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Work Related Stress

Work related stress - where the demands placed on a person are beyond their ability to cope- is a major cause of occupational ill health, leading to sickness absence, poor staff retention and decreased work performance.

Organisations have a legal responsibility to manage work and the workplace so that, amongst other duties, the risk for employees of stress-related illness is minimised.

The HSE (Health & Safety Executive) has introduced Management Standards, which represent conditions that have been identified as important for high levels of employee health, well being and organisational performance.   

The HSE also publishes useful analysis tools for use in organisational settings.

One way in which many companies partly meet their obligations towards employees is to provide them with free and confidential counselling, often through Employee Assistance contracts and Stress Awareness Seminars - see below.

Stress Awareness Seminars

Pressure, Stress and Burnout

Work / Life Balance

Business Coaching

Organising one's business systems from the viewpoint of how to deliver what your customer, or user, of your organisation needs makes great sense.

John Seddon, author of Systems Thinking in the Public Sector, gives a thought provoking lecture on Cultural Change in Organisations on how this approach can dramatically increase productivity, reduce costs, improve job satisfaction and deliver a better outcome for customers.

Emotional Intelligence Coaching for Leadership and People Management

An article in the Sunday Times (Appointments 26/4/09) highlighted that 'people get to middle management on their technical skills and business acumen', but 'what really matters ... is emotional intelligence - the ability to identify, assess and manage the emotions of others'.

Roche Martin, specialists in emotional intelligence skills for business leaders, have a reasonably priced online Emotional Capital Inventory which provides an outline of strengths and areas for development.

Mediation

Clinical Supervision for Therapists, Complementary Therapists and Healthcare Professionals

Business Support for sole traders and small companies

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