Stress Management

“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.”

Mahatma Gandhi

In today’s world, we experience a lot of demand for our time, inputs and contributions to the organisation we work for and the society at large. Such demands are increasing as world is getting more complex and real-time due to all the technological progresses and this can inevitably leads to more stress.

As a result, managing stress is a critical skill that you must master and pay more attention to as we advance more into the future. Stress management is about increasing productivity and operating at peak performance. With the right level of stress you can achieve as much as you are capable of, not to mention a higher chance of enjoying what you do when you are at it.

In this highly practical course participants will learn:

What is Stress?

• What is the impact of stress at individual or organisational level?
• How to monitor yourself to detect the early signs of stress
• What are the myths about stress?
• Can stress be good?
• How to take advantage of stress to increase your performance
• How to interact with people and manage your stress to get maximum results
• How to manage the impact of stress on your life

How to Monitor Stress

• How to look for signals that tell you how stressed you are
• Why monitoring these signals is the first critical step in addressing stress?
• How to read body language signals
• How to observe your emotions when getting stressed and respond to them accordingly

How to Avoid Extreme Distress

• What is distress?
• How to be assertive when communicating with others and how can this help you to reduce your stress
• How to organise and use time management to increase performance and reduce stress
• How to delegate to maximise your throughput
• What are the critical body language signals in assertive communication?

How to Manage Physiological Stress

• How correct breathing can help you to become more productive
• How to use diet to manage stress
• What physical exercises work best to relive stress

How to Reduce Stress

• How to use a set of eleven techniques to reduce stress? (These techniques are extensively explained and are accompanied with various exercises so delegates can practice them)

How to Say No

• How being able to easily say no can relive your stress
• How to say no and offload work from your busy life

How to Be Positive

• How to use the power of positive thinking to master the art of stress management
• How to use imagination to address stress

Audience: Anyone

Prerequisites: None

Course Duration: 1 Day

Course Level: Beginner & Intermediate

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand how stressed you are, what it means for you and how it impacts your life
• Monitor your stress level and detect when it is reducing your performance
• Anticipate and resolve stressful situations systematically using time-based and people-based techniques
• Use specific exercises & diets to become more productive
• Respond to stressful situations using a variety of powerful techniques and become more productive
• Say No and be loved for it!
• Use autosuggestion and imagination to full extent to manage your stress level

Stress management touches on just about every topic in the spectrum of soft skills. This is natural as stress management is about productivity and mental health. The course is designed from the ground up to expose delegates to as many areas as possible for the duration of the course so not only they get to experience different techniques used for managing stress, but they can also understand which areas they should expand on. Stress management is a lifelong skill and indeed a one-day course might not be enough. By exploring many topics, delegates come to realise that there is more than one solution to stressful situations. If they have tried something in the past which didn’t work, they can see that there are many more methods they can still use.

Questionnaires, individual exercises and group activities are all there to help the delegates identify any unhelpful mentality and learn new skills to deal with developing stressful situations.

To have a more comprehensive course on stress management lasting more than one day, you can combine this course with a number of other courses that expand on each specific topic for a day or 2 each. This way you can provide a more well-rounded view of the topics. To use stress management as a package, you are recommended to consider the following courses:

• Time Management
• Leadership Skills
• Assertiveness
• Communication skills