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Stress Prevention and Management

We provide

• training for your managers in understanding and recognising the causes and symptoms of stress (see Courses below)

• training for your managers and non-managers in personal techniques for working under pressure and managing stress (see Courses below)

• coaching for individuals in working under pressure (see Coaching for more details)

• help with running a stress audit in your organisation to assess stress hazards and prevent their future occurrence

• help with putting forward the business case for stress management interventions

Some information about stress in organisations:

Employees who are free from stress will:

• be healthier and more productive

• be more focused and creative in their approach to work

• have better relationships with their colleagues and customers

• have fewer days off sick during the year

The Law on stress-related illness:

Employers can be liable (in a civil case) for breach of common law duty to provide a safe working environment, where such failure results in reasonable foreseeable psychiatric injury, provided that:

• The employer was, or should have been, aware of the risk (i.e. some sort of injury was reasonably foreseeable), and

• The employer failed to take steps a reasonable employer would have taken to protect the employee, and

• The employee’s ill health was caused by the employer’s failure to improve the conditions of work

If an employee has let you know that they are suffering stress and have asked for help and you have not responded in a suitable way, you could be liable.

Courses:

Superworking - becoming more stress-hardy and dealing with stress on a personal basis is part of the Superworking course for senior/middle managers

Recognising Preventing and Managing Stress - a course for managers

It is recommended that this course is used as part of an organisation-wide assessment of stress hazards and prevention.

A one-day course (optionally followed by individual coaching sessions) which will enable managers to:

• understand some of the causes of stress-related illness and how they as managers can help with stress-prevention
• recognise possible symptoms of stress in themselves and others
• understand how different personality types relate to stress
• use cognitive-behavioural techniques for managing stress
• understand the benefits of relaxation and exercise
• diagnose other personal strategies for changing behaviour such as assertiveness, time management strategies

Minimum 4 participants; maximum 12

The individual coaching sessions are valuable for addressing issues individuals prefer to discuss one-to-one, in taking forward individual action plans and supporting behaviour change. Further sessions are available at additional cost if required.

Building Inner Resources for Preventing and Managing Stress

A one-day course (optionally followed by individual coaching sessions) which will enable staff at any level to:

• understand some of the causes of stress-related illness
• recognise possible symptoms of stress in themselves
• understand how different personality types relate to stress
• use cognitive-behavioural techniques for managing stress
• understand the benefits of relaxation and exercise
• diagnose other personal strategies for changing behaviour such as assertiveness, time management strategies

Minimum 4 participants; maximum 12

The individual coaching sessions are valuable for addressing issues individuals prefer to discuss one-to-one, in taking forward individual action plans and supporting behaviour change. Further sessions are available at additional cost if required.