COURSE OVERVIEW

Stress is the leading cause of absence in non-manual workers. In 2006-7 13.8 million working days were lost, and work related stress accounts for 1/3 of all new incidents of ill health at an estimated cost to UK industry of £12 billion/year. This course is designed to help companies and their employees, prevent workplace stress where possible and deal with it effectively if it occurs. Participants will develop a greater understanding of how to prevent and manage stress for themselves and, in the case of managers, for their teams as well.

Who should attend?

Anyone who manages others; employers now have a legal duty to take action to prevent the occurrence of work related stress. Anyone who finds it hard to manage the pressures facing them at work; Anyone wishing to protect them self from the negative effects of their own stress and defend them self from being affected by the stress of others

CONTENT

• Stress, What is it? What are the causes?
• Symptoms of stress and effects in self and others
• How big a problem is stress?
• Benefits of Stress Prevention and Management
• Role of the Manager in Stress Prevention
• Break the vicious cycle of stressful thinking, maintaining a positive state
• Recognising triggers and route causes
• Tools and Aids to Stress Prevention and Management
    o Effective planning & prioritisation
    o Time & self management
    o Coping mechanisms

Our courses are practical, lively and participative. There will be a minimum of 6 delegates but no more then 12 on any course so individual attention is assured. Participants will receive a full workbook covering all areas covered to use as reference for the future.