Workplace Stress

Workplace stress management has become one of the key issues of modern working life. There have been a huge number of books published on the subject and ‘being stressed out’ features readily in many people’s vocabulary.

This definition provides a central clue as to why managing stress in the workplace is so complex. Not only can pressures be wide-ranging but those which seem excessive to one person may not cause any problems to someone else. So there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Every organization needs to take a look how staff are performing and reacting in their jobs.

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	Stress in the Workplace According to current statistics, nearly 40% of all sickness absence across industry is due to mental ill-health.
	Tackling Workplace Stress Tackling workplace stress is a complex issue. To manage it effectively, a comprehensive approach is needed.
	Stress Management Currently there is a great deal of focus on workplace stress and the effect this can have on both individual well-being and work productivity.
	Coaching Coaching and mentoring offer a personalised way for people to tackle and address their individual issues relating to stress in the workplace in a safe and confidential environment.

‘Stress in the workplace causes more staff absences than the common cold’. This was a major finding from the survey of business issues carried out in 2002. Many significant work-related changes have taken place within organisations, such as downsizing, rationalising roles and allocating additional responsibilities. In many situations, there are now fewer people with significantly more work to do, with the consequence that workplace stress has become an integral part of many people’s working life.

Tackling the problems of workplace stress is important as these occupational changes in working practices mean that people live with a great deal of uncertainty in their working lives, while still being expected to put in longer hours in their jobs. The result is soaring workplace stress levels.

Alcohol & Drugs are also implicated as these substances are often used to suppress stress.

Workplace violence can arise because people’s high stress levels can lead to them over-reacting to what would normally be minor irritations.

Although stress can be experienced in all areas of life, survey figures from as long ago as 1995 indicated that ill-health stemming from work-related stress is the second biggest cause of occupational ill health in Great Britain, and this has not changed.
 

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