Health, Stress, and the Manager's Life Style

Abstract

This paper discusses an approach to health for preventing illness rather than trying to repair the body after it breaks down. Considerations of stress and health habits (life styles) are integrated with an understanding of how stress operates in modern organizations and what it can do to organizational members. Two impact studies are described that suggest that training in stress and life-style management has a positive outcome in a significant number of cases. Finally, a protective health-management paradigm is suggested.