{"id":2488,"date":"2026-07-14T08:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ohmypeople.be\/pillars\/making-stress-work\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:02:27","slug":"making-stress-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ohmypeople.be\/en\/pillars\/making-stress-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Stress Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Making Stress Work<\/h1><\/div>

Burnout prevention, resilience and wellbeing at work<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Making Stress Work is the Oh My People pillar focused on stress prevention, burnout prevention and resilience at work. We teach organizations to read stress signals early and use them as information regarding boundaries, energy and workability, on four levels simultaneously: organization, leadership, team and individual.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Nearly one in three employees suffers from work-related stress.<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

And yet, many organizations only react when it is too late: someone drops out permanently, a team gets stuck, or absenteeism skyrockets.<\/p>\n

Making Stress Work means learning what the stress in your organization is telling you, before it is too late. Those who understand what a stress response signals about boundaries, needs and environment can take conscious action. Based on positive psychology and recent neuroscientific insights<\/a>, we build resilience that does not break under pressure, but bends and bounces back. <\/p>\n

Before looking at tools or training, we ask two questions that lay the foundation for any stress policy: who wants to, and who can? The first question concerns mindset, trust and the psychological contract. The second concerns capacity, stability and predictability. Those who want to but cannot, become frustrated. Those who can but do not want to, write policies that remain in a drawer. Many stress policies fail because one of these two questions is skipped.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Stress on four levels<\/span><\/h2><\/div>

Stress never occurs on just one level. That is why we always work on four levels simultaneously.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>