Managing Pressure in the Workplace
How important is it to reduce your staff sickness absence levels?
What benefits will you gain from improving staff morale and performance?
We all recognise that while some people appear to thrive on the pressures of the workplace, others are more susceptible to these pressures, which is often evidenced in high sickness absence rates, low morale, poor performance and less than optimal service to clients and customers
Services provided
Tom Lane Associates provide a range of services to support you in reducing stress in the workplace, including:
a. Workplace stress audits
b. Training for Managers and Supervisors
c. Training for workplace staff
d. Individual coaching and change work
a. Workplace stress audits This may include the use of individual / sampling questionnaires to staff and managers regarding cultural, personal and environmental factors. Feedback report and recommendations.
b. Training for Managers and Supervisors Basic physiology, symptoms and causes of stress. The managers role and techniques for changing perspective. Relaxation techniques.
c. Training for workplace staff Basic physiology, identification of personal stress patterns and techniques for changing perspective. Relaxation techniques.
d. Individual coaching and change work Identification of personal stress patterns. Personal coaching in change techniques. Change interventions as appropriate using NLP, Clinical Hypnotherapy and Breathing techniques.
(Tom Lane is a Certified Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and a registered Clinical Hypnotherapist (MNCH (Lic.)
Stress facts
It is estimated that 70-80% of adult visits to their Doctor are for stress related problems.
89% of adults describe experiencing "high levels of stress."
Approx. 6,500,000 workdays costing £370 million are lost every year in the UK because of stress related problems.
More people have heart attacks on Monday morning at 9:00 A.M. than at any other time of the week.
It is recognised that individuals experience "stress" when "The perceived demands on them exceeds their perceived ability to cope".
3 reasons why this happens:
- The fact is that most people suffer with stress because: THEY DON'T KNOW HOW NOT TO!
- It is all too easy for managers to pass on their own stress to colleagues and staff creating a "spiral of stress"
- Workplace environments CAN and DO influence perceived stress levels.
The good news is that with awareness and training, anyone can improve their ability and skills to deal with stress.
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