** Paul Wadey & Associates provide PsychEd training on Workplace Mental Health, Organisational Development, Executive coaching **
As well as the damage it causes to individual lives, mental illness – most commonly anxiety and depression – also carries significant social and economic costs (especially for the corporate, education, care and justice systems). It is one of the main reasons for people taking sick leave, early retirement or a disability pension.
I offer an in-depth systemic approach to organisations. Workplace mental health, PR consultancy, corporate seminars, senior management coaching and organisational development are facilitated using groupwork and peer sharing methods. Each day spent on psychological education is a day leading directly to gaining greater market insight, greater operational insight, feeling the benefits of 360 degree feedback and far more optimal professional outcomes besides. Maybe your company needs include learning opportunities derived from significant experienced from working with focus groups, provision of management seminars, or training days with a focus on crucial organisational issues, such as:
- Workplace Mental Health - Work-related stress is estimated to be the second largest workplace problems in the UK, after musculoskeletal disorders such as back problems.
Stress is a necessary part of everyday life. Indeed, some degree of stress or pressure is considered healthy. Underemployment can lead to boredom, apathy and a loss of energy and motivation. But conversely, excessive stress can lead to fatigue, impaired judgment and decision making, exhaustion and the onset of serious health problems – both mental and physical. Physically, stress is implicated in the development of coronary heart disease, certain types of cancer, and a host of other ailments including stomach ulcers, skin rashes, migraine, asthma, and increased susceptibility to infections. Let's see how serious a concern Parliament believes this matter to be currently.
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/post-pn-422.pdf
Moreover, what do we know about workplace mental health:
- Nearly 3 in every 10 employees (in the UK this is will have a mental health problem in any one-year – the great majority of which will be anxiety and depressive disorders
- Mental health problems account for the loss of over 91 million working days each year
- Half of all days lost through mental ill-health are due to anxiety and stress conditions (see EU 2012, WHO 2013)
The psychological effects of stress can be just as damaging. Increased anxiety, irritability, disturbed sleep, poor concentration and aggressive behaviour can increase the risk of accidents and disrupt relationships both at work and at home.Individuals under stress are often inclined to smoke more, drink more alcohol, and consume excessive amounts of caffeine,thus increasing irritability, sleep impairment, etc., in a vicious circle. Exposure to prolonged stress will increase the risk of serious mental health problems, including depression and disabling anxiety conditions, as well as alcohol misuse.
Anyone can experience stress from their work, depending on the demands of their job, the conditions in which they work,and their individual susceptibility, which can be increased by problems outside of the workplace. In a recent research survey of 270 company line managers, 88% claimed a moderate or high level of stress in their work, which 39% claimed had got worse over the past year. Just over three-quarters of those surveyed – 77% – thought stress in the workplace ‘will happen to everybody at some time’. Moreover, 52% said they knew someone who had suffered stress severe enough to stop them working and require long-term medical treatment. (see EU 'Workplace Mental Health', 2012; WHO 'Workplace Mental Health Policy & Practice', 2013)
- Public relations - applied psychological approaches, methods and techniques for swift and effective business adaptations to the most current public feedback; insight and foresight drive public relations techniques; reliable and valid PR knowledge sets an organisation apart from less informed competitors; PR equips businesses to react purposefully and/or change at the right time for market - not after
- Organisational development - applied analyses of management systems, structures and functions can be revealing and lead to greater efficiencies
- Change management - making change work in management and organisational systems, making change work in human systems
- Recruitment profiling - find the most suitable candidate to make the business complete
- Psychometric assessment - planning and implementing how and when to measure with reliability and validity
- Exec Coaching - Essential analytical / systemic skills aimed at executive management
Throughout my career I have really enjoyed working closely with prestigous corporate partners, including: Symbian, Vodafone, Marks & Spencer, Reed Exhibition Companies, HM Customs & Excise, Industrial Bank of Japan, CSC Computer Sciences (UK), IBM Consultancy Division, IMRO, Barings Asset Management, Cazenove & Co., British Gas plc., The Walt Disney Company, Esso (UK) Europe & Africa Services, Powergen plc., Visnews, Instituto San Paolo di Torino, Bankers Trust of New York European Financial Controllers, and Motorola (UK) Communications.
** Paul Wadey & Associates provide PsychEd training on Workplace Mental Health, Organisational Development, Executive coaching **