Stress Management Training

• Would you like your team to be healthier, happier and more productive.
• Would you like a lower staff turnover due to stress at work?
• Would you like staff to have fewer sick-days, more focus and find managing work stress easy?

Stress at work is the leading cause of absenteeism and not managing stress has a colossal economic and human cost- on average £1035 per person in the UK*. Managing stress at work is a government (HSE) legal requirement and stress management training will make a real difference to your organsiation in these stressful times.

Stress Management Training Course Outline

Our stress programs are always bespoke, highly interactive and experiential. A stress course may open with discussion of the nature of stress and why it matters. Participants will then learn to recognise the signs of stress and interventions to manage them, including some "anti-stress" stretches, breathing exercises, the use of posture and resilient thinking. The "centring" process and mindfulness skills will be introduced experientially. Workload management will also be highlighted, with organisation, delegation and declines discussed.

The social nature of stress at work and the importance of communication and social support will be examined, and skills such as empathic listening practiced. Participants will learn how to spot and intervene in approaching burn-out, in themselves and team members using HSE management standards and CIPD research. Healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms will be identified. People taking part will not only walk away with new stress management knowledge but new practices and commitments for managing stress and applying what they have learned practically day-to-day in their work. Follow-up support after the stress course to help embed the learning is also provided.

Courses can be half a day, one day or two days:
Half-day - Introduction to managing stress at work
Full-day - Standard stress management training/Workplace Resilience Training (minimum for including stress and managing others)
Two Days - In-depth stress management course/ workplace resilience training

Related to our stress management training we can also help you with:

• Stress audits
• Employee assistance programs (EAPs)
• Burn-out prevention courses
• Resilience training courses
• Personal hardiness training
• Resilient management training
• Mental toughness training
• Thriving under pressure workshops
• Coping skills training
• Stress coaching (one-to-one)
• Well Being Training

Sample Stress Management Training Learning Outcomes

Participants will leave the stress management training with:

- Improved understanding of what stress is including the concepts of:
o Triggers and perceived stressors
o Physiological arousal (the distress response) and exhaustion
- Great awareness of the signs and symptoms of stress
- A set of simple "anti-stress" stretches, breathing and posture exercises
- The ability to reframe and manage stress-inducing thought processes
- Improved awareness of a variety of coping mechanisms and resiliency measures
- Improved ability to manage workloads (time management skills)
- Centring and mindfulness practices to relax
- Improved listening and communication skills
- Knowledge of burn-out warning signs in team members and interventions (optional - for managers)
- Knowledge of effective management practice in relation to stress (for managers -employs HSE and CIPD stress guidelines)
- Ongoing commitments to stress management in their workplaces and lives

Stress Management Training Return on Investment

In addition to human/ethical considerations, return on investment benefits of stress management training include:
- Fewer staff sick days
- Lower staff turnover
- Better customer care due to improved morale
- More efficient staff performance

Free Stress Management Training Resources and Tips

Some free stress management resources and tips can be found here, here is
a list of stress symptoms, here's an article on stress and acceptance and this a light-hearted piece on management and stress.

*The Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health at Work states that stress costs the UK £26 billion annually (£1035 per person). The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) reports that
the average cost of absence now stands at £588 pa per employee and that it costs half a persons salary to recruit and train a new person if a staff member leaves due to stress. The the mental health charity MIND suggests that for every £1000 spent on
helping people to be healthy and motivated at work could result in £3000
in increased productivity. See also the national HSE website for research
and statistics on stress management return on investment or our summary of stress research here.