Stress handling

OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR
  • Teach participants to eliminate negative stress and use positive stress as a stimulator to achieve a more sane, creative, and productive behaviour
  • Provide analytical tools to help them identify the principal sources of stress
  • Help them identify their own stress level and the factors leading to it
  • Help them recognise their emotions and reactions in stressful situations
  • Help them overcome the main causes of stress and fatigue
  • Help them make effective use of their energy potential
  • Help them eliminate obstacles preventing their task to be fulfilled in a serene manner
  • Assist them in mastering their environment rather than being dominated by it
  • Learn to determine priorities and to concentrate on things that really matter
  • Help them to organise and manage their time better
  • Learn to remain calm under all circumstances
PROGRAM OF THE SEMINAR
  • The definition and origins of stress
  • Stress mechanisms
  • Stress, friend or enemy : distinction between positive and negative stress
  • Manage stress, manage one’s life
  • Stress symptoms
  • Alarm signals for stress
  • The importance of self-knowledge
  • Individual test
    • Auto-diagnostic of stress level
    • Identify what causes our stress
  • Stress handling in practice
  • How to develop better self-control
  • How to manage daily stress in practice
  • Breathing and relaxation exercises that can be performed on the work floor
  • The importance of social support
  • The link between professional and personal life
  • Improving personal organisation skills
  • Adequate time management
  • Defining personal priorities
    • Differentiate what is important from what is not
    • Distinguish major from minor issues
    • Evaluate a degree of urgency
    • Differentiate active from reactive tasks
  • Handling personal energy and making the most our best moments
  • Assertiveness 
    • Concept of assertiveness
    • Characteristics of an assertive person
    • Individual test to determine our personal level of assertiveness
    • How to become assertive
  • Groundrules for effective stress handling
  • Pitfalls to avoid
  • How to avoid falling into old habits
  • Summary and conclusion