The Stress Factors

  • Lack of work-life balance.
  • Improper workload and time management.
  • Lack of coherence with team members.
  • Job security issues.

Professional Stress can be the result of a number of factors, combined or individual. The inability to manage or control stress can lead to loss of productivity, affecting your as well as the organizational performances. Some of the important causes that can lead to this stress are

Despite giving their best to the job, individuals may often find themselves falling victims to the stress. But this is something that can be completely controlled with certain effective practices and techniques. Dhyanahita’s exclusive Stress Management program for employees is aimed at enlightening the individuals on identifying the causes of stress and introducing the techniques to manage stress.

Dhyanahita’s Stress Management Approach

Like any other effective management program, our training begins with the examination and identification of the causes of the stress individually. The employees will be made to use a self-diagnostic tool that will help them realize what’s causing the stress issues which could be any of the aforementioned factors.

After identification of the problem, relevant techniques to control and manage the stress will be introduced. The primary issues and techniques addressed are

  • How to eliminate stress from the physical environment. Choosing the right habits and methods that will make your work space a lot more convenient and results productive.
  • Stress and self-sabotage – How to stop it.
  • Lack of coherence with team members.
  • Mind over Matter. The effective mental techniques for handling stress are taught.
    • Anticipation and preventing challenging and stressful situations
    • Eliminating unnecessary pressures in mind
    • Rightly gauging the importance of any event
    • Eliminating uncertainty or dilemmas
    • Adapting a positive attitude
    • Relaxation techniques such as meditation
  • The Body-Mind connection. A variety of exercises that will not only relieve your physical stress but also improve your mind are taught.
  • How the change in life-energy impacts and results in the stress on physical, mental and emotional levels will be taught.
  • Understanding the significance of nutrition. How the food we choose plays a role in the change of stress levels.
  • Meditation and breathing techniques will be taught.
  • Directive communication methodology to understand stress, the reasons behind it, and the preventive techniques will be taught.

Training at a Glance

Aims

  • To become knowledgeable about the nature of stress, its management and prevention.
  • Be able to apply this knowledge to recognize stress in self, others and organization’s.
  • To become knowledgeable about a multimodal cognitive-behavioral approach to stress management based on current practice and its application to different settings.

Objectives

  • Define stress and understand how it differs from pressure.
  • Have a working understanding of modern models of stress including the multimodal- transactional model, the cognitive ABCDE model and an organizational model.
  • Understand the psychophysiology of stress.
  • Identify the main physical, psychological and behavioral symptoms of stress in self and others.
  • Examine primary, secondary and tertiary stress management interventions at the individual and organizational levels.
  • Recognize thinking errors and performance interfering thoughts and develop coaching, training or counselling thinking skills to help individuals modify these beliefs.
  • Develop a range of strategies and techniques to tackle stress including, Type A modification, relaxation skills, lifestyle management, biofeedback, stress mapping.
  • Understand Type A behavior and Locus of Control constructs.
  • Recognize the organizational symptoms of stress and identify what strategies can be undertaken to prevent and manage stress at work.

Topics

  • Individual and organizational symptoms of stress.
  • Thinking errors and thinking skills.
  • Stress mapping.
  • Stability zones.
  • Relaxation techniques.
  • Biofeedback.
  • Pressure and stress.
  • Lifestyle management.
  • Physical outlets.
  • Management of the personal work environment.
  • Type A behavior.
  • Locus of control.
  • Time management.
  • Coping strategies at work and home.