Psychologists make their way to workplaces
LONG HOURS of work, meeting deadlines, producing quality products, proving one's potential, multi-tasking, varied projects... to top it all retaining one's calm and composure.
Today's workplaces have become extremely competitive and challenging, with employees being subjected to exhausting workloads and strenuous working hours. One should look beyond friends and family, to release the pressure.
Ideally, seeking professional aid is the best mode of reducing stress levels. This realisation has led to an increased number of psychologists making their way to workplaces!
Professional psychologists and counsellors work as employee and circumstantial appraisers. They chalk out the various modes and strategies to reduce stress levels and increase employee productivity.
Furthermore, they assist in adapting a workplace to suit the needs and convenience of employers, as well as, employees. These professionals are extremely beneficial as they help in:
Improving employment interviews and recruiting the right candidates: Till recently interviews have been subjective. They have been subject to bias and have proved to be poor predictors of candidates' future performances. Thanks to the emergence of new age psychologists and counsellors, interviewing has become easier. Interviews can be transformed into interactions, which focus on the objective skills of a candidate. They could become a test of the candidate's responsive capacities, knowledge, ability to make decisions and work in teams amongst others. Thus, the process can assume a more pragmatic approach; helping the employer zero in on the right candidate.
Behaviour analysis: Psychologists and counsellors help analyse and comprehend employee's behavioural patterns. They use this skill to incorporate and bring out the right temperament and the desired attitude in the employees. Risky behaviour and inefficiency, are thus expelled. This may help the employees to increase their safety, productivity and worth, in the eyes of the organisation. Thus, behaviour analysis could help your workplace become more efficient and safe.
Personality profiles: Psychologists identify the strengths and infirmities of employees, induce them to accentuate their skills and improvise on their negative traits. Employers can take their aid in recognising an appropriate post for each employee. Thus, a study of the differences in personality types helps the counsellors direct an employee to the job, which can extract the maximum potential from him.
Stress management: Stress can impact an employee's health, morale and ability, to handle the workload and pressure. Nervous breakdowns, depressions, anxiety and insomnia are some of the tedious extremities that employees are subject to, due to strenuous work conditions. Here, psychologists play a crucial role, in counselling, comforting and motivating employees. They coax the employees into positive thinking and acting. The root cause of a problem is spotted and then, the counsellors and employees work in co-ordination and confidence, to eliminate it and take over new challenges. Evidently, psychologists can be of great use to all you employees out there.
Extraction of work: When instilled with a rejuvenated spirit, a challenging attitude and a fresh approach, employees tend to take on work with greater competence. You are rendered proficient in handling the work allotted, without any difficulty. An employer can extract quality work from employees with ease. Meeting deadlines or keeping to deadlines is no longer an uphill task, either. The employee transforms into a better worker and the performance of the organisation enhances.
Identification of individual potential: Psychologists can help identify future managers, executive heads and other superior officials, at their nascent stages. Employees' talents, capacities and capabilities stand better chances of being noticed and encouraged.
This is a boon for those who feel that their contributions have are gone unnoticed. With their ability to recognise talent and competence, promoting the right employees, entrusting greater responsibilities and decision-making besides zeroing on the right representatives can be a cinch for employers, too.
Thus, it is a welcome change, to be able to confide in a psychologist or a counsellor, who is your co-worker; as he already has an idea of the environment and conditions you work in, the exact nature of the problem you encounter and plausible solutions.
The fact that he is knowledgeable and approachable is most reassuring for employers and employees, alike!
PREETI. R
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