You can use these ready-made training course materials to present a course on stress management.
Instruct your audience on how to better understand the impact of stress in the workplace.
Your participants will learn how to manage stress and will explore various support initiatives that can be introduced to help reduce the challenges of stress in the workplace.
You can also use the content to explore the signs of stress, understand its causes, and implement strategies to reduce stress levels.
Objectives.
Your participants will:
- Understand stress in the workplace.
- Explore how to measure absenteeism.
- Examine influences on stress.
- Understand the role of anxiety on the individual.
- Understand ‘The General Adaptive Syndrome’.
- Explore how to manage stress.
Stress Management Skills – Sample Materials.
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Topics Covered.
1. Stress and the workplace
- How stress impacts the workplace (e.g., reduced performance levels).
- The impact of stress on employee performance.
- How to reduce the costs associated with higher employee absenteeism and turnover figures.
- How lower motivation levels have a direct effect on satisfaction levels amongst staff.
- Stress levels and burnout.
2. Physical and psychological symptoms
The physical and psychological symptoms of stress include:
- Sweaty hands.
- Dry mouth.
- Sudden panic attacks.
- Palpitations.
- Diminished libido.
- Depression and mood swings.
- Changes in appetite.
- Changes in communication.
- Irritability.
- Poor sleep patterns.
- Poor concentration.
- Reduced decision-making.
- Suicidal ideation.
- Low interest in appearance.
- Heightened levels of anxiety and worry.
- Feeling overwhelmed.
- Obsessive and compulsive behavior.
- Reduced productivity at work.
- Changes in social interactions with others.
- Fatigue.
- Sudden panic attacks.
2. Key factors
- The factors that can influence stress levels both at an individual and at a company level.
- The impact of working conditions, work overload, and responsibility.
- How interpersonal demands, relationships, and profiles cause obstacles and lead to stress.
- Contributory factors like role ambiguity and role conflict is discussed.
- The impact of personality type on stress levels.
3. The General Adaptation Syndrome
The main phases discussed are:
- Alarm.
- Resistance.
- Exhaustion.
- Release.
4. How to manage stress
- The need to manage stress.
- The nature of stress.
- How companies can manage behaviors in the face of increased business pressures.
- The different stages of stress.
- The role of management and the individual in managing stress.
5. Support initiatives
- Employee counselling, communication forums, and listening skills as sources of support.
- The role of management, stress reduction teams, and company event planning.
- Personal coping strategies, anxiety management, and cognitive restructuring.
- The role of performance appraisals in reducing the costs of problem/emotion-focused coping strategies.
What’s In The Download.
Instant access to everything you need.
- Workbook.
- Slides.
- 17 Free Training Games.
- 17 Free Training Icebreakers.
- 15 Practical Training Guides.
- 2 Course Tests.
- Activities/Exercises.
- A Reading List.
- A Course Advertorial.
- An Action Plan.
