Stress is a term that is often used to express how we are feeling in life, when we are stretched, tired, feeling low, overwhelmed, anxious, depressed – or anything in between!

With 74% of UK adults having felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope, stress is a problem and in today’s fast moving and often uncertain environment it’s here to stay.

In the workplace, Stress can place immense physical and psychological demands on employees, affecting behaviour, performance and relationships with colleagues and is also a major cause of long-term absence from work.

Having the ability to raise awareness of the spectrum of stress, recognise elevated stress levels and manage the effects and behaviours that long term stress can cause, is highly influential in enabling employees to feel well, think well, collaborate and avoid the path to burnout.

This HR briefing looks at how we can overcome these issues in the workplace.