Recognise any of these?
* Increased workload?
* Fewer members of staff?
* Changes in technology/organisational structure?
* Threat of redundancy?
Then you might just benefit from attending:
Managing stress
A Library Association workshop on 27 September, in London
Stress can stimulate and motivate us, but excessive stress, especially when
over a long time, is bad for everyone - the people who are stressed, their
colleagues, and the library service as a whole. Managing stress and keeping
it to levels which do not harm is therefore as important for libraries and
other organisations as it is for the individuals and teams who work in them.
Excessive stress is expensive. It results in reduced motivation and
impaired efficiency, so less is achieved. Stressed staff often seek work
elsewhere, and the cost of recruitment and training take resources away from
services. The courts have made large awards of damages against both private
organisations and public authorities where a particular source of workplace
stress has been shown to have seriously impaired the physical or mental
well-being of an employee.
There are many reasons for stress at work. Some are outside our control,
but others we can do something about as individuals, as teams, and as
managers. Managing Workplace Stress is an opportunity to identify the
causes of stress in library and information work, and to look at things
that can be done to keep it to a level which is stimulating and productive
rather than damaging to individuals or services.
How will this event help you?
By the end of the day you will have:
* discovered the causes and effects of stress
* considered the sources of stress in your service
* the ability to recognise the symptoms of stress in yourself and
others
* looked at some stress reduction strategies
* identified how to reduce stress at work to levels which are
stimulating rather than exhausting.
The style of the workshop is highly participative and two weeks before the
event pre-course material will be distributed to everyone attending.
Programme
9.00 Coffee and registration
9.30 Welcome, introduction and objectives
9.45 Stress and its consequences
10.45 Coffee
11.00 The causes of stress at work
12.15 Identifying stress
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Stress reduction 1: personal issues
3.00 Tea
3.15 Stress reduction 2: management issues
4.40 Summary & Action planning
5.00 Close
Workshop Leader:
Dr Gill Burrington, a Past President of the LA, has worked in public and
academic libraries, in higher education and in industry. She has run stress
management programmes in all sectors and is a regular contributor to The LA
CPD Programme.
Places are limited to: 15
Fees
La Personal members £120 plus VAT (£21.00) £141.00
LA Institutional members £143 plus VAT (£25.00) £168.00
Non members £168 plus VAT (£29.40) £197.40
LA Student/Unwaged members £25 plus VAT (£4.37) £29.37
How to book
To make a confirmed booking simply complete the booking form below and
return by fax to Professional Development on 020 7255
0561. Alternatively to provisionally book a place please call us on 020
7255 0560, textphone 020 7255 0505, or email [log in to unmask]
N.B. Please note that due to building work at LAHQ there will unfortunately
be no lifts available from 17th April until the end of September. Those
booking for Library Association courses should be aware that the only means
of access to all facilities at LAHQ during this period will be via stairs.
This could mean having to ascend and descend 43 stairs at least 7 times
during the day for coffee, lunch tea and comfort breaks. We appreciate that
this may cause some difficulty and apologise for any inconvenience that this
may cause.
bookingform
I would like to confirm a place on the following
Workshop: (this constitutes a confirmed booking)
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Cancellation of a confirmed booking on the day will incur the full fee, or
if received 7 working days prior to the event, 50% of the fee will be due.
Please return to:
Professional Development, LA Enterprises, The Library Association, 7
Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
or fax us on 020 7255 0561.
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