People who are resilient work smarter, and can negotiate the inevitable changes that are the one certainty of life.  People who know what teamwork really means can turn good teams into great ones.

The Challenge of Change is measurable and results focused.   Amongst Resources you will find Case Studies, Latest Research Findings, and other downloads, all useful to share with colleagues or attach to proposals.


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  • "...our workforce is better prepared for and able to cope with change."
    Jane Davis  
  • "People gained that 'feeling' of being in control..."
    Julia Wiegandt-Goude  
  • "...some staff have referred to it as 'life changing'..."
    Karen Mather  
  • "I've had excellent feedback from participants, with some colleagues saying it's one of the best courses they've ever attended."
    Michelle Shield  
  • "...the course dispelled many myths about stress, backed up with simple coping mechanisms..."
    Blair Stevenson  
  • "...really beneficial - particularly relevant in the challenging retail environment where the only real constant is change..."
    Richard Binns  

    • Published Findings

    Findings from the research have been published in over 120 journal articles, books and conference papers, including in a number of invited keynote presentations.

    Selected Publications

    • Roger, D. (2007) Self-esteem, stress and emotion. In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Stress (2nd Edition). Oxford: Academic Press
    • Guarino, L.R. & Roger, D. (2005) Construccion y validacion de la Escala de Sensibilidad Emocional (ESE). Un Nuevo enfoque para medir neuroticismo. Psicothema 17 (3), 465-470.
    • Titzmann, P.F., Roger, D., Olason, D.T. & Greco, V. (2004). A New Approach to Assessing Optimism: The Development of a German Version of the Positive and Negative Expectancies Questionnaire (PANEQ-G). Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social 23, 97-110.
    • Greco, V. & Roger, D. (2003) Uncertainty, stress, and health. Personality & Individual Differences 34, 1057-1068.
    • Roger, D. (2002) Managing Stress: The Challenge of Change (2nd Ed.). Maidenhead: CIM Publishing.
    • Roger, D. (Convenor) and others. Symposium on Emotional Style and Health. Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Health Psychology Division, University of Sheffield, September 2002 (Invited symposium).
    • Roger, D., Garcia de la Banda, G., Lee, H.S. & Olason, D. (2001) A factor-analytic study of cross-cultural differences in emotional rumination and emotional inhibition. Personality & Individual Differences 31, 227-238.
    • Birks, Y. & Roger, D. (2000) Identifying components of Type-A behaviour: 'toxic' and 'non-toxic' achieving. Personality & Individual Differences 28, 1093-1105.
    • Forbes, A. & Roger, D. (1999) Stress, social support and fear of disclosure. British Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 165-179.
    • Roger, D. & Najarian, B. (1998) The relationship between emotional rumination and cortisol secretion under stress. Personality & Individual Differences 24, 531-538.
    • Roger, D. & Masters, R. (1997) The development and evaluation of an emotion control training programme for sex offenders. Legal & Criminological Psychology 2, 51-64.

     


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