Stress Down Day

Thursday 01 February is the Samaritans’ official Stress Down Day.  They are encouraging us all to give money to charity to wear our slippers to work, so it seems a good opportunity for us all to take a moment to relax and reflect on the stressors we find creeping in to our work and home lives. All too often we let the stress of work build up and affect our home lives and indeed, vice versa.

As a consultant or coach, you will be aware of the effects of stress on your clients – maybe even yourself. But how do you measure stress in a pressured environment?

Many of you will be aware of our product, StressScan. StressScan provides targeted information about specific lifestyle and health behaviours that might be contributing to stress-related illnesses.

This validated self-report inventory measures critical stress, lifestyle management and coping scales and generates a comprehensive feedback report summarising results and providing information for optimising well-being.

The report also provides a summary of individual risk areas and resources, with an action plan that can be used to reduce stress levels.

StressScan has been used in a number of organisations where stress has been identified as a real problem.  Studies have shown that companies who measure and address Stress levels have increased staff retention and satisfaction.

If you are interested in finding out more about StressScan or discussing the different ways in which StressScan can be used, please do get in touch.

Meanwhile, we hope that both you and your customers get the opportunity to take some time to relax on Thursday.

For further information on StressScan, click here.

For further information on the Samaritans' Stress Down Day, click here.