The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a free stress management tool, developed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), designed to help equip managers with the skills to prevent stress in staff.
CIPD research identified stress as the number one cause of long-term sickness absence and poor management is one of the top causes of work-related stress.
The tool, available on the CIPD/AXA PPP Employee health and wellbeing website, is designed to hold up a mirror to managers so they understand how their behaviour impacts on the people they manage - and provides on-line learning materials to help them improve their management style.
Dr Mark Winwood, Clinical Director for Psychological Health at Axa PPP healthcare said: "The online tool, takes line manager training and competency in managing stress at work to another level.
"Constructive and supportive, it will help managers to look at how their behaviours and actions affect others and encourage even experienced managers to take a positive approach to supporting employees with mental health issues.
"These easy-to-use resources will benefit people managers in organisations of all sizes."
The tool contains:
• Online resources for managers to help them manage their staff in ways that prevent and reduce stress within the team.
• Learning materials to help HR practitioners to support managers to manage their staff in ways that prevent and reduce stress in their teams.
