Performing under Pressure

PERFORMING UNDER PRESSURE

We are all susceptible to stress; it is a well-known fact that work-related stress is increasing, and the recent downsizing of many companies is only serving to exacerbate the problem. Any business that wants to care for the overall health and welfare of its staff will consider a stress management programme. Once stress has been correctly identified, it can be positively channelled to aid work, reduce sickness and attrition, and increase effectiveness.

This programme will provide you with a range of tools and techniques for managing your stress level.

Who should attend?

All those who wish to better manage the pressures they face at work and restore calm, clarity and concentration to their work roles. It would also benefit those whose role is to help others identify and manage their stress.

Business benefits

• You and your team members:
• Identify the key stress influencers in your life
• Understand your personal reactions to both long and short-term pressures
• Recognise when you are becoming stressed and when the stress reaches a level that renders you ineffective
• Gain insight into the options available for alleviating stress-related problems

Programme objectives

• To outline the causes and effects of stress
• To encourage natural remedies for stress-related problems
• To outline the effects of stress on all-round personal and business effectiveness and discover how to reduce it
• To learn how to use stress in a positive way to increase job satisfaction, thus inducing higher levels of productivity

Programme focus

• What is stress?
• The business cost of stress
• How stressed are you?
• The causes and effects of stress
• Stress and personality
• The production of stress
• Lifestyle and stress
• Environmental and chemical stresses
• Managing and planning your time
• Personal space and the comfort zone
• Body management
• Relaxation techniques
• Visualisation
• Emotion and behaviour
• Increasing your job satisfaction