做放鬆就可以了，不必要全身肌肉群都做。
（iii）調息：深呼吸，體驗全身放鬆的感覺，讓心情沉澱。
施作過程中，可以加入一點輕鬆的音樂，效果更佳！剛開始練習，建議每天有空的時候先做2次，之後一天1次，持續約一個星期。
（三）冥想：
有壓力的時候人常有的反應就是想要逃避，逃離那個令人不舒服和痛苦的環境。冥想就是一個很好的方法，讓人可以暫時逃開現實，卻又不怕失控！冥想其實只是一個原理，任何人都可以自行創造屬於自己的冥想世界！
原則上先找一個不受打擾的空間，選定一個適合的音樂，可以是簡單的、空靈的，或是有流水鳥叫聲的音樂，先調息呼吸，然後集中注意力在呼吸上。等到呼吸平順之後，就讓自己進入冥想世界。它可以是高山、森林，也可以是藍天白雲。你也可以創造一個景象，在那裡你會很舒服、很放鬆，也可以跟某個對你而言重要的人說說話，或是向一個智慧老人請教問題解決的方法等等。
壓力的抒解和調適都必須靠個人的努力，保持一個習慣，開放心靈，這樣才可以常保身心健康，過著愉悅的生活！
以上介紹的方法，假如沒有一個執行的原動力，是起不了作用的！因此，為了你自己、為了你愛的人，現在就開始去做吧！！
三、漸進式地提升個人的專業能力，追求自我成長
在職場上，面對長官的要求、部屬的表現、自我的檢核，各種壓力從四面八方湧來。除了心理上的焦躁不安；生理上也胃痛、頭疼，內外煎熬地像是無止盡的迴圈，看不見逃脫的出口。
你如何看待壓力，就決定了壓力將如何影響你。將壓力視為威脅，陷在消極負面的情緒中，只會癱瘓你的腦袋，看不見其他的可能。
卡內基訓練大中華區負責人黑幼龍先生認為，「使我們受苦的，往往不是情況本身，而是我們對於情況的想法。」
尤其年輕的部屬，由於工作、社會閱歷較淺，因此更加容易產生壓力，此時應該自我積極地練習如何克服壓力，在此過程中，也加速了個人能力的成長，勝任既有的工作職掌之後，隨之而來的便是職位上的提升。從另一個角度來看，有時候也可以適時地給予自己適當的壓力，來幫助自己成長。
從組織的角度來看，個人感受到的壓力強度，其實與個人專業能力、工作熟悉度有關。所以，即使壓力大到個人無法承受，也還有能力較強的主管可提供協助。
所以，壓力的產生與紓解，關鍵在漸進式地提升個人的專業能力，相對地，壓力便可遞減式地減輕了，這也代表一種改善與進步。瞭解此壓力的本質之後，在面臨壓力時，就不致慌了方寸、亂了手腳，也才不會被壓力壓垮。
職場人際網絡，是管理壓力最有力的支持網。尤其年輕的部屬，面對難解的問題、無能為力的困擾、複雜的心情，不需要自己一肩扛起，獨自面對。找尋長官、同事協助，一方面為情緒的抒解的尋找出口；一方面也可以從不同的角度提供建議或協助。
而各級主管則要瞭解部屬壓力的成因，藉以幫助部屬調適之外，同時也應該瞭解個別部屬的性格，以及幫助個人成長。
但遇到部屬前來尋求支援時，要能夠適度地拿捏協助部屬的方式與程度，藉以避免部分較消極的部屬養成只要一遇到壓力，便將之轉移給主管解決的習慣。
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