Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World [Paperback]

George Manning (Editor), Kent Curtis (Editor), Steve McMillen (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998 | ISBN-10: 1570251762 | ISBN-13: 978-1570251764 | Edition: 1

Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World is a comprehensive resource that helps people manage their stress in today's fast-paced, changing world. It effectively combines classical research with current stress, health, and wellness issues and challenges the reader with real-life problems and solutions. The wholistic approach ensures the reader a complete picture of the role of stress in their lives.

It's a book you'll refer to again and again. The friendly writing style of the authors holds your attention and interest throughout the book. Using an interactive learning approach, each chapter blends:
* spirited questionnaires and self-assessments
* true-life examples
* meaningful stories and anecdotes from well-known authors
* authoritative data: charts, graphs, diagrams, and surveys

Editorial Reviews

Review

Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World is a great resource! If you want common sense answers to the real-life problems associated with stress and change, this book is for you. -- Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager

Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World will appeal to everyone, young and old, male and female, entry-level to corporate CEO. It provides surprising insights for stressed mothers working at home as well as executives worrying about low morale in the workplace. If you have ever felt loss of control, burnout, or career stagnation, this book may be the best investment you ever make. -- Rebeccca Adams Lewis, President/CEO, Jewish Hospital Lexington

Manning, Curtis, and McMillen have given us a gift, a workshop in a book. They present the science of stress with a minimum of jargon, the dangers of stress with candor, and the delights of stress with warmth and humor. Along the way, we get to examine our own stress and what we might do about it. -- Dick Richards, management consultant and author of Artful Work and Setting Your Genius Free

What topic applies both on the job and in the home? Stress. With humor and profound insight, the authors address this important subject. Managing stress is a survival skill and Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World is the survival kit. -- William Monnig, MD, president, Kentucky Medical Association

About the Author

George Manning, a professor of psychology at Northern Kentucky University, is a consultant to business, industry, and government and lectures on topics including quality of work life, work force values, and business ethics. Kent Curtis is professor of organizational studies and leadership development at Northern Kentucky University. Steve McMillen is director of executive development and performance improvement at Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. The authors have been involved in collaborative consulting for three decades.

Product Details

• Paperback: 507 pages
• Publisher: Whole Person Associates; 1 edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570251762
• ISBN-13: 978-1570251764
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,350,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Campfire chat., November 25, 1999

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Stephen Goodman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World (Paperback)

I found the best time to read this book was whilst on holiday (vacation) and as far away as my normal stress levels as possible. My wife, son and I took an RV to West Virginia and did a little white water rafting, walking and cooking on camp fires. We actually read the book together and I emphasise, not in any particular order. I would read the titles from the table of contents and someone would pick one. The most enjoyable part was taking the many tests together, as a family. Strangely enough, we did not necessarily complete all the tests or even analyse all the results, the biggest benefit was how it got us talking to each other. Often the test was forgotten until a long time later, when we would then go back and finish it. It almost seemed like it was easier to understand the results after following the diverse directions our conversation tooks us.

I spent one evening talking to my son (14) over a blazing and eventually dying campfire for several hours. I know the book inspired us to do this, or at least put us in the right frame of mind. After I had returned from this most relaxing of holidays, I realised that the best form of stress relief was what I had just experienced. Sharing, listening and talking to the family and getting to know them even better. Also reaffirming a long held belief that they are the most important things in life, not my job or house or the other trappings of our materialistic society. I am a great fan of George Manning's, I loved his book 'Building Community, the human side of work'. It defines so clearly the things I really hold to be true and essential for a GREAT working existence. This book(Stress.....) really helped me understand more about the topic and even more importantly, how to manage it. I still haven't read the whole book, but I am looking forward to our next trip together, so we can tackle some more of its' contents, and see where it takes us this time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pragmatic approach to solving a universal challenge, August 4, 1999

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Dr. John Mccollister (Daytona Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World (Paperback)

In the academic arena, some books offer sound intellectual insights; a few present a nuts and bolts approach to a problem. Dr. George Manning's newest book on stress is one of the rare volumes that offers both.

A seasoned and respected psychologist, George Manning has the credentials that demand respect. He also has a way of relating sophisticated truths to the real world of the workplace.

I highly recommend this book for company executives, for teachers, for clergypeople and for anyone else who must work with people who are in the state of "becoming."

John McCollister, Ph.D.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its like my Grandmother's quilt - comforting., March 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stress: Living and Working in a Changing World (Paperback)

This book is a guide for life. I read it and will read it again and again. It reminds me of the comfort I feel when all wrapped up in my Grandmother's quilt. I recommend it for anyone who works in the world we are living in today. Practical, easy to apply tips for survival.

Thanks for a guide to get through each day.