Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout: The Challenge
You might notice employees working long hours, showing signs of fatigue, or struggling to keep up with demands. Stress and burnout can lead to absence, disengagement, and people leaving – all of which undermine performance and culture, making it harder to create more Good Days at Work.
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Prolonged periods of stress are one of the leading causes of workplace absence. Almost half of employees report symptoms of burnout, and 44% say they don’t have enough time to do their job well. Beyond the human cost, unmanaged stress damages morale, wellbeing and performance.
44% of employees say they don’t have enough time to get their work done well
Nearly 50% report symptoms of burnout
Our Approach to Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout at Work
Our Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout Pathway provides a structured, evidence-based route to reduce pressure and support sustainable performance. Guided by a dedicated Client Success Manager and delivered by a Business Psychologist, it blends consultancy, training and practical tools across four modules, tailored to support key groups to embed wellbeing for the greatest impact: Organisation, Leadership, Managers, Employees. We recommend all four modules in any pathway, but you can choose just one, or any combination, to target support where it’s needed.
Our Approach to
Organisations
Creates the right systems and structures to manage pressure and reduce risks.
- Review of systems and structures which influence stress to take a preventative approach
- Consultancy support for people team to review, update or create stress risk assessment, stress policy and action plan
- Support to develop effective early intervention support pathways
- Award of the Commitment to Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Our Approach to
Leaders
Builds the capability to lead a preventative culture of balance and resilience.
- Wellbeing Assessment and personal feedback report including stress risk factors
- Leadership briefing on the assessment findings on stress risk factors
- Leadership workshop on managing stress in a high-performance culture, feeding into stress policy, action plans and risk assessment approach
- Award of the Leading on Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Our Approach to
Managers
Upskills managers to effectively balance pressure and performance
- Wellbeing Assessment and personal feedback report including stress risk factors
- Manager masterclass programme of four 60-minute workshops:
- Introduction to stress at work, with results from stress risk factors assessment,
- Burnout and early intervention
- Preventative approach
- Reducing stress in practice
- 1:1 with Business Psychologist to discuss action planning and embedded learning
- Award of the Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Our Approach to
Employees
Helps individuals develop personal strategies to manage stress and avoid burnout.
We can create this through:
- Wellbeing Assessment and personal feedback report, including stress risk factors
- Stress management and preventing burnout training workshop
- Practical resources to build healthy habits into the working day
- Award of the Practising Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Organisations
Creates the right systems and structures to manage pressure and reduce risks.
- Review of systems and structures which influence stress to take a preventative approach
- Consultancy support for people team to review, update or create stress risk assessment, stress policy and action plan
- Support to develop effective early intervention support pathways
- Award of the Commitment to Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Leaders
Builds the capability to lead a preventative culture of balance and resilience.
- Wellbeing Assessment and personal feedback report including stress risk factors
- Leadership briefing on the assessment findings on stress risk factors
- Leadership workshop on managing stress in a high-performance culture, feeding into stress policy, action plans and risk assessment approach
- Award of the Leading on Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Managers
Upskills managers to effectively balance pressure and performance
- Wellbeing Assessment and personal feedback report including stress risk factors
- Manager masterclass programme of four 60-minute workshops:
- Introduction to stress at work, with results from stress risk factors assessment,
- Burnout and early intervention
- Preventative approach
- Reducing stress in practice
- 1:1 with Business Psychologist to discuss action planning and embedded learning
- Award of the Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Employees
Helps individuals develop personal strategies to manage stress and avoid burnout.
We can create this through:
- Wellbeing Assessment and personal feedback report, including stress risk factors
- Stress management and preventing burnout training workshop
- Practical resources to build healthy habits into the working day
- Award of the Practising Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout badge
Pathways are typically delivered over 3–6 months, with tailored modules to suit client needs and lasting impact supported through regular contact, evaluation and project de-briefs.
Find Out MoreThe Outcomes
Organisations that invest in managing stress see:
Lower levels of burnout and turnover
Healthier, more resilient employees
Improved engagement and productivity
Who It’s For
This Pathway is designed for organisations that want to support wellbeing and protect performance by managing stress proactively, from people teams looking to strengthen strategy, to managers responsible for workload, and employees building resilience.
Ready to prevent burnout and protect performance?
Our Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout Pathway can help you create the conditions for healthier, more sustainable work.
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