For Professionals

WORKPLACE BULLYING

According to research carried out by Portsmouth University, as many as two million people are victims of bullying in work. 80% of managers know that bullying is occurring in their workplaces but are in many occasions reluctant to take action. Through these failures an estimated 18 million days are lost each year as a direct result of stress caused by bullying. ( Bevan 2010)

The University of Glamorgan’s Centre for Research on Workplace Behaviours also carried out a survey and their results show that 1 in 7 people are bullied in the workplace.

Bullying produces stress, anger, resentment and it lowers productivity in the workplace.

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

Mental Health Awareness deepens your employee’s understanding of mental wellbeing. We explore mental health challenges, and the factors that influence mental wellbeing. Your employees will discover how to proactively support their  mental health.

Protecting and promoting mental health at work is about strengthening capacities to recognize and act on mental health conditions at work, particularly for persons responsible for the supervision of others, such as managers.

To protect mental health, WHO recommends:

  • manager training for mental health, which helps managers recognize and respond to supervisees experiencing emotional distress; builds interpersonal skills like open communication and active listening; and fosters better understanding of how job stressors affect mental health and can be managed;
  • training for workers in mental health literacy and awareness, to improve knowledge of mental health and reduce stigma against mental health conditions at work; and
  • interventions for individuals to build skills to manage stress and reduce mental health symptoms, including psychosocial interventions and opportunities for leisure-based physical activity.

What We Do In Workplaces

Many corporate organisations hire the services of specialists such as counsellors and psychologists to address issues of bullying or mental health in the workplace. Usually these experts offer their solutions in the form of presentations and lectures. These methods of tackling bullying and mental health are aggressive, judgmental and abrasive tactics which in many instances the message being conveyed becomes diluted , ignored and irrelevant.

At Magmatic Stories we believe the best form of tackling mental health or bullying/harassment at a workplace is being pro-active. Our Workshops thus not only raises awareness of Mental health & bullying but helps employees, executives, managers, and supervisors influence and manage the risks by understanding the nature and bottom-line impact of the issues.

For more information on how we work with professionals, please double click the link below:
Conflict Resolution Storytelling Workshop For Your Organisation