The skills and self-awareness to understand and manage personal wellbeing are relevant to everyone, whatever their position within your organisation. However, this programme has been designed to specifically address the needs of managers, who need to pay attention to the wellbeing of others, as well as themselves.

A healthy, happy workplace is good for business and for staff. Studies have shown that the benefits can be seen in the bottom line, as well as in absence rates, staff turnover and employee engagement.

But in busy workplaces and demanding roles, we can easily lose sight of our own wellbeing – and that of others - in the race to meet client deadlines and achieve targets. And when pressure tips over into stress, both our immediate and long-term wellbeing and productivity will suffer.

This workshop provides managers with the knowledge they need to monitor wellbeing in their teams and themselves more effectively, and to recognise and respond to the warning signs of stress as early as possible. Based in the real-world rather than the ideal world, it focuses on practical ways to build physical and emotional wellbeing, and provides a toolkit of healthy habits and useful techniques to help boost physical and emotional wellbeing both inside and outside work.

After completing this course, delegates will:

• Understand what we mean by wellbeing and work-life balance, and how this influences performance and engagement at work
• Understand the five key areas of wellbeing and how they are interconnected
• Know how to manage energy levels throughout the day and week to build physical wellbeing
• Be able to identify and use a range of tools and techniques to support emotional wellbeing
• Understand how thought patterns, perception and beliefs affect our emotions, and learn techniques to manage these more effectively
• Know ways to increase influence and control at work and home to become ‘stress resilient’ rather than ‘stressed out’
• Understand how to build effective, supportive relationships within their team
• Know how to increase wellbeing across the team
• Have a better understanding of what gives team members energy and satisfaction at work
• Create a personalised action plan with practical steps to take to improve personal and team wellbeing and work-life balance

Introduction to wellbeing

• What do we mean by wellbeing and work-life balance?
• The five key factors involved in wellbeing

Your own wellbeing

• Assess your personal wellbeing using an assessment used by psychologists
• Recognising signs of wellbeing, pressure and stress in yourself and your colleagues
• Circle of control – identifying what you can control / influence and what you can’t
• The value of social relationships, at home and work

Managing physical wellbeing during the working day and week

• The difference between ‘managing time’ and ‘managing energy’
• Managing physical energy and recharging during the busy, working day
• Quick recap on the role of food, hydration, rest and movement
• Identifying practical, realistic steps you and your team can take to improve your physical health and wellbeing

Wellbeing in your team

• The link between employee engagement and wellbeing
• Ways to increase engagement at work
• Building effective relationships at work
• Increase the amount of influence and control team members have at work to make the most of their time

Building emotional wellbeing – dealing with pressure and overcoming setbacks

• Improving and maintaining our mental health
• Managing your emotional response under pressure
• Learning to ‘respond’ rather than ‘react’
• Reframing – identifying thinking patterns to deal with setbacks positively:
  • ABC thinking
  • Multiple perspectives
• Identify your ‘scripts’ and perceptions and chose what perspective to take
• Become ‘stress resilient’ rather than ‘stressed out’

Enhancing work-life balance

• Managing wellbeing and making the most of your time – switching off and recharging
• Being more mindful – at both work and home
• Achieving a realistic work-life balance – what can you do and how can you help others?

Action planning

• Create a practical, realistic, personalised action plan for yourself and your team