Preventing Stress in Organizations: How to Develop Positive Managers

Jo Yarker is an organizational psychologist and director at Affinity Health at Work. She also runs programs at Birkbeck University.

In conversations about work-life balance and managing work stress, the burden is often placed on the individual: wake up earlier, commit to a better schedule, drink more water. What if we approach the issue as a collective: where the more individuals feel supported in their work, the more they will support others?

Time stamps

[1:11] The importance of strong support networks to help manage work stress

[4:36] How organizations can build a culture of support for staff

[7:48] What Jo says is the most important issues affecting the modern day workplace

[10:06] What work reset revolution means to Jo

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Jo Yarker’s research areas: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/9224929/jo-yarker

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