What Happens When Stress Runs in Your Team

Stress is like a virus. If you let it spread in your team, it causes the end of teamwork.

Ivona Hirschi
5 min readOct 9, 2022
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You have got a problem. Stress.

It spreads quickly and affects everyone regardless of age, gender, or origin. Stress is one of the most damaging things you can have in your team.

When left unattended, it can cause damage that will be difficult to fix.

Find out where the root is and try to eliminate it before it gets all in. It can sometimes be one person, a project, or a client that ignites the fire.

But don’t assume your team structure is strong. Think of your team like a wooden house. When it gets on fire, it is difficult to put out. You can’t manage it alone. Make sure you always have a stress extinguisher with you.

Where does stress come from?

Who knows? It comes and flies.

It depends on the scope of work, levels of responsibilities, or personalities. Stress is:

  • Great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes this condition

It is nothing you can touch. Yet, stress is eating up a positive mood and killing positive emotions and confidence. Employees can be…

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Ivona Hirschi
Ivona Hirschi

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