Stress Management

This Stress Management training course is a practical training course for professionals looking to gain a deeper understanding of how to minimise levels of stress in the workplace. This stress management course is ideal for those in senior-level roles, such as managers.

By the end of the programme, leaders will know:

  • A pragmatic appreciation of what stress really is

  • The ability to spot it, deal with it and avoid stress ‘addiction’

  • An appreciation of the triggers of stress so they can avoid stress sneaking up on them when they are unprepared

  • The ‘hacks’ to avoid ‘burn-out’ from stress

  • Understood how to ‘tame’ stress to ensure it assumes it’s rightful place in their lives

Course Outline

  • The physiology of stress

  • What stress is (and isn’t) and the differences between the legal, medial and psychological frameworks for dealing with stress

  • How stress is useful for us, and it’s many downsides

  • Twenty-three tactics for dealing with the negative aspects of stress

  • Understanding the main triggers of stress

  • How stress can trigger more serious emotional reactions, and how emotions can generate stress

  • As a leader, understanding how the term is abused to make sure the ‘genuine’ cases get the support they need


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