Coping with stress and developing your abilities to reduce pressure

In todays industrial society employees are used as "human capital". They have to be able to work under high pressure, highly qualified, dynamic, uncomplicated, diverse and successful. Who doesn't fit these excessive demands will get into trouble. Many people report health problems, burnout symptoms, a crisis of values and future plans and teh destruction of relationships and their families. Often the causes are in stress related unsatifaction and in a wrong coping strategy. Don't let your duties overwhelme you! Analyze your personal coping strategies concerning pressure at work and in your private life. Learn techniques and methods, which help you to have more satisfaction in your life and less frustration at work. Preserve your life quality without losing your productivity.

Content

Which meaning has stress?

basics of work philosophy and stresstheory - cognitive-physiological emotional theory – eu- versus disstress - typical symptoms & warning signals when under excessive demand - stressors – human being as human capital („homo oeconomicus“).

How do you cope with stress?

personal actual position fixing - exchange of experiences and examples of the consulting practice - recognition, application and use of your personal abilities and ressources to cope with stress and pressure.

How do you preserve your contentment and your health?

definition of individual lust of life - senseful using of our own physical ressources– time management – sports & eating habits - the use of positive emotions – salutogenesis.

How does relaxation and well being function?

physiological basics of body reactions concerning stress – sleep and day rhythm - techniques to willingly control relaxation - religigeous beliefs ("destiny") and life planning - sense and well being .

Goals
After this workshop you will know the important research findings about coping with stress as well as the human being as capital and about work-life-balance, which enrich your repertoire of coping with daily work life and private pressure. You will have a better idea of your individual patterns and discover your abilities to fight excessive demand.

Methods

short lecture, discussion and experience exchange with examples from the work practice of the participants, individual and group settings, exercises, role plays (possibly using video taping sessions and analysis).

Requirements

No special knowledge or abilities are needed to participate in this course except the willingness to reflect on yourself and the active participation in the exercises.

This seminar is aimed for: Executives, managers, department heads, project managers and all sorts of people having to cope with excessive demand.