You can’t stop those pages in your hands from shaking and you’re sure that everyone can see the beads of sweat forming on your forehead. Then you freeze mid-point. It’s about time you addressed that performance stress.

Do you find yourself endlessly checking e-mails when you don’t need to, instead of approaching that vague but daunting list of things you do actually need to do? You know that building up to a decision to get on with those tasks ends up stressing you and others - but that doesn’t mean you can easily change.Adele Jarrett-Kerr takes a look at what we can do to avoid procrastination.

We all know negative people. And it can be self-sabotaging to ask them how they are. Not only is their glass always half-empty but they also effortlessly drain our glasses when we spend time with them. But what if you have to work with negative people everyday? Adele Jarrett-Kerr finds out.

Does your boss have difficulty concentrating? Does he arrive late for meetings? Does he cram his diary with more meetings than he can manage? Is he impulsive? Is he impatient? Erik Brown talks to Dr Roberta Galluccio Richardson