“We do not become happy because we are successful, we become successful because we are happy.” Success Intelligence, Robert Holden

Background

In the increasingly competitive and difficult business climate in which companies operate, the need for strategies to improve the health and resilience of employees has become all the more important.

According the HSE the annual cost of workplace stress to the UK is £530 million and estimates from the Labour Force Survey indicate that self-reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety account for an estimated 13.5 million lost working days in Britain in 2007/08

 In Dame Carol Black’s 2008 review of the health of Britain’s working age population “Working for a Healthier Tomorrow” research was cited to confirm that a focus on employee wellbeing can add value to organisations by promoting better health, increasing motivation and engagement of employees. This in turn, helps to boost productivity and profitability.

 Our Aim

“Happy Hour at Work” Workshops seek to address areas of wellbeing associated with mental and emotional health. Building emotional and mental health helps people to handle challenges, build strong relationships and lead productive lives in and outside of work. It helps to develop resilience – the ability to “bounce back” and cope with stressful events or situations.

 It has been designed to form part of corporate wellbeing packages for employees, i.e. it will complement other wellbeing campaigns such as smoking cessation and physical health checks. It is a sustainable and transferable series of workshops and has been developed in response to the growing body of evidence that “a happy worker is a more productive worker” whereby positive employee mental health/well-being and the prevention of stress are now recognised as significant determinants of performance and success in the workplace.

“Happy Hour at Work” maximises the impact on health and wellbeing of all employees across all sectors.

 Features

•          One hour workshops that can be integrated into working schedules. The operational logistics of minimising disruption across the workplace can be discussed in greater detail at a later date. 
•         The focus is on emotional & mental wellbeing
•  Initial 10 workshops in the range which can be expanded as required
•  Universal appeal – the workshops are suitable for all staff from management to shop floor.
•  Workshops are supportive, interactive and non confrontational.

 Benefits

• Positively impacts

  • operational efficiencies especially in terms of (i) resource allocation and (ii) reducing overhead costs associated with high levels of absence

  • profitability

Note : Research from The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion found that in 2008 for every 80p spent on health promotion and intervention programmes, £4 was saved due to reduced absenteeism, temporary staff, presenteeism and improved motivation

•  Provides a positive early intervention to educate and support BEFORE absence occurs, working on the basis of “prevention is better than cure”
•     Meets corporate responsibility criteria for wellbeing.
•     Promotes feelings of positivity and creates the “feel good” factor among employees, fostering loyalty - organisation seen as “giving something back”
• Raises awareness of individuals own resilience and allows for further organisational assistance to be sought if needed.
• Provides an opportunity to signpost and raise awareness of additional interventions and mental health support e.g. counselling
• Provides each employee with tools and techniques to enable them to cope better with challenging situations
• Workshops provide an opportunity to reach ALL employees not just selected few.

 Our commitment

To provide and facilitate a programme of high quality workshops which are supportive of, and responsive to, the needs of the business and its employees. These will be delivered in a professional and ethical manner, with full respect to confidentiality of the individual and of the business.

 Credentials

Joanne Ingham is a professional and experienced coach. She is skilled at planning and facilitating workshops to professionals and all groups within the workplace regardless of skill, age or experience. Joanne works in a person centered, empathic way, sensitive to and supportive of the needs and requirements of others. She is an articulate and confident communicator.

Joanne is passionate about improving lives through the promotion of emotional health activities.

Her qualifications include;

·         Certificate in Education (post compulsory)

·         Graduate of Coach University (Coach U) (Coach U is a leading global provider of coach training programmes and its training courses are accredited by The International Coach Federation).

·         Member of International Coaching Federation and working towards ACC accreditation.

·         Certificate in counselling skills.

·         Commercial industry experience at managerial level working for a major high street bank.

 Workshop Structure

Number of workshops:  10 x 1 hour workshops

Number of participants – up to a maximum of 20

Workshop Titles

1.     An introduction to happiness.

2.      Who’s in charge?

3.      Tolerations

4.      Are you happy now?

5.      How slow can you go?

6.      Thanks a million

7.      Find your tribe

8.      Creating work/life balance

9.      Stress busters

10    Strawberries- The heart/brain relationship

 Personal Outcomes

By taking part in the workshops the participants will be able to;

  ·         Apply a deeper commitment to the workplace

·         Develop their ability to problem solve and find own solutions to different working situations

·         Understand their stress triggers and act upon them earlier and more effectively before they reach “crisis” point, and so mitigating risk.

·         Work more effectively in teams with heightened awareness of others in the working environment

·         Apply flexibility to workplace challenges by utilising a range of tools and techniques to strengthen areas of resilience

·         Knowledge of how to use positive communication in order to have a beneficial impact on mental and physical health.

·          Understand how and where to seek help and advice.

Contact 

For more information and to discuss how Happy Hour at Work can benefit your business contact Joanne Ingham.

joanne@life-booster.co.uk

0787 3230965