STRESS MANAGEMENT

Stress management at work place is very important for the staff performance. They have to cope with deadlines, long hours and change in their work schedule. The nature of employment has now changed, and the idea of a job for life has been replaced by an emphasis on performance.

COURSE OUTLINE

Understanding Stress

• What is stress?
• Fight or flight?
• How we think about stress
• Stress – The underlying mechanisms
• Stress and your health

Understanding Pressure

• Understanding the relationship between stress and pressure
• Linking pressure with performance – productive and unproductive levels of
• The crucial differences between pressure and stress, and how those differences can manifest
• How we inadvertently put pressure on ourselves— and others
• Common pressure traps and how they make us “choke”
• What pressure does to our brains— and how it affects our thinking

Combating Stress

• Assessing longer term stress
• Examining your working style and looking for ways to improve
• Understanding your unique stress position – Stress SWOT Analysis
• Applying tools to your Life
• Identifying the most important sources of stress
• Working out how to manage each source of stress

Making Decisions Under Pressure

• Emotional dimension and pressures of decision making
• Complexity
• Multiple objectives
• Personal and peer pressure
• Self-belief or self-doubt