Most organisations and many managers within them are probably aware of the costs and consequences of stress and stress related problems. They may have some insight to the actual numbers involved - eg over 13.7 million days lost in a year. Managers have challenges around maintaining business performance, or even surviving, coping with their own jobs and handling their own pressures. They may well be feeling stressed too. However, can they recognise or admit it?
One way to encourage organisations to think about things seriously is to look
at some numbers. Stress and other mental health conditions are costing about
£ 1,000 per employee per annum. The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) believe
that stress is the most dangerous risk to business in the early part of the
21st Century. Aviva's Health in the Workplace survey showed 4 out of 5
managers thought stress would be the biggest issue facing them. A recent
survey found that 16.7% of employees thought that their workplace and jobs
were very or extremely stressful. 415,000 reported that workplace stress was
making them ill. Yet a survey by the Employers' Forum on Disability found that
45% of managers chose not to believe the problems of mental health in the
workplace! The IIP (Investors in People) found 38% felt that work stress had
risen. What was more worrying in their survey was that 29% felt their bosses
were not doing anything about it!
What does it take to get managers, at all levels, to recognise that stress is
a genuine problem? It has a negative impact on business performance,
individual health and morale and people's lives in general. If a piece of
plant or office equipment is faulty or not working properly, do they just
leave it? No, something is done to fix it. Why not do the same for people?
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