Less Executive Stress
Travel has become unbearable, inconvenient not to mention potentially dangerous.
Flight delays, invasive security, reduced comfort and airport congestion are some of the factors that make flying increasing unpleasant.
Frequent business travelers lose enormous amounts of personal time. Even a simple short day return flight from Melbourne to Sydney will take up to 6 hours traveling time. If you wish to have a productive day in Sydney then most of the travel time will be in out of work personal hours. International travel is worse, it may sound exciting but it is more about jet lag, missing children’s important events, catching up with the backlogs of work than visiting exotic places.
Today’s business executive returns from a business trip to be greeted by mountains of e-mail, piles of faxes and a long queue of voice mail messages. A recent study revealed that more than 70% of business travelers suffered from travel related stress. More than half these people stated that business travel negatively impacts their life, their sleep and their general welfare.
Executive travel and the stress it can create can lead to emotional upset, physical illness, decreased performance and problems achieving company objectives. Business travelers experiencing jet lag, worrying about family members and suffering from gastrointestinal problems are not going to be as effective as usual. Business traveler’s report that they do not feel as well as they would like during business trips. 25% have trouble staying focused during business meetings and 16% dozed off entirely. The American Institute of Stress estimates that stress costs US Corporations $US300 billion annually in health care costs, turnover and absenteeism. The Melbourne Age, 16th December 2008 Video conferencing as an alternative to travel can make a substantial contribution to the reduction of executive stress. The executives work time will become more productive, their health will improve and wants equally important their work life balance will be subjected to a very positive adjustment. If you would like our assistance in exploring how your organization might benefit from using video conferencing to reduced executive stress CLICK HERE |  
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