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Stress Management

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Identification of stress and stress-related problems

By Jan Lawrence | 26 August 2008

One of the difficulties with stress is that people experience it in different ways. This contributes to stress manifesting itself in different ways also. So it would be wrong to over-generalise when giving advice on how to identify stress in others. However, what we can say is that in some way ‘stress will out’. By this we mean that, because stress has negative effects, it will usually manifest itself one way or another.

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Taking Control of Your Life

By Jan Lawrence | 12 June 2008

This tool contains a number of elements that can reduce stress risk: Reflection, Analysis, Acceptance, Prioritising, Planning, Action

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Lifestyle and work habits review

By Jan Lawrence | 12 June 2008

This exercise is designed to increase your awareness of various habits and attitudes that can influence your vulnerability to stress.

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The words "work" and "life" balancing on a scale

Work-life balance and wellbeing

By Jan Lawrence | 12 June 2008

This is an introductory exercise used in our Managers Managing Wellbeing Course and is used to introduce the topic of wellbeing and to get managers thinking about what wellbeing really means to them in practical terms.

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CUSP™ Control Enablers

By Jan Lawrence | 12 June 2008

Research and experience tells us that if you can:

Enable increased perception of control;
Reduce uncertainty, and the associated anxiety and insecurity;
Provide support, especially in highly pressurised or stressful situations;
Tackle sources of pressure (stressors) in your work area…
..then you will minimise the risk of stress-related illness and increase wellbeing and performance at work.

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Dame Carol Black

The Business Case for Investing in Health

By Jan Lawrence | 12 June 2008

Article by Alastair Taylor, Director, In-Equilibrium, 2008

This article challenges the recommendations regarding how to appraise expenditure on health and wellness programmes and proposes an alternative strategy HR Directors could consider to convince a sceptical Board to invest in their most important asset: people.

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EAP Counselling Services

By Jan Lawrence | 13 November 2007

EAPs are regarded as particularly valuable to organisations in times of economic hardship. Benefits to employers from EAP provision include …

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M&G Investments

Fund Managers Build Resilience

By Jan Lawrence | 01 January 2002

“Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from setbacks and adversity. Resilient people stay committed and increase their efforts when the going gets tough.”

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