Managing Stress at Work

Programme Objective
This programme is designed to increase awareness of the effects of stress on work and personal life and to provide detailed information about how to prevent and deal with stress in the workplace.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand Stress
• Eliminate or minimise stressors
• Implement short and long term coping mechanisms
• To implement 2 changes immediately to reduce personal and team stress

Programme Outline

• Identify the symptoms of stress
• Recognise the major stressors at work
• Examine what causes these stressors
• Reducing stress at work
• Learn to cope with stress and working under pressure
• Steps to ensure low stress levels
• Managing time and stress
• Motivation and praise
• Communication/Personal Effectiveness
• Dealing sensitively with people problems
• Guidelines for pinpointing problems
• Managing Employee Stress
• Building a positive work climate

Programme Methodology
This course is highly interactive with plenty of opportunities to practise the skills taught and receive feedback. During the programme, ideas are introduced through discussions and mutual learning. Delegates then apply the concepts learned to their own situations.

Programme Tutor
Tony Bourke – Jefferson Training

Target Audience
Employee’s who find themselves under pressure and who want to mimimise the sources and effects of stress at work

Duration
1 Day

Number of Participants
Maximum 10