As well as being a trigger for depression, stress compromises physical health and is estimated to cause the loss of over 13 million working days each year in the UK. That’s a lot of lost time, which impacts on individuals, teams and the whole business. In fact stress is the 2nd biggest cause of sickness absence from work (back injury is the first, and in some cases, is also thought to be directly related to stress!)We can help your organisation to recognise the signs of stress early, and take the right actions to prevent damaging long term impact on the individuals and teams involved, through:
- Stress audits and surveys – helping you to pinpoint and tackle any organisational issues which may be exacerbating stress related problems for employees in the wider context. For more information please see our Surveys and Feedback page;
- Stress management awareness and training – we can design and deliver short and fun stress workshops for managers and staff that raise awareness and provide practical guidance in a positive way. Click here to download an overview of a high energy Stress Resilience workshop we recently created for a client;
- Incorporating the fundamentals of good stress management into other development initiatives such as management training, team building and individual coaching;
- Individual employee counselling – confidential one to one sessions with highly qualified counsellors through our Employee Counselling service.
Good stress management will help you to strike the right balance between prevention and cure. We believe that the most important thing to get right is to raise the issue of workplace stress in a sensitive but business-like manner that avoids unnecessary stigma or embarrassment. Our consultants all have extensive corporate experience, so you can be sure that they understand these sensitivities and can work with the issues in the right way.
Please get in touch if you’d like to explore how we can help you to tackle the issue of stress in a balanced and effective way.