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Stress
- Don't let it get to you! Advice from jml Training
National
Stress Awareness Day was marked on the 7th November
an important day for employers and employees. The days
in November are getting shorter and many people become
stressed over the move into winter and the pressures
of Christmas that is not long away. Organisations have
to ensure that coming to work is a positive experience
as business target need to be met.
Nov
09, 2007 -Another National Stress Awareness Day
was marked on the 7th November. It comes at a timely
part of the year when the days are getting shorter and
darker and people are getting more anxious in the build
up to Christmas.
Work
related stress compounds this as the year progresses
and targets are looming or even not being met!
Joint
CIPD/Health
and Safety Executive research shows that a manager's
behaviour can have a major impact on employees' stress
levels affecting the well-being of employees and organisational
performance. And, with over 5 million employees in the
UK reporting that they feel extremely stressed at work,
this is an increasing problem for all organisations.
Organisations
and their managers can help to make coming to work a
positive and energising experience for their staff says
Gráinne
Suter from jml Training.
Many
of the management competencies for reducing stress at
work require good communication and work relationships
that are empowering and develop trust. The benefits
of praise when things are going well or constructive
feedback if improvement in a work role is necessary
should never be underestimated.
'However,
it's not all a one-way process' says Gráinne
'if employees also recognised their ability to positively
influence the work culture stress at work could be significantly
reduced. We find that teams who can talk to one another
can deal with the most amazing challenges without getting
stressed. Their secret is simple - they have a high
level of self-awareness and understand how their emotions
can impact on other team members. So sharing the challenges
and developing a co-operative style comes naturally
as a result'
'We
hope that the awareness raised on National Stress Awareness
Day does not disappear without trace', says Gráinne
'but that everyone plays their part to help make their
company healthy'.
jml
Training offers courses on Stress Management and details
can be found at their website www.jml-training.com
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information about jml Training
jml
Training is a specialist training company offering "in-house"
training courses to local government. councils, companies
- both small & multi-national. It has been established
over ten years and apart from providing training services
in the UK, its' trainers
also train in France, Ireland & worldwide. Specialist
areas include Training
Development for Women, Diversity,
Customer
Service Training, Diagnostic
Assessment, Leadership
and Team building &
Management Development
Programmes.
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jml Training and Consultancy Novemberr 2007
