Personal Development Skills
Stress Management
Overview
This one-day workshop explores the symptoms of stress and the harmful long-term effects of stress on our mental and physical health. Strategies may include changes in lifestyle, stress management techniques such as relaxation and exercise, and the use of music or humour as coping strategies.
Who Should Attend
Anyone who works in a stressful environment and finds stress is impacting on their performance.
Prerequisites
Anyone who works in a stressful environment or who finds stress is impacting on their performance.
Benefits of Completing This Course
• Reduced negative organisational stress
• Increased individual productivity
• Improved decision making
• Improved work-life balance
• Develop and maintain resilience
Inclusions
- Training Manual with step-by-step instructions
- Practice files relevant to the training material
- Training Completed files - you are free to take away any completed files for review
- Unlimited online support, as training doesn't stop when you walk out our door
Learning Outcomes
• Learn to recognise the signs and sources of stress
• Develop stress management techniques for
yourself and others
• Learn to monitor and address stress levels
Topics Covered
Learning Outcomes
● Recognise the signs of stress
● Understand that stress is a positive, unavoidable part of everybody's life.
● Identify the symptoms of chronic stress overload.
● Identify how lifestyle choices can contribute to stress and how we can work toward making different choices.
● Develop techniques to help manage stress right now
● Begin planning long-term protection against the cumulative affects of stress.
How Does Stress Affect Us
● Impacts of stress on the body
● Impacts of stress on our minds
Detemining your Stress Level
● Using charts and scales to assess stress levels
● Stress symptoms
● Holmes Rahe Stress Rating
● Stress Resistance
● Exhaustion
● Burnout Test
Stress and Time
● The impact of stress on time management and vice versa
Managing Stress
● Stress Factors
● Personality
● Work Culture
● Support
● Knowing your stress barometer
Stress and Gender
● Who is affected most?
● How age, gender, attitude and occupation factor into stress and reactions to stress
Using Routines to Reduce Stress
● Organising tasks and commitments
● Using To-Do Lists
Stress Management Strategies
● 3 Strategies fror stress management
● Taking care of your body and mind
● Relaxation techniques
● Practice mindfulness techniques
Live online - learn by doing.
Our Live Online courses are conducted through a dedicated learning platform that enables us to provide instructor-led, hands-on training to develop real skills, in real time. Each participant logs into their own virtual environment set up specifically for the course. This is a fully interactive experience - just like in a classroom. No passive lectures, no videos to follow - real-time, hands-on practice with your instructor guiding you every step.
Instructor
- Provides real-time, live hands-on instruction and demonstration
- Provides step-by-step practical activities for participants
- Can assist participants on their screen, if necessary
- Can share participant screens to enhance discussion
Participants
- Receive hands-on instruction, step-by-step exercises and skill-builder activities
- See the instructor's screen while working in their own environment
- Can interact with the instructor and the group of participants
- Can ask questions at any time
- Join the course from any location with internet, using a course invitation
- No need for any software - just a computer with internet and a browser
- No downloads or installs necessary on the participant's computer
Inclusions
- E-Book Training Manual / activity booklet provided
- Certificate of Completion
- Post-course support to the level of the course
- Access to any training exercises used during the session
Session Times
- Full Day Course: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Half Day Course: 9:00am - 12:30pm or 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Private sessions are booked exclusively for your team and can be facilitated as Live Online group training, or in a Classroom / Face-to-Face setting at your workplace or another organised location. Content and duration can be tailored to your needs - contact our Course Scheduling team to discuss your requirements.
Classroom / Face-to-Face
Classroom sessions are delivered at a nominated location, available for Private courses only.
Requirements (if training is delivered at your site)
- No individual computers are required for participants - this course is discussion, activity and workbook-based
- The instructor will bring their own laptop - please provide power
- A screen or projector for the trainer to connect their laptop to (please indicate the connection method - HDMI or Wi-Fi)
Inclusions
- Training Manual / activity booklet
- Certificate of Completion
- Post-course support for queries relating to the course content
Get in touch with our Course Scheduling team to arrange a private session or confirm delivery options for a specific date.