Much of the day-to-day responsibility for managing employees’ health and wellbeing falls on line managers. This includes spotting early warning signs of stress, anxiety and burnout and making supportive adjustments at work. However surveys consistently show that ‘poor management style’ is a main cause of work related stress.

Managers are important role models in fostering healthy behaviour at work, and this finding shows how harmful the impact can be if managers aren’t equipped with the competence and confidence to go about their people management role in the right way. That is where we come in.