Stress Less: Strategies for Success
"Stress, anxiety and depression are caused when we live to please others."
- Paulo Coelho
- Paulo Coelho
"There can't be a stressful crisis next week. My diary is already full.”
- Henry Kissinger
- Henry Kissinger
Training Outcomes:
- Help you admit that stress is inevitable in our lives and in the workplace
- Help you to understand how it works - whether you feel threatened or challenged when assessing certain overwhelming situations
- Teach you how many positive life events are rated as stressors and what beneficial effects they have
- Become familiar with the General Adaptation Syndrome, i.e. its three stages and what happens to our bodies when we are stressed.
- Learn some stress relievers - tips to tame stress
Format:
We recommend a full-day training for 12 to 20 participants. The duration and participant number can be adjusted based on mutual agreement.
What you will learn:
The training will give you practical information through warm-up activities, role-plays, group work, input for discussion and much more in terms of:
- Stress, lifestyle and health - why it matters
- Psychological and physiological nature, causes and effects of stress
- „Eustress vs. distress"
- Physiological, cognitive and behavioural reactions to stress
- Fight or flight mechanism
- Life stressors + workplace stressors
- Job strain and burnout
- Emotions - the most appropriate response to stress
- How to manage emotions?
- Verbal communication - active listening, assertive communication, etc.
Why it matters to be familiar with stress management:
- You do not want or need to “burn-out”
- You want to communicate assertively under stress
- You must be able to manage aggression in communication
- Anxiety and depression are your enemies
