Why it’s Worth Investing in Stress Awareness in 2024

April is Stress Awareness Month, and the 2024 focus is to talk about stress and it’s effect on people. Doing this raises awareness, helps people to ensure they don’t feel alone and enables sharing of things that are helpful.

I often hear from HR and People Managers in organisations who tell me that their people say they’re stressed or struggling with workload, overwhelm and wellbeing …. BUT ‘don’t have time’ to do anything about it.

This is just one of the reason why I’m sharing information that can help you make a decision on whether it’s worth investing in stress awareness.

The last few years has changed how we connect and communicate, and although it’s also taught us resilience and shined a spotlight on our ability to adapt, it’s also impacted our emotional, psychological and social wellbeing, so talking about how we feel is important.

Employers have a ‘duty of care’ to ensure that employees are not subjected to excessive stress in the workplace, this also means arming employees and leaders with the tools they need to manage stress effectively.

As well as costing businesses money through work-related stress and mental illness absences (£26 billion per annum in fact), stress thought to be responsible for almost half of working days lost in Britain due to health issues. 

Stress Awareness Workshops

To find out more about my Stress Awareness Workshops get in touch now, spaces are filling up fast.

You have the option of completely tailored workshops that focus on the area your business needs to make the most effective impact. That might be a workshop for managers ensure there is a clear understand of what can cause stress, spot the signs early, implement tools and tips to prevent reaching crisis point.

It might be a session for all people with top tips, quick wins and easy ‘at your desk’ stress reducing activities.

Lessons for Leaders Podcast Revisited

On a revisit, but just as relevant, on the podcast I’m talking about Why it’s Worth Investing in Stress Awareness.

I cover:

What is Causing Stress in the Workplace?

How will Stress Awareness Help Your Organisation?

How Does Stress Impact Productivity?

Is it Worth Investing in Stress Awareness?

Ways I can support you or help for you to do it yourself.

Stress is a word that we have heard so many times over the last few years. In fact, if you asked many people I am sure that ‘stressful’ would sum up their experience of recent years with pressure on hybrid working, financial worries and work pressure.

Listen for more details, ideas, information and discussion on this topic.

Ask me about my Stress Awareness Workshops or grab my DIY pack.

This is a pack full of factual information, instructions and resources so that you can implement your own Stress Awareness and activities with your workplace and colleagues without having to think up ideas.  There are also posters and images to share in your own newsletters along with a quiz and some conversation topics.

I hope this is helpful for you. Please do share any feedback or any questions on this, drop me an email at emma@emmalangton.com

For further information on 1:1, group coaching or training get in touch.

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If you want to be increasing your performance so that you’re more resilient, less stressed in these current times, so that you can focus easily, use tools and techniques to deal with all the current and unknown challenges then make sure that you send me an email or use the online diary and arrange a time for a chat.

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