STRESS MANAGEMENT FOR EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT
STRESS FREE STAFF

New working practices and rapid technological advances are changing the nature of many jobs and there is growing evidence that these trends appear to be contributing considerably to a climate which is impacting negatively on well-being causing stress.

Perhaps now more than ever before, stress poses a threat to the health and performance of employees and, in turn, to the health and productivity of organisations. Attend one of our bite sized seminars or one of our business training workshops and identify how much more effective you or your business could be by reducing stress.
Courses with specific relevance to stress include:

Stress in the workplace not only damages a business’s performance it also creates a legal duty to be treated like any other health hazard. Employers have a clear responsibility to ensure that risks from stress in the workplace are minimised. A Stress Audit Risk Assessment is a good starting point for employers seeking to answer this growing problem.

Responsibility rests with the employee too - they must recognise when they become stressed and must then take steps to counter the effects on themselves.
The challenge for employers is to ensure that their employees understand what stress is, how it can affect them and what they can do about it.
Traditionally employers have taken a reactive approach to stress management. Our experience and research shows that this can be ineffective, costly and risky.
We believe a proactive stance employing a Health and Well-being Strategy consisting of three intervention levels is more likely to be successful:

Well established ways of preventing work pressure from turning into stress include:



To improve the stress management within your organisaion and make your staff more efficient and effective call Heather on 01239 711799 or send an e-mail.