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The Wellbeing Workout

How to manage stress and develop resilience

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Covers sixty different issues people experience at work and at home, from job satisfaction to managing anxiety
  • Provides a 'Spotlight' to explain each issue, 'Top Tips' for how to practically deal with them and an 'Action Plan' for how to put those tips in practice
  • Written by experts in mental health, counselling and organisational psychology

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Table of contents (60 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Stress Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Managing Workload Pressure

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 3-8
    3. Choice and Control

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 9-14
    4. Task Prioritisation

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 15-19
    5. Constructive Criticism and Managing Rejection

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 21-27
    6. Maximising Personal Efficiency

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 29-33
    7. Dealing with Difficult People

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 35-40
    8. Managing Conflict at Home and Work

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 41-46
    9. Redundancy and Retirement

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 47-51
    10. Work Satisfaction

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 53-57
    11. Effective Delegation

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 59-63
    12. To Know or Not to Know

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 65-69
    13. How to Get on in Your Career

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 71-76
    14. Confident Public Speaking

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 77-81
    15. The Myths of Perfectionism

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 83-87
    16. Managing Change in Organisations

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 89-92
    17. Working with Global Uncertainty

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 93-97
    18. Personal Stress Management Toolkit

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 99-104
    19. Organisational Savviness

      • Rick Hughes, Andrew Kinder, Cary L. Cooper
      Pages 105-108

About this book

If you want to get physically fit you start working out. But if you want results, you can’t just do just any workout – you need one tailored to your own body’s needs and personal situation. It’s the same with wellbeing.

What constitutes ‘stress’ to one person may be motivating, inspiring and focusing for another. Our capacity for resilience varies depending on individual circumstances and from situation to situation. What is consistent and universal is that we all struggle with stress and resilience, and we all need to be open to figuring out how best to effectively manage stress to create greater personal resilience that will itself help us to cope better.

This book offers you an encyclopaedia of self-help options for you to adapt according to how you tick and to the circumstances you find yourself in at any given moment.

It addresses 60 different issues, and for each one provides a short ‘Spotlight’ to understand the issue, ‘Top Tips’ for dealing with it, and an ‘Action Plan’ to put those tips into practice.

Wellbeing is about managing the ebbs and flows of what life throws at us. It’s a mindset, a personal commitment and an ongoing endeavour. But if we adopt a focused and sustained engagement with this journey, then we’ll learn to embrace and reap the benefits of ‘being well’.

Reviews

“A very easy-to-read handbook that I think almost all people will find of interest. … It is a really easy-to-read practical guide for individuals. I think everyone could take something from it and maybe improve their own personal situation. … this is worth a read.” (Nerys Williams, Occupational Medicine, Vol. 70 (2), March, 2020)

“The accessible style allows the reader to draw upon sensible coaching advice for whichever circumstances they may find themselves in, and the reader is empowered to take charge immediately. … its appeal became clear - not only for clients, but also for practitioners in their own personal journey toward greater resilience and wellbeing.” (Lindsay Crago, University & College Counselling, May, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Aberdeen, UK

    Rick Hughes

  • London, UK

    Andrew Kinder

  • Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Cary L. Cooper

About the authors

Rick Hughes is Head of Service at the University of Aberdeen's Counselling Service.

Andrew Kinder is Professional Head of Mental Health Services at Optima Health.


Sir Cary L. Cooper, CBE, is 50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is President of the CIPD, President of RELATE and President of the British Academy of Management.


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Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 19.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access