Stress

Description

The Stress Mini Toolkit provides a one-stop, comprehensive set of resources for managing workplace stress effectively. It is consistent with the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) latest guidelines on stress management and will take the effort out of trawling different avenues for credible information and guidance on workplace stress. It is packed with up-to-date research and practical advice and covers all the different stages of managing stress in the workplace, from awareness of the issues to auditing staff and implementing targeted solutions. This toolkit will equip you with the knowledge and skills to confidently establish policies to deal with stress in your organisation that will deliver real bottom-line benefits.

Contents

Section I: Understanding Stress
Tool 1: Understanding Stress
Tool 2: Calculating the cost of sickness absence and turnover
Tool 3: Understanding the legal cse for managing stress
Tool 4: Stress awareness quiz
Tool 5: Recognising stress in others
Tool 6: Identifying 'at risk' groups

Section 2: The business case
Tool 7: Preparing the business case

Section 3: Strategy and policy development
Tool 8: Developing a stress policy
Tool 9: Marketing and branding

Section 4: The auditing approach
Tool 10: Five steps to sress risk assessment
Tool 11: Effective focus groups
Tool 12: Action planning

Section 5:
Tool 13: Stress reduction intervention design
Tool 14: Guidelines for resilience training and development
Tool 15: Guidelines for developing stress management training for line managers
Tool 16: Line manager's toolkit - a checklist
Tool 17: The first conversation

Section 6: Evaluating the effectiveness of stress interventions
Tool 18: Evaluating the effectiveness of stress interventions