MMW CD and Workbook contents

Workbook Contents

• Defining Stress

• Your Well-being and Work-Life Balance

• Lessons from Positive Psychology

• Well-being and Work Life Balance Inventory and Wheel

• Action Planning to Boost Mental Well-being

• The Managing Well-being Formula

• Clare is at the end of her tether

• Work Pressure Profiling Exercise

• How well do you know the people you manage?

• Management Reactions – Impact in Terms of Stress Risk

• Short Scenarios Exercise

• Final MWF Action Planning Exercise

• What’s on the Information Resources CD?

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CD Contents

• Managing Well-being Formula
  This document provides more background information on the formula and a summary of risk management implications.
• Early identification of stress and increased vulnerability
  This document provides practical advice on how to spot stress problems early and the kinds of data, particularly negative changes, to look out for.
• Practical tips for managing your own stress and reactions
  If you’re a manager and are ‘stressed out’ it is likely to negatively impact on your behaviour.  This document provides some simple tips, tools and techniques that might help, and prevent ‘red mist’ reactions when you are frustrated.
• The 'CUSP'™ Framework
  This framework and management tool is helpful for generating good options to prevent and reduce stress at work.  The document provides practical hints and tips on enabling control, reducing uncertainty, providing support, and managing pressures.
• HSE Management Standards (2004)
  This document lists each of the Management Standards for Stress, and discussed the implications of these Standards for management practice.
• Work Pressure Profiling Tool
  This tool enables an employee to develop their own ‘work pressure profile’. The profile can then be discussed with the manager, enabling effective action planning to minimise risk to well-being.
• Stress and the risk management process flowchart
  This flowchart provides an overview of the risk management process we recommend if you have concerns about the well-being of someone you are managing e.g. where someone in your team is experiencing stress-related problems.
• Individual stress risk assessment forms
  This set of forms enables you to follow the risk management process and complete a stress risk assessment with an employee if you need to.  This enables you to record what you have done to minimise risk to well-being in a structured way.  If you want to use these forms please make sure that you comply with data protection regulations and your organisation’s policy.  Consult your HR adviser if in any doubt.
• Individual stress risk assessment guidance notes
  These guidance notes are designed to help you complete the risk assessment forms.