STRESS MANAGEMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

 Introduction

The Stress Management in the Workplace training program delivers trademarked stress management tools that are unmatched in the measured results they will produce for you and your organization.

Stress management in the workplace requires more than helpful tips. Changing economic times have us pulled in multiple directions. The pressures and demands between work and personal life are blurred. As a result, the consequences of stress in the workplace come from what is happening to each of us both on and off the job.

Through highly interactive learning, participants apply these stress management training tools to getting more of what’s important to them done in less time. Organizational skills are improved so that less things “fall through the cracks.”

A realistic and positive Big Picture view is instilled that helps keep all stresses in perspective. Specific practical tools are learned that produce immediate results. Applications have a positive impact on stress levels both on and off the job.

This Stress Management in the Workplace training program builds on the proven 5 Steps to Better Work-Life Balance training program and has unmatched proven results worldwide.

 Course Objectives

Controlling information overload

The tool for staying calm and in focus despite uncertainty

Mastering the choice and change challenge

Reduced stress through improved organization

Saving time and reducing stress with improved listening
How to reduce stress in others

How to create important time just for you

More stability & happiness from areas you can control

Avoiding the “As Soon As Trap”

Identified the costs and benefits of dealing with stress

Defined what stress is and started to recognise the signs of stress

Tried out some personal stress management strategies and techniques

Recognised the legal obligation of the employer to reduce work-related stress

Reviewed the main work areas that can lead to stress and identified ways to address work-related stress throughout the organisation

Considered the critical role and skills of an effective manager of stress and drawn up their own action plan to address the most prominent issues in managing stress in the workplace

 Course Overview

Costs and benefits of reducing work-related stress

Impact and costs of stress on the organisation

Benefits of tackling workplace stress

Small group exercise and facilitated group discussion

What is stress/stressors and controls

An introduction to stress awareness

The fight or flight response

Is all stress bad for you?

Presentation and group discussion

Recognising the signs and symptoms of stress

The four sources of stress – emotional, mental, physiological and behavioural

The long term effects of stress

Identifying your personal stress map

Small group exercise with presentation feedback and group discussion, individual questionnaire and exercise

Stress management toolkit

Review of current stress management techniques being used by the group

Coping strategies and tips for managing stress

Presentation, individual practical activity and facilitated group discussion

The legal case for dealing with work-related stress

The legal obligation of the employer to reduce work-related stress

5 Steps to Risk Assessment

Presentation and facilitated group discussion

The HSE Management Standards Approach

The Risk Assessment approach to reducing stress in the workplace

Ways to encourage employers and employees to work in partnership to address work-related stress throughout the organisation

Six areas of work that can lead to stress – a review of the standards and what can be done in the participants workplace to manage stress

Presentation, small group exercises and facilitated group discussion

Skills of an effective Stress Manager

Critical role of the line manager

Stress management skills and competencies

Small group exercise, individual reflective and action planning exercise 

Next steps

Review of learning and action planning

Course feedback

The stress management training will be supported with:

an optional participant pre-course questionnaire and/or pre-course reading on managing stress in the workplace

A colour printed workbook with stress management tips, techniques and space for personal notes

An optional stress buster pack can be purchased for each participant