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The latest statistics showing how many people are suffering from anxiety and depression at work are staggering. Thankfully, as mental health is becoming less of a taboo subject, there appears to be a growing amount of support available in workplaces to help people who are struggling. But, what if something can be done to help some people before they start to experience mental health problems?

Staff in leadership roles in educational settings face a unique set of pressures and demands. Here we look at how school leaders can develop the skills to endure and withstand these pressures and demands without succumbing to stress and burn out.

In our last blog post, we discussed how resilient leaders can adapt their leadership style to support their staff members. And, in particular the impact each of these different styles has on the emotional climate and resilience of their team.

Resilient leaders are able to support staff members in all manner of circumstances. They do this by adapting their leadership style appropriately. So what are what the different leadership styles and how can they contribute towards greater resilience?

It is widely acknowledged that teachers are under inordinate amounts of pressure in their jobs and that they, more than most, have to use a taxing combination of physical, psychological and emotional energy in order to do the job to the best of their ability.

Feeling stressed is often accompanied by a whole host of negative emotions, including anxiety, anger, panic, stress, worry. The ability to regulate your emotions is one of a set of skills that Goleman (1995) collectively termed emotional intelligence. Other skills...

The vast majority of people would probably say they weren’t happy with the balance in their lives. Are you happy with your work-life balance? An imbalance is normally caused by either trying to fit too many activities into the available time, or spending too much time...

The number of people reporting that they feel stressed at work has led to claims that we are experiencing a stress epidemic. Regardless of whether you agree with this statement, it can’t be denied that stress affects every one of us, at one time or another, and that...

Optimism is a key part of being resilient to stress. It stops us from becoming too weighed down by challenging events and helps us to bounce back from them quickly, by enabling us to look forward to a positive future. How optimistic are you? The good news is that...

It’s perfectly normal to not be happy at work all of the time, but when the negative feelings begin to take over it can become all-encompassing and have a harmful effect on your wellbeing. Whether you feel anger and hostility towards colleagues, self-doubt and anxiety...