Anxiety - evidence-based strategies for managing it
Emily Rust
Like anyone else, leaders can, and often do, suffer from anxiety.
Symptoms of anxiety vary from person to person but can present as a sense of dread, heaviness in the chest, shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, and increased heart rate. They can also include excessive worry or fear (not necessarily associated with an obvious 'thing'), irritability, difficulty concentrating, restlessness or compulsions, among others.
Data from America's National Institute of Mental Health indicates that approximately 30% of Americans will experience clinical anxiety at some point in their lives. And "recent workplace data from Mind Share Partners, SAP, and Qualtrics suggests it's widespread on the job: Nearly 37% of workplace respondents reported symptoms of anxiety in the past year."