How stress is costing your company millions

USUALLY, when organisations run stress management programmes, they see it as a “service” to help their staff safeguard their personal wellbeing. This may explain why many organisations take only a passing interest in stress management programmes. It’s not seen as an issue that directly affects the bottom line.

After all, to quote a managing director of a local small or medium-sized enterprise I met recently, “staff’s stress is their own business. If they cannot handle the pressure, then they should just learn to deal with it or get out.”