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TOP 10 TIPS TO REDUCE STRESS WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS
By Francis McGinty, at WorkingforWellbeing. co. uk
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STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE IS A destructive but avoidable force within many companies. Unchecked, it robs employees of their creativity, innovation and motivation. Currently, national statistics indicate that stress costs every business £ 3,725 per annum, for every UK employee.
If you are an employer you can choose to ignore this loss of profit, but by law, you have a legal obligation to protect the health and safety of your employees, and that includes their mental wellbeing.
If you are an employee stress can have a serious impact on your health, happiness and family life.
Stress robs us all of the joy of life.
WORKING FOR WELLBEING SHARES 10 TOP TIPS FOR EASING STRESS:
1. Learn to say no. Not easy, but it can be done. If you are overwhelmed, let your boss know that your day is full and ask which tasks to prioritise.
2. Take regular breaks. We actually achieve more by switching our attention from active to relaxed and back again, even if it’ s just for a few minutes.
3. Take 10 deep breaths. This allows your brain to receive more oxygen.
4. Take a walk. Try walking that little bit further, use the stairs, even move the rubbish bin somewhere where you have to get up from your desk and walk to it.
5. Stretch. Yogis know that when we are physically flexible, we are more able to go with the flow mentally and emotionally.
6. Learn a quick-fix tapping routine. Thought Field Therapy( or Tapping as it’ s commonly known) is an incredible way to reduce the cortisol levels that stress creates very quickly. For the tapping routine you can read Tapping the Healer within by Dr Roger Callaghan.
7. Dream. Shut your eyes for a single minute and imagine that you are in your favourite place … see it, hear it, smell it, taste it and feel you are there.
8. Don’ t skip lunch. Your brain can’ t function rationally when you are hungry.
9. Have a glass of water. Your brain needs to be hydrated.
10. Listen to a good piece of music. Binaural music is a great way of relaxing the brain from Beta to the far more creative Theta state. ChocolateBuddha. co. uk has just the thing.
Source: WorkingforWellbeing. co. uk
THE NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY
»»“ FOR THE FIRST TIME THE government will have a dedicated, outwardfacing authority on cyber, making it much simpler for business to get advice on cyber security and to interact with government on cyber security issues,” says the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, when he launched the government’ s National Cyber Security Strategy for the next five years.
He continued:“ The new strategy is built on three core pillars: defend, deter and develop, underpinned by £ 1.9 billion of transformational investment.
“ Allowing us to deploy the high level skills that government has, principally in Government Communications Headquarters( GCHQ), to support the development of commercial applications to enhance cyber security. The Centre subsumes CERT UK and will provide the next generation of cyber security incident management. This means that when businesses or government bodies, or academic organisations report a significant incident, the Centre will bring together
the full range of technical skills from across government and beyond to respond immediately.
“ They will link up with law enforcement, help mitigate the impact of the incident, seek to repair the damage and assist in the tracing and prosecution of those responsible.
“ Across all its strands, the National Cyber Security Strategy we’ re publishing represents a major step forward in the fight against cyber-attack. It is a key component of the government’ s ambition for Britain to be the best place in the world to run a tech business.
“ And it sets out clearly how we intend to develop our partnerships with business to achieve that. But government cannot be solely responsible for managing cyber risk. Chief executives and boards must recognise that they have a responsibility to manage cyber risks, just as they would any other operational risk.
“ Similarly, technology companies must take responsibility for incorporating the best possible security measures into the design of their products. Getting this right will be crucial to keeping Britain at the forefront of digital technology security – itself a growing business sector- creating the most secure cyber environment anywhere; where government, business, security agencies and academia work together to defeat the hackers and the phishers, the criminals and the rogue states.”
Source: GOV. UK
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