Beth Gibb Associates, based in Northern Ireland, is an accredited leading provider of Workplace Health programmes
OUR MISSION
To educate and empower individuals and organisations to be proactive in the workplace and community by taking responsibility for, and promoting positive health and well being.
Designed to offer a proactive rather than reactive solution to stress and generic health and well being both within and outside the workplace
- Helping organisations take steps to reduce absenteeism, increase productivity and bring about a ‘Healthy Workforce, Healthy Business’ through education and awareness sessions.
- All training is expert-led and evidence based to ensure businesses are given the most up-dated information available in a professional and interactive manner.
There is a definite link between sickness absence, eficiency and productivity, leading to subsequent adverse effects such as:
- Staff performance and productivity - losing a colleague from a project increases the workload for others
- Employee commitment to work/attendance levels
- Staff recruitment and retention
- Customer satisfaction
- Organisational image and reputation
Organisations need to recognise and acknowledge the need for education and awareness to take a PROACTIVE rather than REACTIVE stance - Intel v Low (2007), O2 v Dickins (2008)
In Chinese, there is not a specific word for stress. The nearest would be crisis which has two characters. One character is for 'problem', the other for 'opportunity'. In other words, an opportunity for change, be it lifestyle, work or personal - TAKE ACTION!
Employers can help their staff by acting as a source of information (Understanding Health Improvement) by having an open culture of advice and support (Introduction To Stress Awareness - Training the Trainer)
Incorporate training and awareness sessions for ALL staff (Stress? What Stress? and Healthy Eating, Special Diets)
Management may inadvertently cause stress with poor communication skills and by not keeping employees informed of business developments and reorganisation (Managing Change, Communication Skills, HSE Management Standards, 'Perfect' Presentations, Time Management)
