How does stress affect a digital or cultural transformation? and how can you help assess it?
Well, if your employees do not feel as if they are in a safe space, then their brain is not going to have an easy time with all the changes that you are making them go through.
I work with organizations on these kinds of projects, and it is so important to know where people are to get a baseline, be that with psychological needs or with how they perceive their environment,so they can perform well.
I use several tools depending on the case, but here is a nice one for you all, which is called the Perceived Stress Scale, a stress management tool. (you can download the document by clicking on it for free)
You should of course modify it, so it makes sense for your specific case and organization.
"The questions in this scale ask about your feelings and thoughts during the last month.
In each case, you will be asked to indicate how often you felt or thought a certain way.
Although some of the questions are similar, there are differences between them and you should treat each one as a separate question.
The best approach is to answer fairly quickly.
That is, don’t try to count up the number of times you felt a particular way; rather indicate the alternative that seems like a reasonable estimate.
Give this one a try yourself today, and see how you are doing when it comes to work and stress on the scale.
If you are interested in working on these kinds of projects let me know
*Credit of the PSS to the State of New Hampshire Employee Assitance Program
Does anyone use it?