Stress Management

No matter the level of employee, the pressure on the workforce is greater than ever. Studies continually show that "stress" is a major factor in employee absences and health care problems.

For many employees there is the fear of being let go. Many others are doing twice the work they used to do for the same money. Many workers are just bored with their jobs. Their energy seems to be sucked out by the repetition. An incident of violence shows just how tough interpersonal relationships can be at the workplace.

In this class, participants will learn strategies and the rationale behind the strategies to cope with difficult situations, rediscover their passion for living and working, and tap into their creative reservoir both at work and in life in general.

There are no fast fixes for many of the problems facing the workforce today. If people want things to be different, they have to work at it. However if they don't know how to work at changing things, they waste a lot of time. This class will help them realize the problems, and provide them with solutions to solving them.

Key Learning Points:

• Demonstrate the effects of bad thinking habits and demonstrate how to change them
• Strategies to maximize the emotional powerhouses that work for each person
• Develop a sense of persistence
• Using thought process to move from being the emotional victim to the emotional powerhouse
• Become more aware of your own thought process
• Increase awareness of identifying choices when faced with an unpleasant situation
• Understand the difference between problem solving and complaining
• Strategies to keep from being overwhelmed by people who seem to love to be miserable
• Increase awareness of habits that keep them and the workplace in a negative space
• Raise sensitivity to how word choice effects situations
• Learn ways to communicate effectively, everytime

For more information, please contact Christine Kutsko at 440/947-1286 or email ckutsko@ercnet.org.