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The Stress Management Society
Corporate Wellbeing Solutions
Corporate Wellbeing Solutions
‘Stress is the biggest hindrance to productivity,
efficiency and even profitability. It can lead to
absenteeism, low morale and increases staff
turnover. The solution – Workplace Wellbeing.
It is one of the few areas that you can invest in
your organisation to yield a massive return.
According to Dame Carol Black every £1 spent
on workplace wellbeing can yield between £3
and £6 in gained productivity and efficiency.
There are limited options that will give you
that kind of ROI’
Neil Shah, Director of the Stress Management Society
Solutions
Diagnostic
Business Stress Risk Review
Stress Risk Assessment
Workshops
Excelling under Pressure
Managers Managing Stress
Directors Managing Stress
Interventions
Focus Groups
Health & Wellbeing Days
Stress Screenings
Products
Promotional Stress Products
Stress Mood Cards
The Stress Management Society can help you to
reduce absenteeism, boost staff morale and
increase productivity and efficiency.
Take action now and contact us for a
free, no-obligation consultation.
0203 371 3219
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The Stress Management Society
Dedicated to helping individuals and
organisations tackle stress.
Extensive knowledge of stress and
natural coping techniques.
Impartial view of stress management
products and services.
We pride ourselves in providing a valuable,
user-friendly support network to offer stress
management and well-being advice, news and
documents. We provide this in an accessible
and understandable format so that
organisations and individuals can utilise this
support and apply our recommended
interventions without difficulty.
We have a proven and long-standing track record
in helping both private and public sector
organisations manage workplace stress.
Our clients and partners range from local councils
and occupational health departments to The
Home Office and the NHS. We have also worked
with a variety of large private companies such as:
British Airways
Shell
Sky TV
Standard Life
Allianz
Our services not only help companies with stress
management, they also help companies attain
other benefits:
Reducing sick leave by up to 20%
Stabilising staff turnover
Enhancing companies’ reputation as an
employer of choice
Our onsite workshops also help companies to
understand how stress affects employees, what
physical, mental and emotional responses it causes
and how people can improve their ability to cope
through stress reduction techniques.
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Organisations can choose from a number of
services:
Get to know what stresses there are in your
organisation through a Business Stress Risk
Review
Start tackling the problem with a stress or
mental health policy
Book training for managers or staff to help
them cope with stress or recognise it in their
teams
Order branded stress awareness or stress
management products to publicise your stress
management message
Book well-being days at your organisation,
from on-site stress testing or stress awareness
events to pamper days.
Other support includes:
Our Website at www.stress.org.uk – including
useful tips on stress reduction & information on
our work events.
Workshops to help people learn important
holistic techniques for natural stress management.
Free Stress Guide and Newsletter – with
seasonal tips for stress management. We regularly
publish articles and recent news surrounding
health and wellbeing.
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Stress is a condition or feeling
experienced when a person perceives
that “demands exceed the personal and
social resources the individual is able to
mobilise.”
Stress can affect the workplace in a
variety of ways:
Increased absenteeism levels
Friction caused between colleagues
Work not being completed to a high
standard
In-depth research carried out by Mintel (2013)
states ‘work-related stress and life style stress are
two major causal factors of a variety of
sub-health conditions’
The Stress Management Society adopts an
engineers definition of stress. Force over area
equals pressure.
When a bridge is carrying too much weight, it will
eventually collapse. You would be able to see the
warning signs before this happens, the bridge
would bow, buckle and creak.
Similarly, the same theory can be applied to human
beings, with many tasks and stresses on our
bridge. There may be a few signs here and there
but it is likely that stress can creep up on some
and a breakdown could be unexpected.
When a breakdown does occur this could take the
form of a sign-off from work, health issues or even
a heart attack.
What is Stress?
Stress is a physical response. Under stress, the
body thinks it is under attack and switches to ‘fight
or flight’ mode and in response it releases a
complex mix of hormones and chemicals to
prepare the body for physical action. This causes a
number of reactions, from blood being diverted to
muscles to shutting down unnecessary bodily
functions like digestion.
There are very few situations in modern working
life where this response is useful. In fact, this
response needs control to avoid problems of poor
health and burnout.
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Indicators of stress
The mobilisation of the body for survival has
negative consequences. In this state, we are
excitable, anxious, jumpy and irritable. This
actually reduces our ability to work effectively
with other people. Individuals can find it difficult to
execute precise, controlled skills. The intensity of
focus on survival interferes with a persons ability
to make fine judgments by drawing information
from many sources. Individuals are less able to
make logical decisions.
Employers can help reduce stress levels:
Take stress seriously
Tackling stress is part of Health and Safety
responsibilities and employers are legally obliged
to take action if you have such a problem at work
Communicate well
Keep employees informed about workplace
changes. Be clear about job roles and targets, and
be sensitive in the way you communicate.
Give feedback
Feedback can improve employees confidence and
keep them informed on areas to work on. This can
provide a consistent approach to prevents an
overload of criticisms which can impact on stress
levels.
Remember the team
Focus on creating good team spirit and get all staff
involved and engaged. Organise company events
out and wellbeing days. Being valued and involved
like this is a major factor in happiness at work
Ask for opinions
People often feel stress when they are powerless
over their job content. So if change is required,
consult those involved so they can have a say in
work-related decisions
Cognitive
Memory problems
Poor judgement
Inability to
concentrate
Emotional
Depression
Moodiness
Irritability
Physical
Chest pain, rapid
heartbeat
Aches and pains
Frequent colds
Behavioural
Increase intake in
alcohol, cigarettes and
caffeine to relax
Isolating yourself from
others
Sleeping too little or
too much
The increasing cost of workplace stress
impacts you and your organisaton:
10.4 million working days are lost a year
to stress (HSE 2012)
The average cost of ‘sick’ days costing
£618 per day, workplace stress cost the
UK economy a total of £6.4 billion in
2012 (Xpert HR 2012)
Workplace Stress is directly responsible
for 25% of sickness absence, 70% of visits
to the doctor and for 85% of serious
illnesses
Stress is common amongst all people of all ages.
Work related stress develops because a person is
unable to cope with the demands and high
expectations within the workplace.
Stress, including work related stress, can often be
the cause of illnesses and is known to be linked
with high levels of sickness absence.
Stress, anxiety and depression, are the reason
for 1 in 5 visits to a GP (NHS Choices 2013)
According to the Labour Force Survey (2012)
increased absenteeism has lost the UK 10.4
million working days
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Cost of Workplace Stress
COST OF ABSENTEEISM
(CIPD Survey 2008)
Workforce Size 1000
Average number of sick days per em-
ployee (all causes) 8
Estimated total sick days 8000
Estimated proportion of sick days
attributable to mental health 40.5%
Estimated annual number of sick days
attributable to mental ill health 3,240
Average cost per day per employee:
£83.25
Annual est. cost for workforce of 1,000:
£269,730
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Key Findings
Canada Life Group (2013) polled 1001 UK
workers, finding that despite the increasing
problem of stress, almost a third (31%) of
respondents report that their organisations are
not doing anything to reduce stress.
Only 10% of respondents have a helpline or
external organisation they can contact in case they
become ill for an extended period of time.
Despite issues of stress, respondents continued to
work highlighting a rise in presenteeism. Reasons
included:
Not thinking the illness is serious enough to
warrant a day off (76%)
Having too heavy a workload to take time off
(31%)
Worrying about the financial implications
(20%)
Their colleagues, such as senior members of
staff made them feel guilty for taking time off
(19%)
Feeling threatened by the risk of redundancy
(13%)
A Stress Management Society Survey (2009)
found that 78% of the general working population
claimed that stress was affecting their health,
mood and sleep. 61% of this group have not done
anything about their symptoms.
The Centre for Mental Health (2008)
calculated that presenteeism from mental ill health
alone costs the UK economy around £15.1 billion
a year.
In 'Mental Health at Work: Developing the
Business Case' the Centre for Mental Health
estimated that stress, anxiety and depression cost
employers an (inflation-adjusted) £1,149 per year
for every employee in the workforce:
Absence (£372 or 32% of the total);
Presenteeism, or under-productivity at work
(£672 or 58% of the total);
Staff turnover (£105 or 10% of the total).
This amounts to £114,900 for an organisation of
one hundred employees.
From a fiscal perspective, presenteeism in the
workplace should not be ignored. From a
wellbeing perspective managing presenteeism can
contribute to a more engaged and productive
workforce.
Minimise your Risk
The positive news is that once you have
understood the impact of stress to your
organisation, through appropriate training, you can
invest in your workforce efficiently. A HSE case
study of Somerset County Council (2005) found
that it saved £1.9 million on stress-related work
issues through a training and development
investment of only £390,000. Culminating in a
return on investment of nearly £5 for every £1
spent.
Our Business Stress Risk Review (BSRR)
incorporates a HSE compliant Stress
Risk Assessment in order to:
Understand the causes of stress within
your organisation
Have clear data regarding the cultural
and commercial impact of stress
Tackle these issues to improve morale,
boost your organisation’s productivity,
efficiency and in turn profitability
How does stress impact your organisation?
Last year there were 10.4million days lost to
stress, with the average cost of ‘sick’ days being
£618 per day meaning workplace stress cost the
UK economy a total of £6.4 billion in 2012.
Generate a Return on Investment with
our BSRR:
The positive news is that once you have
understood the impact of stress to your
organisation through a BSRR you can invest in
your workforce more wisely. A HSE case study of
Somerset County Council in 2005 found that it
saved £1.9 million on stress-related work issues
through an investment of only £390,000 on a
training and development programme. This was
based on the outcomes of a Stress Risk Analysis,
generating a return of nearly £5 for every £1
spent.
Commercial Benefits: The process of a Stress
Risk Review will help identify stress problems,
which can be addressed before they become cost-
ly disasters for the employer. Taking action can
minimise the risk of long-term stress related
illness, high staff turnover and other serious
consequences of stress such as poor performance,
lower productivity, presenteeism and negative
behaviour.
Cultural Benefits: By identifying the nature,
location and extent of stress problems, the BSRR
can help employers focus resources on where
they are most needed. The BSRR demonstrates a
commitment to the wellbeing of employees, which
is normally reciprocated and manifested in higher
morale in the workforce.
Legal Obligations: Risk assessment is a
statutory obligation under Health and Safety law.
Stress should be seen in the same way as any
other health and safety risk hazard. Therefore
employers should be assessing stress risks in a
logical, consistent and coherent way.
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Why choose our BSRR?
Our Business Stress Risk Review goes beyond a
simple Stress Risk Assessment based on the
survey questionnaire along the guidelines of the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which entails
35 multiple choice questions.
Survey subgroups
We will create up to 5 subgroups among survey
participants based on your own criteria (e.g.
departments, locations, etc.), allowing you to
differentiate and compare between these groups.
Demographic analytics
In addition to the original HSE questions we can
also incorporate demographic aspects into the
survey such as age-range of staff, their length of
service, and whether they have line managers
responsibility or not. This will provide a more
differentiated analysis within each subgroup.
Qualitative Data
We can also assess qualitative data by:
Incorporating open-format questions in the
survey; and
Conducting Focus Groups with selected
groups of staff.
Comprehensive Reports
Based on the survey results we will create a
comprehensive report that analyses all quantitative
and qualitative data at hand and identifies your
performance in the different areas of HSE
Standards.
Action Planning
We will also produce a report and action plan
with suggestions on how to tackle the issues that
have been recognised. This could include
modifying your existing support resources,
creating/amending policies or conducting
additional training. Any subsequent activities will
therefore be tailored to individual stress triggers
and specifically address the needs that the Review
has recognised.
We can support you with:
Creating up to 5 subgroups among survey
participants;
Distributing online and/or manual
questionnaires via email;
Monitoring the process and providing
technical support to participants;
Sending reminder emails;
Facilitating Focus Groups;
Collating the data and producing feedback on
the data results;
Analysing the quantitative and qualitative data;
Producing detailed reports on your results;
Action planning and design of interventions,
evaluation and review of actions.
Confidentiality
We ensure that the entire BSRR process and all
information we gain remains completely
confidential.
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Our Business Stress Risk Review incor-
porates a HSE compliant Stress Risk As-
sessment to:
Understand the causes of stress within
your organisation
Have clear data regarding the cultural
and commercial impacts of stress
Tackle these issues to improve morale,
boost your organisation’s productivity,
efficiency and in turn profitability
Our Business Stress Risk Review Process (BSRR)
is a unique undertaking that allows for higher level
analytical review against independent
organisational demographics and statistics that can
be made to your specification.
Based on the results we provide you with a report
and action plan to tackle any issues that have been
recognised.
Planning Process
A planning call allows us to gain a better
understanding of your organisation and objectives.
We will clarify (but are not limited to):
Participants in the BSRR
How many and which members of staff will
take part in the Stress Risk Assessment?
Who are these participants in terms of
departments, job roles, age ranges and gender?
Subgroups in the BSRR
You can choose up to 5 subgroups, the results
of which can be calculated separately.
This will allow you to compare results
between subgroups, e.g. departments,
locations, job roles allowing for a more
differentiated understanding of the issues and
positive outcomes.
Online vs. Manual Survey
Surveys can be conducted online, manually or
a mixture of both depending on your needs.
The Survey
Our survey questionnaire incorporates the HSE
Stress Management Standards. It also includes
demographic and analytical questions that
will allow us to create a report and action plan
that takes these aspects into consideration.
Our questionnaire can also include an open-
format question that will allow participants to
add any other concerns they may have that have
not been addressed by the survey questions.
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This gives the participants the opportunity to
express their own concerns and provides useful
additional qualitative data.
Survey Distribution and Monitoring
The online survey email provides the
recipient with a URL that leads them directly
to the website of the online survey.
Each subsection will have its own log-in
credentials.
Focus Groups (Optional)
Where there are known issues in a particular
department or grouping of staff focus groups can
be facilitated to allow participants to talk about
their experiences and express their concerns at a
more personal level .
Survey results
After completion of all online and/or manual
surveys we will calculate the results based on HSE
Standards.
We will then send you all results including:
An overall summary that compares your
results to the HSE Standards,
Your results according to each area set by the
HSE Standards; and
The numbers of each separate question
The Report and Action Plan
Based on the survey results we will create a
report that analyses the data at hand and identifies
your performance in the different areas of HSE
Standards.
As part of the review we may analyse any other
existing Management Data such as; Absenteeism
records,
Usage reports from any EAP or Occupational
Health provisions, details of any other employee
surveys, any Stress/Health and Wellbeing Policies
and Procedures. We would suggest using this as
an opportunity to review all existing support
resources, policies and procedures that reference
Stress and Mental. These can then be amended to
reflect any needs that the Review process has
recognised.
We will then create a report and action plan.
Based on the finding of the survey/Focus Group
the action plan may include:
Suggestions on how to tackle the areas of the
HSE Standards that require improvement;
Recommendations on how to address any
organisational issues such as change,
leadership, and time management.
The final part of the report and action plan will
provide you with an overview of how we can
support you to implement the suggested
actions.
This is not a ‘tick box' exercise; it should be an
enabler for business and process improvement
within the environment of human resources and
organisational management.
According to what has been previously agreed
upon, we will create one report and action
plan for each subsection and/or one report
and action plan for all subsections together.
Please keep in mind that reports for all
subsections are subject to additional charges.
We ensure that the entire SRA process and all
information we gain remains completely
confidential.
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Can your employees cope with their
work demands?
Do they often feel under pressure and
stressed?
We can help employees to:
Recognise the signs and symptoms of
stress
Understand the causes and effects of
stress
Learn practical techniques and strate-
gies to deal with stress
Create a Resilient Workforce
Stress is one of the biggest issues facing the
modern workplace, preventing people from
functioning at their best. Most situations would
benefit from a calm, rational, controlled and
socially sensitive approach.
In our Excelling Under Pressure Workshop we
will discuss with your employees; what stress is,
how it impacts us in our everyday lives, when it is
harmful and when it may be beneficial. We
explore some of the flawed strategies that are
commonly used to deal with stress and provide
you with some practical techniques aiming to
de-stress in times of excess stress.
Our sessions cover three key areas:
Understanding Stress – What is stress,
how does it affect us, what is its purpose?
Stress Reduction Techniques – Time
Management, Relaxation Techniques,
Visualisation and Breathing to change our
state.
The 10-Step Stress Solution – Created by
our founder and director Neil Shah
You will be assigned a personal project manager
who will work with you to create a unique stress
awareness workshop. We can incorporate a
variety of different options into your workshop,
working with you to create a bespoke training
experience catered to your needs.
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Workshop Options
Various modules can be incorporated into
our workshops:
Time Management
Introduce ideas to increase productivity, plan your
time more effectively and smarter approaches to
dealing with high workloads.
Change Management
Ensure that your people are well equipped to cope
with change, and ensure that your people are
working in alignment with your organisation.
Workplace Wellbeing Techniques
Introducing practical exercises that can be
completed at work stations to alleviate common
tensions that build up during the day. Exercises
include ‘Desk Massage’ and ‘Desk Yoga’.
Visualising for Success
Incorporating techniques used by professional
athletes to ensure that the subconscious is
focused on success and goal achievement, not
failure.
NLP at Work
Uti l is ing Neuro-l inguistic Programming
techniques to increase confidence and maximise
success, through improved internal and external
communication, relationship building, and public
speaking.
Communication
The holy grail of business. It is essential at every
level of a company, and for dealing with
customers, staff and investors alike. Employees
may benefit from new training, a refresher course,
or a new look at an existing strategy.
Confidence Building
Stress can impact confidence and in turn impact
performance. Understand what action you can
take to boost confidence and self-esteem.
Minimise your Risk
According to new ICM research carried out on
behalf of the Priory Group (2012) more than 13
million employees are at risk of mental health
problems caused by the stress of their jobs.
The new figures:
55% of respondents felt that their employment
had an adverse affect on their mental
well-being and day to day life
Over 50% admitted they found it hard to
‘switch off’ after a day’s work
34% of those questioned suffered feelings of
lack of control over, or an inability to cope
with the stress caused by their working life
Companies are becoming more proactive in
employee health promotion now that health care
spending exceeds profits at some organisations.
Our workshops can be utilised as an exploratory
session to review work related stresses, and
therefore offer advice on strategies to overcome
any key issues. You may not be able to reduce the
demand that your people are subjected to,
however we can increase their resilience to better
cope with the pressure and challenges they face.
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Are you concerned about the effects of
stress on the productivity and wellbeing
of your team members?
This workshop will help you to:
Recognise the signs and symptoms of
stress amongst your team
Improve your skills and confidence to
support your team by identifying areas
for action
A highly specialised programme designed to
comply with the HSE Management Standards.
Managers will benefit from learning how to spot
the early signs of stress and risk assess for any
issues amongst their teams.
This is a specific training programme for
managers and supervisors who have a duty of care
to employees. They need to be certain of how to
promote wellbeing at work and to recognise when
stress is having a negative impact. Acting as the
first line of support for employees, they play a key
role ensuring business objectives are met and
exceeded. Without adequate training your best
laid plans may be going to waste.
The key topics covered in this session include:
Identifying the Six Key Stressors, and how they
can be utilised to identify and improve the
effects of stress in the workplace
Improving managers’ skills and confidence in
dealing with stress and wellbeing in the
workplace
Discuss the duty of care responsibilities for
line managers
Identifying areas for action to create and
maintain a mentally healthy workplace
Each customer is assigned a personal project
manager, who will work with you to create a
bespoke training programme to fit your specific
needs.
Our Managers Managing Stress workshops are
fully interactive to ensure maximum engagement
of participants and we never use slide shows as a
delivery tool.
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Workshop Options
Understanding stress
We help managers to understand the purpose of
stress and clarify the causes and effects of stress in
the workplace.
Identifying the key factors that contribute
to a mentally healthy workplace
We demonstrate how to recognise stress and
mental health challenges in team members and
colleagues.
Our workshops improve a managers’ skills and
confidence in dealing with stress/mental health and
wellbeing in the workplace by analysing ‘the Four
E’s’:
Engage people in the issue;
Exemplify work life balance yourself;
Embed the value in everything you do;
Evaluate the effects and benefits over time.
Increasing awareness of stress and mental
health issues in the workplace
Ensuring that managers are aware of their
responsibilities in relation to health and wellbeing.
We also cover legal aspects surrounding stress.
Engage managers in practical exercises that
demonstrate how to deal with stress related
absences.
Time Management exercises
By using time management skills effectively, you
can reduce work stress by being more in control
of your time, and by being more productive.
How to recognise the impact of stress on
your organisation
The consequences of stress to your organisation
and the link between stress and absenteeism and
stress and presenteeism.
Minimise your Risk
Training line managers is a key initiative in stress
management, coupled with providing all employees
with information and opportunities to engage in
activities that help prevent mental health
problems.
It is important to provide support and advice on
mental health issues. A need also exists for
guidance in identifying mental health problems and
ensuring that these are not simply treated as poor
performance.
A HSE case study of QVC shows that since
implementing a stress management training
programme to their management groups in January
2009, there was a decrease of year on year
sickness absence. Figures at their Knowsley
Operation decreased from 5.31% in 2008 and
ending the year of 2009 at 4.96%. QVC also
experienced a 20% decrease of the average
number of employees on long term absence
between 2008 / 09.
Dealing with stress and mental health at work is
more likely to be effective and have a greater
impact if accompanied by management training.
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How does stress impact your
productivity, efficiency and in turn
profitability?
We will work with you from a risk
management perspective and identify:
How to minimise your exposure to the
negative effects of stress
How to maximize efficiency through
developing a culture of wellbeing
Create a business case and recognise
the potential ROI when investing in
wellbeing
This is a highly specialised training programme
designed to comply with the HSE’s Stress
Management Standards.
This is a specific training programme for Directors
and Business Leaders. Learn how stress can have a
negative impact on your organisation and affect
productivity and efficiency.
We will work with your Directors/Senior
Managers/Leadership team to ensure that the
negative consequences of Stress are fully
recognised.
Key things that are covered in this session
include:
Identifying the key factors that contribute to a
mentally healthy workplace
Understanding how exposed you are from a
Risk Management perspective
Clarifying how you can quantify the cultural
and commercial impacts of Stress to the busi-
ness
Creating a strategic plan to recognise and
manage the negative impact of Stress to the
workforce.
You will be assigned a personal project manager
who will work with you to create a bespoke
training specifically catered to your needs. Our
workshops can be run in one or two day sessions.
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Stress should be seen as any other hazard within
an organisation. Due to this, employers should be
addressing stress risks in a logical way using a clear
and concise method.
Over 300,000 employees leave their jobs because
of stress each year and research from MIND
(2011)shows the number is rising. Hiring a
replacement costs up to half a year's salary.
(BHP Directors' Briefing 2011) Stress can lead to
behavioural changes in your employees. For
example, those affected may:
Feel constantly rushed and unable to
concentrate
Not be able to switch off from work, or feel
tired all the time
Dread coming into work
Lose their sense of humour and become
moody and irritable
Change the pattern of their working day (e.g.
they might start staying late and consistently
refuse to take breaks)
Start taking more sick leave
The standard of work drops
Diminished judgment leading to health and
safety issues
Workplace stress is also responsible for a range of
other indirect costs. The government's report
'Links between Mental Wellbeing at Work and
Productivity' (2008) identified:
Accidents and mistakes
Increased workplace conflict and grievances;
Damaged brand and reputation;
Damaged goodwill and motivation;
Liability for personal injury;
Tackling stress can therefore bring many benefits
to your organisation. A study of Somerset County
Council found that it saved £1.9 million on an
Investment of £390,000 in reducing stress at
work, a return of nearly £5 for every £1 spent.
Our Directors Managing Stress workshop
evaluates the Cultural and Commercial Costs of
Stress to your organisation. We work with senior
staff to create a strategic approach to addressing
wellbeing that they can filter down the
organisation for a maximum return on investment.
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Improve staff productivity by engaging
your workforce in health and wellbeing
Create a more healthy and resilient
workforce
Increase staff awareness around health
and reduce absence rates
Our service is fully bespoke and we can provide a
number of different options tailored to your
specific training objectives.
Health and Wellbeing Stand
We can conduct on-site mini health checks on a
drop in basis, taking you and your colleagues
through a health and lifestyle evaluation. This
would give you a better idea of how stress and
lifestyle choices are impacting an individual’s health
and wellbeing.
Stress Thermometer – A biofeedback
device to measure stress
RESPeRATE – Measures respiration rate
(breaths per minute) which can be impacted
by stress.
Blood Pressure Monitor - Reads blood
pressure and heart rate.
Freeze- Framer – Reads Heart Rate Variability
Body Analysis Test - Calculates body weight,
body mass index, body fat and body water
HeartMath Emwave - A device that reads
peoples stress level
All the above are non-medical and non-invasive
processes. The tests show participants immediate
results. Our consultant would provide feedback
and tips how to reduce stress levels and
demonstrate their effectiveness through retesting
the individual concerned.
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Stress and Wellbeing Workshop
We ensure interactivity by asking engaging
questions and providing stress management
techniques such as breathing exercises where the
group participate as a whole. The workshops
educate staff with many techniques to help them
to cope better with stress. These techniques relax
‘stressed’ individuals by helping to rebalance the
body and mind. Once learned they can be applied
in any type of work environment, or even on the
train going to work.
We work with you to create a bespoke training
programme to meet the specific needs of your
organisation. We can provide this workshop to
groups including the full audience off 600 if facili-
ties are in place to present to this number.
Promotional Products
We can also offer a variety of products to further
enhance the experience for your staff. These
include our Stress Mood Cards, a 10 second stress
test that can be branded with your company de-
tails.
Minimise your Risk
CBI survey, Fit for Purpose (2013)
Each absent employee cost their employer an
average of £975 in 2012 through a combination of
direct costs in sick pay, lost output and provision
of cover through temporary staff or overtime.
Across the economy as a whole, the direct costs
alone amount to more than £14bn a year.
Long-term absence accounts for a major
proportion of all working time lost through
employee absence. Across respondents as a
whole, long-term absences lasting over four weeks
made up nearly a third (30%) of total working
time lost. Mental health conditions, including
stress, anxiety and depression, emerge as the
single most widespread cause of long-term
absence amongst both manual and non-manual
workers when respondents were asked for the
five main causes.
Problems related to anxiety, stress and depression
are major causes of both short- and long-term
absence.
Nine out of ten (92%) employers now offer
employees support for stress and anxiety. As a
healthy workforce has lower sickness absence, it is
clear that employers can achieve significant cost
savings if they can reduce their absence by
improving employee health and wellbeing at work.
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Give your company a competitive edge
by generating an undeniable buzz
Our promotional products are a great
talking point and an easy way to open up
a dialogue regarding stress
All products can be branded with
specific company information
Create three times more brand
awareness
Stress Mood Cards
Our stress mood cards are portable stress testing
cards, small enough to fit into your purse or
pocket. Their mission is to increase stress
awareness, the interest generated through the
stress testing feature is always very high and they
have proven to be great extras for staff wellbeing
days.
Research has shown that company branded stress
mood cards generates three times more brand
awareness than the conventional branded
marketing product. They are often labeled the
business cards that never get thrown away.
How does it work? Stress Mood Cards use a bio
-feedback technology which gives a colour
indication of a person’s stress level measured by
their body temperature.
Promotional Stress Products
The promotional cards
have a small 12mm
LCD biofeedback
square attached to
them. The technology
of our squares
provides an accurate
stress reading of the
user indicated through
four colour readings.
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Pre-designed Mood Cards
These cards contain our contact details and great
tips to help individuals de-stress.
Bespoke Mood Cards
Create your own art work or have a professional
designer create a unique design for you.
Aroma Dough
Aroma Dough is multi-sensory soft pliable dough.
According to research at Oxford University, touch
is essential for our emotional well-being. The
Aroma Dough’s combination of touch, smell and
satin-soft texture of the dough has a calming and
relaxing effect.
Our Aroma Dough is made with top quality
essential oils and uses no artificial fragrances.
These essential oils are absorbed through the skin
and through inhalation.
We have 13 different fragrances of Aroma Dough,
each specially developed to support a unique
function. Our most popular are:
Health and Wellbeing - lemon, lime and
lavender combined for recovery and wellbeing
Calming - lavender, lemon balm and neroli to
ease agitation and alleviate anxiety
De-Stress - lavender, neroli and sandalwood
essential oils for calmness and mental clarity
Essential oil formulations and colours can be
customised to match your marketing message and
corporate colours. Let us design your label for a
conference, training, workshop or as a
promotional hand out.
Minimise your Risk
Research from Canada Life Group (2013), who
polled 1001 UK workers, showed that 37% of
respondents are not aware of any form of
workplace support around sickness absence in
their organisation.
The stress test is a fantastic way to open up
dialogue about stress, an issue which usually has a
stigma around it in the workplace. We work with
you to highlight your own health and wellbeing
programmes for employees and increase staff
awareness on stress management.
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Contact Us
Our head offices are based in Harefield, Middlesex
located a few miles away from Uxbridge in West
London. The nearest underground and rail stations
are Uxbridge (Piccadilly or Metropolitan Lines) and
Denham, we are then a short taxi or bus (U9)
journey away.
Suite C, Quay West
Salamander Quay
Harefield
Middlesex
UB9 6NZ
We provide training and services throughout the
UK and Internationally.
We are always happy to discuss how we can
support you, please get in touch today and take
the first step in reducing the impact of stress to
your workforce.
Contact our Asia Pacific Operations:
Name: Kathleen Lee Roberts
Email: [email protected]
Stress Management Society NZ
Suite 4794
17B Farnham Street
Parnell
Auckland 1052
New Zealand
Tel: +64 (0) 9 849 6563
Mob: +64 (0) 21 104 2808
Contact our African Operations:
Name: Narmin Kassam
Email: [email protected]
Mob: +254 (0) 733 603 804
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For more information
please contact us:
0203 371 3219
‘Most of us experience stress in situations where it is not the most
appropriate response - it's not that stress is the problem, it's just the way we
use it in modern society. Whether you are hoping to understand the effect of
stress and minimise its impact or to promote a sense of wellbeing in your life
or in your organisation, The Stress Management Society is here to support
you.’
- Neil Shah, Director of the Stress Management Society
and author of ‘The 10-Step Stress Solution’
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