Unhappy stressed out people are unable to perform well in their work and the personal and financial costs associated with stress are huge.

Sadly Stress is prevalent in our society and it brings with it huge personal and financial costs. See Cost of Stress below.

There are many people who live a “living hell” at work but eventually something has to give, they either leave, or will take long term absence from work with enormous risks to the employer. There are no winners in this situation.

We recommend our highly participative 2 Day Stress Management Workshop and Coaching as effective tools for the prevention and relief of stress.

2 Day Workshop

During these two days participants will learn how to:

• Be able to explain what stress is and how the body reacts to it
• Be more able to recognise the effects of stress in themselves and in others
• Be more able to deal sensitively with people who may be suffering from stress
• Become more aware of the potential to create stress in themselves and in others
• Understand some basic stress audit methods to ascertain stress
• Identify three of the main causes of stress
• Understand Work/Life Balance
• Use a simple relaxation technique
• Choose from a range of preventative tools and techniques that help prevent stress
• Be more able to deal with stressful situations

Coaching as a tool to alleviate stress

If you knew that you had someone who:

• You could talk to on a regular basis to work though issues that were holding you back
• Would help you identify and use problem solving techniques and strategies
• Could help you move forward on many different levels

Would it reduce the level of stress in your work and in your life?

If the answer is Yes or even Maybe, then talk to us. We have a number of options that are available to you. If you are not sure if Coaching is for you or your organisation you can qualify for a Free Coaching Session, just contact us or telephone 0845 330 7884. See also Coaching.

Cost of Stress

Below are some “business sense” reasons for taking action to prevent and reduce stress at work:

• Rising costs of stress-related absence and illness. Stress is now the main cause of absence in the UK, absence that costs an average of £522 per employee (CIPD survey).
• Exponential growth in the number of stress claims. Legal cases for compensation increased from 516 in the year 2000 to 6,428 in 2001 (Official TUC statistics).
• New HSE initiatives on stress. Emphasis on risk assessment and regulation based on pre-determined management standards will be implemented between 2003 and 2005.
• Increasing insurance premiums. Over the last 5 years some organisation's Employer Liability premiums have increased by 300% because of pending stress claims.

Our highly participative Stress Management programmes work through a range of issues, tools and techniques that are designed to educate, raise self awareness and inspire participants to contribute to make changes that are within their capability and which will relieve stress, for themselves and for the people they interact with.

Where practicalities allow we also offer as part of our Stress Management packages, Acupuncture and Reiki as complementary therapies that are extremely effective in relieving of stress.