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Contents Under Pressure

I was cleaning out my garage; making room to store summer things and purging items that have been stockpiled too long.

I came across a few old, forgotten aerosol cans that read ‘contents under pressure’ - while I deliberated what I needed to do to safely dispose those cans, I  thought about how much pressure people feel these days.

I wondered – if people had a warning label about their reaction to pressure what would it say? “Danger- explodes under pressure!” or maybe “Caution – deflates when pressured.”

Those warning labels, if they existed, might say a lot of different things since the causes of pressure, and our reaction to it are so very different. What is universal is that the pressure we feel is very real to us.

Pressure causes a disturbance in our human performance system.

Inability to handle pressure can be perceived to be a weakness, but being under pressure is common. Sometimes it is even encouraged.  Some leaders believe that using pressure to push employees to rise to the occasion is a sound practice. Without debating if it is or not, the more important question is - can you manage yourself out of the counterproductive behavior that comes from the pressure? Can you ‘reset’ your performance system?

With imapMyTeam® you can.  We designed a specific report to increase people’s awareness of pressure. It begins by describing how the pressure is affecting you, but perhaps most importantly- prescribes how you can take steps to counter that disturbance and succeed.

The report is called ‘Succeed Under Pressure.’ If it has been a while since you reviewed it, you should revisit it. Feeling pressure? By all means, login and get your report now.