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Article: Leaders and stress: managing the monster
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- New African
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Copyright informationCopyright International Communications Oct 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Stress is part and parcel of active life. You can't but welcome stress if you're alive and active. In fact, experts say stress is useful as a work-life morale booster. But there is another kind of stress that results in distress, fatigue, emotional disorders, mental breakdowns, and other health problems. That is the monster all leaders should learn to manage.
Some years ago, Ghana's Jerry Rawlings collapsed on state duty. By his fall, the handsome former airforce pilot, who was president at that time, made a breath-taking scene. He fell for no apparent reason. He just went blank and off. Later, after the charismatic leader had come round, he gave the bewildered public the reason why he ...
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