Mission readiness is just as great across corporate America as it is in the military.

The bottom-line costs in terms of net profits, missed opportunities, and personnel turmoil are good enough reasons to emphasize stress control, and proper stress control can contribute to business growth and job security for everyone involved.

If you want to fulfill your own responsibilities as a leader, you'll want to ask some tough questions about your own organization:

1. Are there stressful situations in your organization that need attention?
2. Are some people pushed too hard by corporate demands, family situations, or medical problems?
3. Are some people unaware of the seriousness of their situation, and do they need professional attention?
4. Will your company pay a price for not attending to these individual stress cases, or will it improve by giving attention to the stressors that affect each employee?

Get your thoughts together. Prepare a memo about these four questions. Discuss all of this with your decision makers.

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