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Ken Slack  
#1 Posted : 04 May 2012 10:51:36(UTC)
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Ken Slack

Hi all,

I need to put together a stress management presentation aimed at supervisors and line managers, incorporating the management standards.

does anyone have one ready to go that I could use?
descarte8  
#2 Posted : 04 May 2012 11:02:11(UTC)
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descarte8

Googling - stress management .ppt - gave me hundreds of actual presentations, im sure there must be one there you can use or copy and paste the best bits out in to a new one.

Personnally I always find writing the presentation myself helps me know the flow of the slides and the mindset / thought behind what they mean and are there to represent. I often find it difficult to present even a colleagues presentation even when i know the subject matter, I often have to re-write it myself, even if only slightly.

Maybe its just me
aud  
#3 Posted : 04 May 2012 21:19:53(UTC)
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aud

Ken: I realise this wasn't your question, but suggest you rethink your approach. Why not hand out information on the management standards for people to look at later, but focus your presentation on stimulating the group enough that they will want to find out more / read the additional stuff.

I would concentrate more on line manager behaviours, getting discussion going if time allows.

The MS are quite dreary as a framework, and managers will not thank you for presenting around these alone. Give them a practical tool for considering the actual stress points of the job, and what to do if someone starts to suffer, and how that may link with welfare, sickness and absence management.

I have never been able to use someone else's presentation. Your own soul and spirit needs to formulate it, even if the talk HAS to be quite short or formal.
KieranD  
#4 Posted : 06 May 2012 12:04:10(UTC)
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KieranD

Ken

There's so much written and talked about 'work-related stress management' and 'the HSE Management Standards' that as someone qualified in several disciplines, I eventually simply decided on a presentation for senior management that consists of simply three nodes:

1. Job demands
2. Job Controls
3. A choice for those present of a questionnaire on 'wellbeing' or 'burnout'.

It's the third node that tends to perplex senior managers (and some safety practitioners).

leethorne  
#5 Posted : 07 May 2012 02:00:08(UTC)
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leethorne

The link below as a guide to mental health at work may provide some useful information for your presentation.

http://www.mentalhealthc..._Employers_Guide_ENG.pdf
KieranD  
#6 Posted : 08 May 2012 06:04:52(UTC)
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KieranD

I've just been reminded how the use of psychodrama has been the most evocative presentation I've done on work-related stress management and the HSE Management standards.

As the content was specific to the situation, it's not directly transferable but, with appropriate research, the method and process can be adapted to your situation.
bob youel  
#7 Posted : 08 May 2012 07:15:46(UTC)
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bob youel

If the top managers and especially HR have not been trained / presented to I would suggest that you start in that area as then the lower grades will know that they will be supported in the process when you update them

If U do not have commitment from the top all is wasted at the bottom

best of luck
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