Why is wellbeing and stress management training so important?

Stress at work is now the highest cause of long-term absence from work amongst non-manual workers and the third highest amongst manual employees. (CIPD 2007) The cost to organisations is very high, with HSE and CBI surveys showing that the number of working days lost each year to stress, anxiety and depression is 13.5 million with an average cost of £165 per day. By putting in place appropriate strategies and training to support health and wellbeing at work, your organisation will benefit by

Improving:
• recruitment and retention
• staff performance, commitment and morale
• staff loyalty and advocacy
• satisfaction of customers/service users
• your organisation's reputation and image

Reducing:
• recruitment costs
• staff absence costs
• disruption caused by staff absence and turnover
• the risk of an employee making a formal complaint

A happy, healthy workforce speaks for itself!