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Jobs
Olivia Hemmings
020 7921 8004
ohemmings@ttglive.com
For the latest vacancies, visit ttglive.com/jobs
TTG ’s careers page gives you tips on how to develop
your skills and climb the travel ladder, plus the latest
on the jobs market and news of people on the move
Peter Davies and Sandie Dawe
Manage your stress
People on the Move
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AS FEBRUARY gets under way, Instead, consider the following alternative
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businesses everywhere are focusing strategies to help you manage stress:
Peter Davies has been named by Air Southwest VICE on reducing costs and increasing ■ Talk to your line manager if you are worried
as its new managing director. Davies has 27 years’ staff performance, driving remaining about redundancies. Restate your commitment
experience in aviation including chief executive employees to rev up their engines to to the job and ask for their advice on how to
roles at both SN Brussels Airlines and Caribbean justify their existence. maximise your chances of keeping it
Airlines in the West Indies. Not surprisingly, this is taking its toll. Training ■ Improve your resilience: work on maintaining
company Video Arts recently polled 1,000 senior a healthy lifestyle through diet, rest and
VisitBritain has appointed Sandie Dawe in the managers about their resolutions for 2009 and relaxation – absenteeism and reluctance to put
interim position of deputy chief executive and found “managing stress” as their top priority. in extra hours may count against you
accounting officer. She takes on the role with Stress management remains a significant ■ Build a diverse network of business and
immediate effect following the departure of concern to businesses whether it is openly personal contacts: they will be your strongest
former chief executive Tom Wright. acknowledged or not. As many as 12.8 million support
working days a year are lost to work-related stress ■ Build a broader knowledge base: if your remit
Youtravel.com has made three appointments. alone, with 58% of workers complaining of job is too narrow, you are more easily replaceable
Niall McDonnell and Chris Sanders join as sales stress. Dig deep enough into most performance- ■ Approach your GP or a trained counsellor to
consultants, based in Dublin and Manchester related issues and you will probably find stress as identify the sources of your stress, and devise
respectively, while Ioannis Lemonas takes up the a cause or contributor. an action plan to alleviate it
role of commercial manager based in Athens. Yet only 10% of UK businesses have an official ■ Finally. . . keep a positive outlook. Everything
stress management policy so you need to take happens for a reason and leaves
Wendy Williams has been promoted to associate responsibility for reducing your own stress levels. us wiser when it’s over.
director at travel insurance specialist Preferential Traditional methods would have included:
with immediate effect. She was previously taking regular breaks, not taking on more than
commercial manager. you can handle and considering flexible hours.
However, in today’s difficult trading times,
The senior team at Leading Hotels of the World when more employees are becoming dispensable,
has been restructured. Daniel Neumann has you may need to reconsider those tactics that
been appointed senior vice-president and chief have helped you remain in balance so far.
financial controller, while Claudia Kozma Kaplan
becomes senior vice-president of marketing Hoda Lacey offers performance development solutions and is
communications. chair of marketing body Cimtig. Email hodalacey@aol.com
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