How to Keep Stress Useful

In a typical week, how much time do you reckon you spend worrying about things you can't influence, feeling under the weather after a bad night's sleep, sorting out errors that happened (or opportunities you missed) while you were distracted by something that’s bothering you, or psyching yourself up to take on that new responsibility, tackle that difficult conversation, or whatever else is stretching you beyond what's familiar?

Now multiply that amount of time by the number of people you work with - how much does it add up to for the whole organisation?  This straightforward guide is designed to help you start getting back some of that time, and the energy that goes with it.

We’ll explore the process for dealing with these common day-to-day challenges, converting more of those stresses into the ones which give you energy, instead of draining it away. Helping you to reduce the overwhelm, and get back to feeling comfortably on top of whatever's going on; and promoting better Mental Health and engagement across the organisation.

Maintaining good Mental Wellbeing means making sure the total load you’re experiencing (your worries, frustrations, anxieties and upsets…..) doesn’t exceed your resources for dealing with it.  FAST Pathways is designed to boost your inner resources, so you can start to feel better, right away.

And getting out of that uncomfortable fight-flight also enables better decisions and problem-solving, so you're more likely to be able to do something about what was causing the stress too.  Each skill takes around 10 minutes to learn.  Please listen only when it's safe to let your mind wander, and for the best experience, listen with headphones.  Have a look at the intro videos above, then dive on in...

To access each skill's resources, click on its image

Are You Responsible for your Organisations's Wellbeing Programme?

A successful wellbeing programme can improve your organisation’s performance, bottom line and reputation.  But with all the other priorities you’re juggling, it can be tough to find time to design and deliver it.  We’d like to take out some of the legwork…

The Wellbeing Programme Routemap and step-by-step Guides are designed to help overcome the common programme pitfalls, by applying Continuous Improvement best practices.  Distilled from nearly 20 years’ experience of delivering change programmes (and several £million-plus savings along the way), they’re packed with tips and techniques; as well as quite a few things I learned the hard way, and wish I’d known sooner. Key outcomes which the Routemap resources support

• Securing the time and budget you need to get wellbeing right, and keep it prioritised alongside the day-to-day operational pressures

• Building sustained engagement, from both your leadership and front line, and the momentum to embed wellbeing in your organisation’s culture

• Spotting and building on what’s already working, identifying the most appropriate activities to further improve wellbeing, and tracking their effectiveness

• Reducing the legwork - saving you the time, effort and possible frustrations of designing your programme completely from scratch, especially if wellbeing’s one of your many priorities

How can we best support your Wellbeing programme?  You're welcome to Get in Touch, and let's explore