Antidote to self-defeating thinking on Health↔Work

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Be supportive and positive. You can use the following tips to help your staff to think positively about the impact of their health upon their ability to work. How they think about their health should then become an enabler and not an obstacle to their staying at work.

 

Encourage your staff to:

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• If in doubt, give it a go… staying off work probably won’t help

• Look for improvements not impediments or failure

• Take control of the problem; look for solutions

• Take a bigger perspective – it won’t go on for ever

• Seek positive people, positive examples and avoid the ‘ain’t it awful’