Iceberg Stress can exist in any business. Quite often, it can be the most damaging part of the entire workplace stress problem. Trying to identify the large mass underneath the surface that you may not know about can be a daunting exercise. If you are unable to identify these unseen stress related issues, your business will suffer as a result.
That's where Mind Strengths can help.
Mind Strengths specialises in helping clients identify, reduce and manage the risk of workplace stress. In turn, this helps clients save money, reduce stress related absenteeism and improve productivity and morale. We provide the whole solution from the initial stress risk assessments to bespoke stress management workshops and wellbeing support services. Our highly acclaimed stress management and wellbeing workshops enable clients to assess their own stress levels using our unique personal stress profiling tools.
Workshops can be tailored to your requirements and delivered over any time period from 90 minutes to 3 days. We have extensive experience in the field of managing workplace stress and our clients are drawn from many sectors, including legal, education, public, financial, manufacturing, distribution and retail.
Do you know how much stress is costing your business?
Next to musculoskeletal problems, stress is the second highest reason for absenteeism at work and is constantly making headlines for the wrong reasons where litigation is concerned.
In our survey undertaken with a wide variety of businesses in London and the South East in October 2011, the following results were obtained.
Only 29.4% understood how to manage the risk of workplace stress at corporate and employee level.
A massive 88.2% had never completed a stress risk assessment across their entire business.
64.7% did not know that if you employ more than 5 people you have a legal obligation to assess the risk of workplace stress.
Just 17.6% knew how many working days were lost to stress in their business.
70.6% of respondents understood that stress can reduce your ability to work effectively by over 30%.
76.5% did not know how much stress was costing their business and 5.9% were unsure.
The same (76.5% & 5.9%) said their senior management teams had not attended any stress management sessions during the past year.
Don't allow stress to take hold in your business, start prevention methods immediately.
Prevention and pro-active management of stress problems is the key to our activities and we continue to get successful results, helping companies and individuals reduce the risk of stress.
Contact us today via e mail at or give us a call on +44 (0)1634 314090 and take the first steps to eradicate the problems of stress in your business.
