| A healthy workplace can be defined as ‘having financial success, being cost effective and having a workforce able to maintain optimum performance.’ In our high-speed and achievement oriented workplaces, the challenge of creating a healthy balance between our personal and professional life is ongoing. Now more than ever do organisations need to take the initiative and direct more resources and attention into the development and implementation of stress management strategies in the workplace. |
| Recent research reveals that more than a third of workers feel stressed, burnt out or out of balance with their life and work. So much so that it affects their performance and is frequently cited as the cause for absenteeism, low morale, problems with concentration and poor decision-making. |
| When an employee says, "I'm stressed" they might mean any one of these: |
Abate Counselling & EAP Limited’s programme develops practical steps and a personal map so that employees can understand the link between:
· Workplace stress and balance in life
· Identify warning signs
· Factors causing life-work stress
· And develop skills to appropriately manage one's own responses to stress. |
