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…were requested to provide a course for line managers that enabled them to reduce the risk of stress for their teams and the organisation using HSE Management Standards for Stress principles. The course was also required to provide the managers with work-life balance ‘soft skills’ to manage their own stress. The course we provided was a composite course including selected aspects of the Stress Management Training for Managers and Stress Management…
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…is too big, note down the outstanding actions before you leave for the day in order to give yourself a sense of completion. Another option is to break the project into smaller chunks and try to emulate that sense of completion when you complete a chunk. This will reduce the chance of ruminating over the next stages and your brain’s natural tendency to try and find a solution in your out of work time. This is one of a series of articles on how t…
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…, Acas and Health, Work & Wellbeing) summarises employers’ legal duties to reduce work-related stress impacting on employees’ health. It is a starting point to help understand the legal requirements and suggests actions employers can take to help by not just complying with the law but by improving the working conditions for all employees. At In Equilibrium we are constantly striving to ensure all our training courses are kept up to date with regar…
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…ir customers are leaving the store feeling hassled either by having had a problem themselves or by the person in front of them having taken twice as long as at a conventional till (which are more and more often closed in the evenings to reduce your options!) So the next supermarket which advertises “You’ll find no self-service tills here” will have my business and if they also sell fruit which is ripe and tasty rather than rock hard and frozen col…
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…ross the water. So if you want to find a handbook to explain how you could reduce stress in your everyday life, listen to a podcast on reducing stress symptoms or learn how to create a good workplace culture, our new stress management resource page is worth a visit. We will be adding to it on an ongoing basis to ensure it is updated with any current or future news and would also welcome any comments, suggestions or omissions you may have. Please d…
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…m 1 – Timelines In the Penn Resilience Program, which research shows helps reduce the risk of anxiety and depression, they teach three questions that help us see this range of possibilities. They ask “What’s the best that can happen here? What’s the worst? And what’s most likely?“. It can be helpful to think about the worst that might happen because this sometimes activates us to take preventative or preparatory measures. Nervousness can be useful…
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…is a Chief Executive turned Business Psychologist who helps organisations reduce the impact of information overload. This is the sensation that hits us when we receive too many emails or when we are constantly being interrupted by digital alerts or news-feeds. He has contributed this article to show what can be done about it. Amanda’s Column Some landmarks have the ability of illustrating the famous John Lennon quote “Life is what happens to you…
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…eir website. They show how organisations can make positive changes in how they manage work-related stress and demonstrate how managing risk can help staff, as well as reduce sickness absence. The 3 case studies are from an NHS Trust, a local council and a science company. …
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…1 in 4 of the UK population each year. Energise your life: Top ten ways to reduce work-related stress Stress is now the biggest cause of sickness in Britain with 105 million days lost to it each year; this article provides ten quick tips to remind you how to avoid it. How much can an extra hour’s sleep change you? Apparently we Brit’s get an average of 6.5 hours sleep a night. The results of a study showing what happens when we get just an hour pe…
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…n Barr gently guides us though a short exercise to help calm our minds and reduce the chatter in our heads. We are constantly reminded that we need to look after our bodies. It might be a fitness tracker buzzing in our pocket to remind us to get up and take some steps, a message on our cereal packet that it is high in fibre, or a television advert reminding us about the importance of our five-a-day. But who is reminding us to look after our brai…
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