Description
This course will focus on the types of stressors that leaders face in today's workplaces and how to deal with them. You'll learn about personal resilience – your ability to withstand and cope with stress – as well as self-management, motivation, and organisation strategies. You'll also discover how health and social relationships influence resilience.
Syllabus :
1. The nature of stress and resilience
- The problem of stress
- Reactions to stress and emotion
- The stress and resilience framework
2. The sources of stress
- Organising yourself and managing time
- Interpersonal encounters
- Situational stressors and worry about the future
3. Approaches to deal with stress
- Shaping my environment
- Shaping my perceptions
- Shaping my skills
4. Building resilience
- Personal foundations of resilience
- Health and resilience
- The social basis of resilience
5. Managing oneself effectively: Values and goals
- Work-life balance
- The idea of values fit
- Urgency and importance
6. Managing oneself efficiently: Time and personal organisation
- Efficient time management practices
- Dealing with procrastination and perfectionism
- Building your personal resilience action plan