Early years managers cannot afford to ignore the growing problem of stress in the workplace - for the sake of their own health, the wellbeing of their staff and the viability of the setting.
Stress is the biggest health problem facing UK workplaces (see box below) including the childcare sector. But there are a range of techniques and strategies that managers can learn to prevent the normal pressures of work becoming stress.
'Stress is necessary, yet when excessive and unresolved it is destructive,'
says Paul Stanton, founder of Direction Training and Management. 'We all need to learn to cope with stress more effectively so we can experience better health, greater efficiency and improved self-esteem.'
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