4 things every business can do to help staff relieve stress and build resilience

November 5th is National Stress Awareness Day.  Here are 4 wellbeing initiatives that really work when it comes to helping employees deal with pressure.

1. Resilience workshops

These workshops explain personal and professional strategies along with daily lifestyle choices that lead participants to their most effective, resourceful and stress free way of managing their routine and commitments.

2. Massage treatments

Always a popular initiative, short seated massage treatments relax and invigorate and provide a welcome moment in the day to recover and recharge.

3. Relaxation / mindfulness sessions

In a world where 'busyness' is the norm, learning a range of techniques to help you manage your focus, concentration, energy levels and state of mind can be invaluable in the quest for balance and ongoing effectiveness.

4. Wellbeing events

There's no better way to reduce stress than taking steps to minimise the likelihood of it becoming an issue.  Organising a wellbeing event during which staff can consult experts on their approach to healthy eating, sleep patterns, injury prevention and where they can also leave with some health and fitness KPIs as well as gathering ideas and resources and building motivation to take great care of themselves is an invaluable benefit organisations can offer their employees.

An additional step you can take in the quest to build a stress free environment is to contact us to request your free copy of our latest fact sheet to share with colleagues.  Email info@the-tonic.com and we'll send you 12 ways to challenge ‘stressful’ thoughts and perform at your best all day.

Contact us today to learn more about implementing wellness strategies that boost employee energy and performance.

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One Easy Way to Educate, Motivate and Inspire Staff

I appreciate we're biased but wellbeing days are a great way to motivate staff while providing valuable and practical healthy lifestyle advice.

Here are just a few comments from people who've attended our recent events.

'Thank you very much for taking time out to come and see us in our office.  We thoroughly enjoyed the wellbeing day'

'Very informative and beneficial'

'Can we have more of these wellbeing days please?'

'Informative, good stuff'

'Feel uplifted'

'Very enjoyable'

'More events please, every 3 months'

If you'd like to arrange a wellbeing event for your organisation, drop us an email and we can help you set up a memorable day.

You can read more about our wellbeing events here:

How to run an amazing wellbeing event part 2

How to run an amazing wellbeing event

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How to Run an Amazing Wellbeing Event

'We had an amazing day thank you, please pass on our thanks to the whole team.'

It's great to get positive feedback from the events we run.  Last Thursday's wellbeing day was based in a particularly challenging environment for the staff who work there.  Faced with a remote location and long working hours, eating well, fitting in exercise and sleeping well were all challenges they faced.

I thought it would be useful to share how we tackled some of these challenges on the day so you can use the information yourself or pass it on to colleagues.

If your office would benefit for a wellbeing day please get in touch with us and we can help you design an event that would suit your needs.

The secret to a successful event is to be able to give staff practical and realistic advice that makes a difference quickly. Here are some examples.

Wellbeing challenge 1
Our office is so far away from anywhere that we struggle to eat well.  The closest thing is a petrol station which is where most of us tend to go for lunch or snacks
Our nutritionist was able to provide a selection of simple snacks that can be prepared at home, as well as suggesting simple meals and encouraging people to cook extra at mealtimes and bring leftovers.  We also had a fitness expert on site conducting health assessments and providing staff with key performance indicators they can use to judge the benefits of eating more healthily as they monitor these numbers in the future.

Wellbeing challenge 2
I used to like running / gardening / walking but I've got a bad knee / back / shoulder so I've had to stop
At the event we had a physiotherapist and an osteopath who were able to provide advice on the stretches, strengthening exercises and postural adjustments required to fix injuries and get people back to the exercise they enjoy.

Wellbeing challenge 3
We're all pretty busy at the moment so it can be quite hard to unwind and relax at the end of the day
Thankfully our team of massage therapists were on hand to iron out any physical tension and also demonstrate that even short breaks pay dividends over the course of a long day when it comes to maintaining energy and focus.

Get the design right at your wellbeing day and the results will be amazing for you too.

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4 Secrets of wellbeing day success

We had some great feedback from a wellbeing day we organised for one of our clients this week.  I wanted to share it as it sums up the approach required to ensure staff get interested and motivated at events such as this, and how you make sure they receive wellbeing advice that lasts well beyond the event.

Keep these four points in mind when deciding on the type of people you choose to work with your staff and their wellbeing.

Just a quick email to say thank you for our excellent WellBeing day yesterday.

Lots of my colleagues have come to thank me for organising the day but really this thanks should be passed on to the team who looked after us so well yesterday.

The feedback I have been getting is that the team were:

1) Friendly

2) Approachable

3) Knowledgeable

4) And all took the time to listen and consult with people’s specific needs on a one to one basis

I have only had positive feedback from those who received treatments and I would be grateful if you could pass on our thanks to the team.

Even the self-confessed sceptics who were originally concerned about taking time out from work were full of praise.

We are all looking forward to our next Wellbeing day!

Many thanks,

Iain

You can read more about how achieve wellbeing success for our clients here

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