Line manager training is key to effective stress management

The latest XpertHR research finds that line manager training is the most important type of stress management training, although only a minority of employers provide such training or undertake risk assessments. 

• Stress management survey 2011: risk assessment and training In 2009, 68.3% of organisations surveyed provided stress management training, compared with 44% in 2010 and 25.7% in 2011. 
• Full data from the stress management survey is available from XpertHR Benchmarking. 

Also

Practical steps to manage stress: the 2011 survey This first instalment of XpertHR's 2011 research into occupational stress examines the steps employers have taken to prevent or manage stress in the workplace. 

Stress management training: the 2010 survey Equipping line managers with good people management skills is considered the most important type of training intervention for dealing with stress at work, according to this earlier XpertHR survey. 

Stress at work model policy and procedure Use this model policy and procedure to set out the company's rules on stress at work and the steps to be taken to reduce the health and safety risks associated with stress.