Pressure is a part of simply being alive: pressure is positive and drives us towards our goals. However, when the amount of pressure we are experiencing rises above what we believe we can cope with, it can easily turn to stress and that can be a very bad thing. In the United Kingdom it is estimated that one third of absence from work is stress related. Other industrial countries report similar findings. Stress represents a very large financial cost to organisations and an equally large personal cost to individuals in the form of physical and behavioural symptoms. This programme is all about limiting the potential stressors at work that can lead to damaging stress.
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