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Slide 1: Stress Management Training Topics: Introduction Ways to improve your attitude Stress Management Techniques Action-oriented skills: Action-oriented skills • Emotion-oriented skills • Acceptance-oriented skills
Slide 2: Stress Management MMM Training Solutions Contact: Pramila Mathew Mobile: +91 98409 88449 Website: www.mmmts.com © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 3: MANAGING STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 4: What is Stress? Stress is a reaction to a basic threat and the basic threat is the perceived inability to cope. The reaction to stress is a unique personal experience, triggered by our unique personal perception of the world. The perception factor is that mysterious variable that can often make “one man’s poison another man’s pleasure”. How we perceive life is so often determined by the way we perceive ourselves. Reality is not made for us, but by us. © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 5: Reaction to Stress Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. Greek Philosopher – Epictetus The manner in which you choose to interpret, react to and handle a perceived stress can very often be far more damaging to you than the actual stress could ever be on its own. © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 6: TYPES OF STRESS EustressPositive. Distress – Negative. Commonly known as stress. © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 7: Causes of Harmful Work Stress No formal stress-care awareness policy Inconsistent, poorly trained management Inconsistent management communication Poor management/colleague relationships Unhelpful approaches/attitudes to stress Source: Stress Busters– Stress Survival by Robert Holden © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 8: Causes of Harmful Work Stress Unwritten objectives and unclear goals Feeling undervalued and unappreciated Insufficient employee consultation Unrealistic workloads/time schedules Poor time management/organization skills Source: Stress Busters– Stress Survival by Robert Holden © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 9: MANAGING STRESS Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage and use it to help us. © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 10: Managing Stress Become aware of your stressors and your emotional and physical reactions. Recognize what you can change. Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress. Learn to moderate your physical reactions to stress. Build your physical reserves. Maintain your emotional reserves. Learn to Respond, Not React All Rights Reserved. © 2008 MMMTS
Slide 11: Steps to Building a Positive Attitude Step 2: Make a Habit of Doing it Now. Step 3: Develop an attitude of gratitude. Step 4: Get into a continuous education program. Step 5: Build positive self-esteem. Step 6: Stay away from negative influences. Source: © 1998 Macmillan India Ltd., Author: Shiv Khera Step 1: Change Focus, Look for the Positive. Step 7: Learn to like the things that need to be done. Step 8: Start your day with a positive. © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 12: Stress-Aggravating Foods Sugar Salt Fats Additives Caffeine Alcohol © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 13: Stress-Helpful Foods Vitamin A Brewers’ Yeast Vitamin C Iron Zinc Iodine Calcium Ginseng Evening Primrose Oil Selenium Molasses Chlorella All Rights Reserved. © 2008 MMMTS
Slide 14: Stress-Friendly Diet Eat fresh foods Eat regular meals Eat slowly Resist the temptation to overeat Eat a variety of foods The acid/alkaline balance Fluids Snacks Fiber © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 15: Tips on Handling Stress Work smarter, not harder. Carry reading material with you. Accept that time will be spent on activities outside your control. Don’t dwell upon things not done. Record daily activities, achievements, goals, sources of delay, and time waste to realize hidden opportunities. © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 16: Tips on Handling Stress Always maintain a short-task list. Continually ask yourself, “What is the best use of my time right now?” Be physically active to relieve tension. Make quick decisions. Carefully mix work & breaks. Have a positive attitude. Relax. © 2008 MMMTS All Rights Reserved.
Slide 17: Contact Information MMM TRAINING SOLUTIONS 59/29, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600006. Landline: +91-44-42317735 Website: www.mmmts.com Pramila Mathew - Training Consultant and Executive Coach Mobile: +91-9840988449; E-mail: Pramila.Mathew@mmmts.com Vikas Vinayachandran - Training Consultant Mobile: +91-9840932894; E-mail: Vikas@mmmts.com