It can be quite daunting taking part in stress management course if you are not sure what to expect. A lot of people do not approach with an open mind – which is vital for success.
Many people will assume that stress management courses are not necessary because they perceive stress management as common sense. My experience suggests that these people are, in fact, misinformed and they could benefit greatly from attending this type of course.
The reason for this is that a stress management course is not just about managing personal stress. It is also about learning to identify, control and benefit / reduce the stress of others.
If you are thinking of attending or recommending a course on stress for your organisation or small business, my advice is to make sure everyone (including yourself) approaches it with an open mind.
The content covered in the course will vary but the course outline will largely contain the same topics. Here is a brief outline of a typical stress management course:
– Why it is important
– The cycle
– Internal and external influences
– Optimising your state
– How to tune your state up and down
– Building resilience through exercises and nutritional awareness
– Problems vs outcomes and how to deal with both
– Awareness – How you make other stressed
– Building minimum stress teams
In the first half of the course will cover topics that will go over the definition of stress, recognising the symptoms and understanding why the management of it is important.
The second part of the stress management course will begin to focus on the factors of stress and how to recognise influences of stress (internal and external) using a variety of methods and techniques.
Following this, the stress management course will begin to help you develop skills on how to handle stress for yourself and others around you (employees, staff, etc). This part of the stress management course is very important because it gives you practical methods that have been to proven to relieve stress. From experience, members usually find this part of the course most exciting due to active participation.
The final part of the course focuses on some advanced methods of stress training such as building minimum teams, improving awareness and how to deal with problems and outcomes.
Stress management courses are available onsite (A trainer will travel to the organisation) or at specified training facilities. We’ve found that onsite training has been a popular choice for large organisations and also small businesses.