Hi Samina,
Employee performance may impact employee stress, or otherwise, or still may not even have a bearing on each other.
For instance, good, bad or consistent performance may not really be a reason for employee stress. The stress may be due to some other unrelated reason.
It may be appropriate to deal with them separately and appropriately.
For performance enhancement, a variety of initiatives can be undertaken as we know such as :
1. Clarity of reporting relationships with no ambiguities
2. Clear job description
3. Job enrichment and enlargement
4. Motivational discourses
5. Effective and periodic counselling
6. Time-off training
7. Staff welfare initiatives
8. Productivity linked creative exercises
9. Proper span of control (for supervisors/superiors)
10.Proper delegation of responsibility and accountability
11.Commensurate decision making authority and problem-solving
situation/aids
12.Respect for individuals
13.Effective and objective appraisals and reward mechanism
14.Conducive working conditions and work environment.
15.Work destressors
For stress, the most important thing would be to identify stress creators or the reasons for stress to employees. Corrective or preventive action can be initiated on the basis of the reasons contributing to stress.
Thus, de-stressors could be :
1. Meditation/Yoga/Gymnasium workouts
2. Time offs/work breaks
3. Exercises/Trekking, etc.
4. Corrective postures
5. Recreations - staff/family get-togethers
6. Sabbiticals
7. Corrective policies/systems/processes
8. Improved working conditions
9. Laughter sessions/jokes
10.Improved boss-subordinate relationship building/mending
11.Training sessions, etc.
Rahul Kumar