Managing stress
The challenges of preventing stress and of dealing with it when it does arise are issues that organisations need to take seriously. This is partly for legal reasons (health and safety requirements), partly for good management reasons (stress prevents people from functioning at their optimal levels as employees), but also for fundamental humanitarian reasons, in so far as stress can cause immense damage to people’s lives: to their health, well-being, relationships, levels of job satisfaction (or even their job itself in some cases) and various other important factors. In some extreme cases, stress can actually lead to loss of life, whether through suicide or through accidents caused by people distracted by the excessive pressures they face (causing fatal road accidents, for example). Stress, then, is a major source of pain and misery that can have very negative consequences for all concerned. The guidance offered here can therefore offer a useful starting point for tackling stress and the various problems it can cause. Please choose from the menu of items below.
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- I am feeling worried about stress. What should I do?
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Books by Neil Thompson to help you manage stress issues and other situations that can arise when dealing with people
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Meeting the Stress Challenge is a successful and practical resource that provides guidance for staff, managers and trainers on dealing with stress issues. It includes exercises, handouts, checklists and OHPs that can be photocopied for use in your training programmes. The book was co-written by Neil Thompson, Michael Murphy and Steve Stradling. Buy Meeting the Stress Challenge from The neil thompson Bookshop |
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Dealing with Stress Published in the BASW Practical Social Work series, this book offers clear help on how stress issues can be better understood and dealt with. The book was co-written by Neil Thompson, Michael Murphy and Steve Stradling. |
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People Skills provides an excellent foundation for learning about self-management skills, interpersonal skills and the problem-solving skills required by a wide variety of managers and professionals. |
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People Problems deals with the factors that contribute to a range of problems including stress issues and is an ideal companion volume to People Skills. |
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DVD Resources Dealing with Stress: A 3-DVD Set (Avenue Media Solutions, 2010) In the modern workplace it seems that stress is never far away. In the highly pressurised world we work in today there is a challenge to us all to make sure that we do not allow potentially stimulating and rewarding pressures to reach a level where they become harmful and destructive stress. Individuals and organisations that fail to take seriously the challenge of stress in the workplace are risking some very serious and harmful consequences. To help avoid the damage that stress can do and to support efforts to deal with it effectively. Stress issues are often oversimplified, with the subtleties and complexities not properly understood. Because of this, the DVDs offer a clear understanding of what stress is all
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Managing Conflict (Avenue Media Solutions, 2010) This DVD has been prepared to help a wide variety of people to develop their understanding of conflict and therefore be better equipped to deal with the challenges that conflict presents. It is a 30-minute presentation that is divided into three parts. Part One discusses the prevalence and impact of conflict, making the point that conflict is far more common than people generally realise and also potentially very problematic in a variety of ways. Part Two examines four different levels of conflict and explains why it is important to distinguish between them. The final part introduces ‘The RED Approach’ as a basis for managing conflict. This DVD offers a sound foundation for more confident and effective approaches to conflict situations.
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