Stress is a major problem for British businesses. According to recent research, work-related stress accounts for more than a third of all new incidences of ill health reported to GPs and each case of stress-related ill health leads to an average of 30.9 lost working days. Businesses which do not tackle stress not only face problems of sickness absence, low morale and poor productivity, they risk falling foul of Health and Safety legislation which obliges them to assess and control the risk of workplace stress.
Minimising Stress is a useful introduction to the strategies you can employ to manage stress-related problems at work. The course will help you to identify the main causes of stress and you’ll learn how to recognise the symptoms of stress in your team. As well as practical advice and proven techniques to help you eliminate the causes of stress, the course also explores how you can provide emotional support to your team to help them cope with and overcome stress.
[1] HSE, 2005/6
Course code: 100594SM082