Championing a stress-free workplace: Understanding the causes of stress

Author: Ivan Robertson, co-founder of Robertson Cooper, an organisation specialising in stress management, employee wellbeing, engagement and resilience.

Overview

This series of Leading practice guides focuses on what employers can do to deter stress and, where employees experience stress, support them, including by promoting mental wellbeing. Here, we explore the work-related and personal causes of stress. Understanding these causes should help to inform employers' stress-prevention and management strategies. This is the second in our series of four guides:

• Championing a stress-free workplace: The business case for managing stress
• Championing a stress-free workplace: Foundations for success
• Championing a stress-free workplace: Steps to prevent and manage stress