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Stress Management
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.
Read MoreThis tool contains a number of elements that can reduce stress risk: Reflection, Analysis, Acceptance, Prioritising, Planning, Action
Read MoreThis exercise is designed to increase your awareness of various habits and attitudes that can influence your vulnerability to stress.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreResearch 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.
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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