What PARALLAX can do for your Organisation
STRESS IDENTIFICATION
Ask a dozen people to define stress and you’ll probably hear a dozen different definitions. Many people confuse stress, anxiety and depression. Everybody claims to “know” what stress is, yet they fail to recognise it in other people. Stress can induce severe depression that nearly always requires medical intervention and a long lay-off. Certain thinking styles and / or behaviour patterns cause individuals to be more susceptible to stress and anxiety. Changes in management, personnel, procedures or working practices affect individuals in different ways. Employers need to increase stress vigilance since they bear the responsibility for work related stress.
HR, line managers and trainers need to know 4 facts and how to recognise the signs of stress:
- Studies indicate that “stress” costs the UK employers between £500 Million and £2 Billion a year.
- Employers have a duty of care and should monitor their staff for signs of stress and causes of stress.
- UK and European law obliges employers to establish a proactive outlook to work related stress.
- Social scientists forecast an exponential growth in absenteeism from genuine or “contrived” stress.
Consequently, organisations and employers are obliged to monitor staff performance more objectively.
Failure to do so could result in fines, adverse publicity and costly payouts if an employee won a lawsuit.
PARALLAX behavioural / situational analyses identifies the POTENTIAL CAUSES of work related stress:
- Toxic behaviours
- Detrimental mindsets and / or behavioural disorders
- Non-suitability for a role
- Incompatibility with colleagues and team members
- Competency potential, skill development
- Training needs and learning styles
Example: A manager bullies a subordinate.
Example: An individual has incongruent behaviour patterns.
Example: An individual's behaviour patterns conflict with the job benchmark.
Example: One team member is change avoidant the other is opportunity seeking.
Example: Trainee meets competencies 1 to 7 (of 9). Assigned to cover another role requiring competency in 8 & 9.
Example: Visually oriented trainer, kinesthetically oriented trainee.
Contact us for more information on any of the above examples.
Using the PARALLAX approach, organisations and employers can:
- make objective stress screening decisions prior to recruitment by identifying:
- potential stress / potential behavioural disorders in candidates
- non-suitability for a role or development
- establish a proactive outlook to work related stress (and training)
- by comparing in advance an individual’s abilities with any proposed changes
- make effective decisions about performance improvement by:
- identifying functional & relational skills and competencies that require development
- training subordinates to use uniform decision making criteria to achieve consistency
- identifying suitable roles when there is a need to re-deploy staff.
PARALLAX can teach:
- managers and trainers how to identify and recognise the signs of stress.
- individuals how to manage their own levels of stress and reduce it progressively
Contact us for more information on how PARALLAX can help identify your stress identification process.