APRIL IS "STRESS AWARENESS MONTH" (S.A.M)

"HELP YOUR EMPLOEES TO NOT JUST COPE WITH STRESS,

BUT HOW TO MASTER ITsm"

Dear Employer,

For over 30 years, Stressmaster International (SMI) has been helping companies and their employees assess, reduce and master stress. Over 600,000 people have taken and benefited from our Stress Mastery Programs. If you want to provide your employees with state-of-the-art information, tools and techniques to help them learn how to master stress, we can help. During Stress Awareness Month (S.A.M.), your employees begin to master stress, both at work and home. Normally, depending on the number of employees and depth of the program, the investment is between $95 and $195/employee. During S.A.M. the basic cost is only $25/employee. To get a quote or learn more, please CONTACT us to discuss options, programs and pricing.

Our mission is to empower your employees to discover how stress may be affecting righ now by using the internationally recognize Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ). Click the link below to watch a shore vidoe about the SMQ or HERE for more information.

Then, each of your employees will recieve their 19-page Personal Stress Mastery Report. The Report will show how stress is affecting them physically, emotionally and interpersonally on 11 scientifically developed scales. We then provide them with our Stress Mastery Guide so that they can better understand the meaning of each scale and learn about evidenced-based ways to control, reduce and master stress.

CLICK HERE OR THE IMAGE BELOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE SMQ

Why do it? It's the right thing to do.

The research is clear...Workplace stress impacts employee wellbeing, productivity, turnover, burnout, health and job satisfaction. The impact of stress is enormous. . .

Regus of Luxembourg polled over 22,000 employees in 100 countries about their level of stress; they concluded that... "office life has never been more stressful, with over half of the global workforce (53%) saying they are closer to burning out than they were just five (5) years ago.”

A Willis Towers Watson report stated that people with high levels of stress have a 35% higher rate of absenteeism and are twice as likely to report that they feel disengaged or unsupported. They concluded that 40% of employee turnover is due to stress.

Carnegie Mellon University surveyed over 6,300 people and found that workplace stress has increased between up to 30% since 1983.

A Harvard and Stanford University study concluded that “workplace stress contributes to 120,000 deaths each year at a healthcare cost of up to $190bn

The American Psychological Association found that chronic stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide. And, more than 75% of all physician office visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints. Yet, few received any help for their stress.

The third annual Work Stress Survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, polled 1,019 employed Americans. The results showed a marked increase from last year's survey, which found that 73% of Americans were stressed at work. This year, that number jumped to 83%.

It’s a fact: Mental health and stress related problems are the major healthcare costs to be concerned with; together they account for 28% of employee benefit claims. This cost is greater than claims for heart disease (14%) and cancer (13%), the second and third highest healthcare costs.

WE CAN HELP YOUR EMPLOYEES TO MASTER STRESS

Stressmaster International's stress assessments and stress mastery programs are built on the latest scientific knowledge and techniques that can help your employees reduce and master stress. We tailor our programs to your program and financial needs. CONTACT US to discuss options or talk about getting started.

THE STRESS MASTERY PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES

STEP 1- Employee Completes the Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ) Online

Each employee is sent an email with a Link to take the SMQ along with an Access Code. The Access Code unlocks the SMQ assessment so that the SMQ can be completed online. The SMQ a scientifically developed and validated stress "risk" assessment on 11 Stress Scales. The SMQ is easy to take and can be completed online in about 10-12 minutes

STEP 2 - Employee Receives their Stress Mastery Report

After completing the SMQ each person receives his or her Personal Stress Mastery Report (19pp). This Report shows their level of stress "risk” compated to the norm group on each of the 11 SMQ scales. In addition, the Report shows how one answered each of questions on scale which is vital to developing a plan for stress mastery. Click to see an example of the Stress Mastery Report.

STEP 3 - Employee Recieves the Stress Mastery Guide

In order for participants to better understand their Stress Report and the meaning of each SMQ scale, a copy of the Stress Mastery Guide is provided. The Guide helps interpret the results of the SMQ and is used by trained coaches or trainers interactively with the participants or clients during the course of the training or coaching. Click to see the Stress Mastery Guide.

Step 4: - Explore with the Stress Mastery Workbook

The Stress Mastery Workbook provides specific exercises to help trainees or clients gain the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce and master stress. Specific exercises have been developed or each of the 11 SMQ Scales that participants can complete at home and then share with their coach or trainer. Click to see the Stress Master Workbook.

Step 5: Schedule a "Discovery Session" with a Coach

Information alone will not necessarily produce change. In the hands of a good trainer or coach, the feedback provided from the Stress Mastery Report, Stress Mastery Guide and Stress Mastery Workbook will facilitate change and personal stress mastery. We provide a 30 minute virtual "Discovery Session" to discuss with the employee the meaning of each scale and to chart a path for personal development.

Step 6: Get Started - Call or Email

There is more to the Stress Mastery Program than can be shared on this website. Call us today to discuss how we can tailor a Stress Mastery Program just for you and your employees. We have Associates who are well trained and experienced to deliver a truly life-changing employee experience. Contact Dr. Jim Petersen today to discuss options, program design, costs and benefits. Give him a call at 480-444-6301 or email at jpetersen@stressmaster.com

STRESS MASTERY POSTERS

In addition to the Stress Mastery Program, we encourage the promotion of long-term change by using motivational, inspirational and informative products that help employees to "Not Just Manage Stress, but to Learn to Master IT!" Following are some of the motivational tools we can provide you to place around the office or provide to each person. Motivating employees to make change is improved with constant visual cues like posters and emails with reminder messages. We have a series of posters available but can tailor stress awareness posters to meet your needs. Check out the posters.

STRESS MASTERY DESK GUIDES

Stress Mastery Desk Guides are a terrific resource to help your trainees and clients understand their stress and what to do about it whenever needed. Produced in a glossy 8.5” X 11” tri-fold, employees are provided with evidence-based tips, suggestions and techniques for how to understand, reduce and master stress. When an employee is under stress, he or she can take out the Guide to find the best way to deal with their stress right now. The Guide provides evidence-based ways to reduce, manage and master stress, so that they can function at optimal levels and peak performance. To see the Desk Guide.

STRESS MASTERY WORKSHOPS

Stressmaster International is a leader in providing stress mastery workshops, seminars, Lunch & Learns and coaching to companies and their employees worldwide. Using state-of-the-art training and development learning and facilitating techniques, we provide programs for virtually any size company.