stress: the cost to business
- Government figures for 2005 state that stress is costing the UK economy £100 billion pounds a year.
- The Health and Safety Executive estimates that 6.5 Million working days are lost in Britain due to stress.
- The International Labour Organization estimates that the cost of stress to the British economy amounts to over 10% of its Gross National Product.
- Stress and stress related backache are the single greatest cause of days off work and under performance than any other single factor.
- The World Health Organization states that backache makes up 30% of all stress related complaints.
- Fewer than 10% of companies have any sort of official policy to tackle this economic drain on their business. And of those only a fraction have any sort of meaningful strategy in place.
- Stress equals taking sick off days from work, high staff turnover and poor work performance, be it in the board room, trading floor, school room or factory floor.
- It is a simple equation:
Stress + people at work = under performance and loss of revenue
For a business stress is the opposite of value.
- In business terms, what adds value is good for business and what reduces value is bad for business.
- More that 250,000 days were lost across the UK police forces due to stress costing nearly £60 million per year.
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Senior Derivatives Trader:
"My job is a stress nightmare. Working with John Eastman is one of the things that keeps me sane. In addition to feeling considerably less stressed I notice that I am far less likely to pick up colds and flu. At work we sit 8 in a row, 100 to a room and people are always going down with something, except me that is. I've had just one cold this year."
Personal assistant to chief executive of international bank:-
"In my line of work I frequently have to deal with aggressive and powerful people. It used to leave me edgy and nervous. Now I cope easily. What John Eastman does is to awaken your own ability to heal and better yourself."
Dan Managing Art Director:
I originally started to see John Eastman because I couldn't stop my mind going round and round. It was like having 'War anbd Peace" raging in my head 24 hours a day. I tried other techniques without success, but this made a dramatic difference. I can now actually get my mind to be quiet. It's also given me a lot more energy for work.
Len Enviornmental Scientist:
"Life had become a game of reserving enough energy just to get through the day before I became unable to cope. I suffered from chronic fatigue, sore throats, headaches and depression. Having seen numbers of doctors and specialists I was told I had post viral fatigue syndrome and there wasn't much they could do. I was told it would probably go on for years and that I would have to pace myself in everything I do. I then tried homeopathy, hypnosis, anti-candida diets and I thought I would be ill forever.Then I met John Eastman and started his programme. A year on my life has changed remarkably. I have lots more energy, the depression is a thing of the past and my other symptoms have all but disappeared."