How much stress do you experience related to your personal finances?

Our reader poll today asks: How much stress do you experience related to your personal finances?

• None. I have absolutely no worries 17.73%
• Some. Occasionally there are financial concerns 55.96%
• A lot. Financial issues regularly stress me out 16.34%
• Constantly. It’s an ever-present source of stress 9.97%

How financially stressed are your people? 25% of you expressed having significant amounts of stress related to your personal finances. More likely than not, you make more money than the members of your team. If that many of you are facing financial challenges, how do you think your lower-paid team members are doing? If they’re doing great work, be sure they’re getting paid appropriately for it. Fight for raises they deserve. Give them spot bonuses. Create promotion opportunities. Put them in touch with financial resources like counselors you may have available to your associates. If you can remove some of their financial stress, they’ll be healthier, happier, and loyal. Take care of the things that are on their mind so they can focus on more important things like their work, their families, and their health.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.