Additional advice for line managers
Be ready
To prevent and manage work related stress, you need to:
- Accept that work related stress might be a problem for your staff.
- Understand what work related stress is and the relationship between work and home stress.
- Listen to your staff and to take action on what you find out.
- Set expectations with your staff, so that they understand what you can and cannot do for them.
- Make time to tackle stress properly.
Preventing stress
- Use the Management Standards approach to take steps to prevent stress
- Assess your staff management competency using the management competency indicator tool.
Dealing with stress
- Respond to work related stress in your team
- Manage people with work related stress at work
- Manage absence and return to work
- Understand and deal with bullying and harassment
- Recognise and avoid becoming stressed yourself
Tackling Stress: The Management Standards Approach [PDF, 988KB]
HSG218 Managing the Causes of work related stress [PDF, 965KB]
Management Standards presentation [PPT, 3.2MB]
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