Stress is detrimental to productivity and personal health. This workshop highlights the sources of stress and teaches how to Participants will learn effective stress reducers that have short and long term benefits.

Course Content

The module covers these topics and more:

• Sources of stress
• Individual responses to stress: physical, mental, emotional, cognitive, behavioral
• Factors influencing stress responses
• Decision making under stress
• Keeping things in perspective
• Interventions: Individual, team, organizational
• Personal strategies for addressing stress

Audience:

All employees could benefit from this module. The major objective is to improve the ability to handle stressful situations and to implement action items for reducing stress.

Timing:

This module can be presented with a minimum of two hours.

Exercises:

• Self Assessment: Stress responses
• Case studies: Identify stress responses
• Tips for anger management
• Conflict resolutions scenarios
• Group discussions: Managing stressful situations
• Summary and action items