Articles - Optima Workplace

It's lonely at the top

It's lonely at the top - but as the CEO, what are you doing about that? What risks are you running?

Counselling isn't for the 'completely bonkers'!

Recent research conducted by Amanda Larcombe with the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary highlights some crucial lessons that need to be learned by both organisations employing and providing counselling services. Published in the Counselling at Work Journal, February 2007, Issue 55, p.16-17.

The Goldilocks Principal or 'How to treat stress'

The key for managing stress is that it has to be 'just right'. Read on and find out why.

Heads or Tails?

Workplace coaching and counselling can be viewed as two sides of the same coin and both can benefit a business and its employees. Sarah Prince explores how both services share valuable elements for enhancing performance.

Stress - Who needs it?

A short article that introduces the reader to Optima's approach to 'stress'.

Workplace stress is not a clear-cut issue

A legal perspective on workplace stress highlighting the value to employers of having a workplace counselling policy in place. First published in the Western Morning News Thursday March 24 2005