Life lessons

摘要

STRESS IS ONE of the slipperiest of health and safety topics. Though it's seen by managers as, at best, a difficult subject and, at worst, a complete impostor, stress in the workplace just cannot be ignored. Both the HSE and the Court of Appeal have made it clear that it is an issue to which no responsible employer can turn a blind eye, and that, in turn, means that managers need to be equipped to deal with it. But how best to structure management training on this difficult subject? The starting point for stress training has to be the establishment of some common ground as to what stress is and to sell to attendees the need to take it seriously and to manage it in the workplace.