Executive Stress & Time Management Course

Location: Calabar & Lagos.

Fee: N145, 000

Duration: 3days

There are numerous causes of stress in our lives; many of which cannot be avoided. The goal is to learn to reduce stress while increasing your ability to manage it.

This course provides you with techniques to manage stress including relaxation techniques, identifying and avoiding stressful situations, coping with setbacks, accepting situations and altering circumstances. Effective stress management leads to better health and greater productivity.

Positive and negative stress is a constant influence on all of our lives. The trick is to maximise the positive stress and to minimise the negative stress. This workshop will give participants a three-option method for addressing any stressful situation, as well as a toolbox of personal skills, including using routines, relaxation techniques, and a stress log system.

Learning Outcomes

• Master the three “A’s” of a stressful situation: Alter, Avoid, Accept
• Learn what lifestyle elements can be changed to reduce stress
• Use routines to reduce stress
• Learn environmental & physical relaxation techniques
• Learn how to cope with major events
• Learn how to use a stress log to identify stressors & create a plan to reduce or eliminate them

Course Outline

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 1 Understanding Stress

• What is Stress?
• What is Eustress?
• Understanding the ‘Triple A’ approach

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 2 Creating a Stress-Reducing Lifestyle

• Eating properly
• Exercising regularly
• Sleeping well

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 3 Altering the Situation

• The First ‘A’
• Identifying appropriate situations
• Creating effective actions

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 4 Avoiding the Situation

• The Second ‘A’
• Identifying appropriate situations
• Creating effective actions

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 5

Accepting the Situation

• The Third ‘A’
• Identifying appropriate situations
• Creating effective actions

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 6

Using Routines to Reduce Stress

• Planning meals
• Organising chores
• Using a To-Do list

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 7 Environmental Relaxation Techniques

• Finding a sanctuary
• Using music
• Seeing the humour

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 8 Physical Relaxation Techniques

• Soothing stretches
• Deep breathing
• Tensing and relaxing
• Medication

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 9 Coping with Major Events

• Establishing a support system
• Creating a plan
• Knowing when to seek help

Stress Management Training Course – Lesson 10 Our Challenge to You

• Creating a stress log
• Week One: recording events
• Week Two: identifying stressors and creating a plan
• Week Three: creating new habits
• Reviewing and evaluating

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