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"Meditation is coming into the workplace as stress management. Stress acts directly on productivity. Stressed workers don't function very well. They don't turn up to work on Monday mornings.” Eric Harrison.
"Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea.” Fredric Saunders
The current consensus
Today, the most commonly accepted definition of stress (mainly attributed to Richard S Lazarus) is that stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilise.
People feel little stress when they have the time, experience and resources to manage a situation. They feel great stress when they think they can't handle the demands put upon them. Stress is therefore a negative experience. And it is not an inevitable consequence of an event: It depends a lot on people's perceptions of a situation and their real ability to cope with it.
OBJECTIVES
This Programme attempts to answer the following - What is stress & How do we deal with it successfully.
· What stress does to you - physically and mentally ?
· Identifying causes of stress
· Does your Lifestyle help or hinder stress?
· Health and well-being
· What's in an attitude?
· Hints and tips to manage and prevent stress (there is a difference)
· Recognising stress in others - and what to do about it. |
