Stress Management
The ability to manage stress has become a critical health issue. For an acceptable health level and quality of work life, we need knowledge of stress and body's responses to stressors, plus ways to relax, recognize and reduce personal stress.
Duration: 1 Day
Course Objectives:
After this session, participants will be able to:
- Define stress and stressors
- Develop preventive and prescriptive measures
- Recognize the role of their personality type in stress management
- Distinguish between negative copers and positive management strategies
- Use stress-reduction and relaxation techniques
- Review methods for managing change
- Communicate time-effectively, using assertiveness, and saying No
- Deal with some types of difficult behaviour
- Use basic conflict resolution techniques
- Develop strong positive strategies for managing their stress
Outline
Part 1: Introduction to Stress Management
- Definition of stress and stressors
- Stress alarm, resistance and burn-out (exhaustion)
Part 2: Personality Type and Stress Responses
- Strengths and vulnerabilities of the four basic personality types
- Adapting our communication to each type
Part 3: Stress and Change
- How do you view change? (William Bridge's Model)
- Responding to imposed change: Change adaptation model
Part 4: Stress, Thoughts and Emotions
- Stressful beliefs
- Perceptions and paradigm shifts, ego and hot buttons
- Emotional Intelligence: Five Key Strategies
Part 5: Stress Management Techniques and Strategies
- Relaxation techniques to create the Relaxation Response
- Thought Control: Managing our "Roof Chatter"(self-talk)
- Preventive and Prescriptive Strategies, negative copers, positive strategies
- Bright line thinking and attitude shifts
Part 6: Advanced Positive Stress Management Strategies
- Being fit to live: nutrition, sleep and exercise
- Assertiveness, listening and other communication skills
- More positive strategies for stress management
With our extensive knowledge of the different software currently on the market, including all Microsoft and Adobe applications, ON-TRACK Corporate Training Ltd. has a diverse and flexible schedule that can be customized to your needs – we offer group course (both public and corporate), one-on-one training, and on-site training options. We also have easily accessible on-line training videos available.