How to deal with stress

Stress-management training and counselling

Training courses may help business owners, managers and employees deal with work pressures more effectively.

Appropriate courses may include those covering areas such as:

• time-management
• leadership skills
• assertiveness
• communication skills
• relaxation techniques

You can search our Training Directory for details of stress management courses.

Managers may also benefit from training to identify signs of stress in others and to assess the impact of their managerial style on staff.

It can also be a good idea to promote healthy living, which can help people keep fit and deal with workplace stress more effectively. You might do this by providing health information and education - or perhaps by organising keep-fit, yoga or relaxation classes.

You may want to consider whether stress counselling would be appropriate for your business. Some organisations pay for confidential one-to-one counselling sessions for their employees, who can discuss both work and non-work related problems with a professional counsellor. But such schemes - known as Employee Assistance Programmes - can be expensive and are typically used by larger businesses.

You can find details of providers of stress-counselling services on the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) website - Opens in a new window.

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• Why tackling stress in your business is important
• Common causes of stress at work
• Assess whether stress is a problem for your business
• Identify signs of stress in employees
• Tackle the causes of workplace stress
• External causes of stress
• Stress-management training and counselling
• Dealing with your own stress
• Here's how we tackle stress to create a healthier working environment

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