PROBLEM OF STRESS AT WORK
There is a recognized and growing problem in the
Unites States. The rate of change in the workplace,
the faster pace of work and information, the constant
flow of information on a 24/7 basis, and people
doing more with less combine to form an incubator
for stress in the workplace.
The costs and consequences of stress to business
are significant and are on the rise. A third of
workers are overworked and overstressed and experiencing
some form of burnout. Over 50% of absenteeism,
accounting for over 500,000 days of missed work
annually, is attributed to stress. Job stress
costs billions every year because of errors, absenteeism,
and diminished productivity. Seventy-five percent
of doctor visits are for stress-related problems.
WORKPLACE TRAINING AND CONSULTING
We help companies make their process more efficient
by using strategies that increase employee effectiveness
and productivity and that lower medical claims
and hiring costs. Our services help companies
keep their best talent and increase their worker
productivity. Our stress management services benefit
our client companies by lowering absenteeism,
increasing productivity, and increasing retention.
Speeches
Speeches on stress-related topics can be customized
for companies or agencies. The talks are direct
and results-oriented. Information is related to
the attendees' business world to show them how
they can apply successful stress coping strategies
to excel at their business.
Suggested titles:
From Stress to Success
Breaking the Stress Habit
Building Stress Resilience
From Stress to Stress Resilience
Lessons from the Stress Hardy
Stress Management for a Better Life
Staying Relaxed in a Stressful World
Creating Emotional Resilience for Change and Challenges
On-Site Company Training
The core stress management training program provided
by Performance Media is Effective Stress Management.
Job stress significantly impacts a company's bottom
line. The major impact of worker stress comes
from loss of productivity and from higher expenses
due to accidents and errors, medical claims and
worker's compensation, and high turnover. Performance
Media offers a solution to the performance and
productivity problems caused by worker stress.
With Effective Stress Management training, employers
can help their staff function at their best, while
reducing healthcare costs and worker's compensation.
This seminar on Stress Management is about how
to go from being stressed to being stress resilient
by modeling stress hardy individuals. Participants
evaluate the current stressors in their lives
and their methods for dealing with them. Then
they learn about successful strategies for dealing
with stress at work.
The program is designed to be practical and to
arm participants with effective strategies and
helpful practices that payoff in real life. Learn
how to deal with stressful situations the way
stress hardy individuals do. Find out how to eliminate
negative stress behaviors that stand in the way
of higher performance and a greater sense of well-being.
Gaining stress control allows individuals to live
and work in a stressful time and to be healthy,
relaxed, and productive. (Descriptions
of other seminars available from Performance Media)
Train the Trainer
Train The Trainer Program is an efficient way
of bringing the Stress Management Program, Effective
Stress Management, to your company. This method
allows all members of your company to take the
Stress Management Training in the most cost effective
way. With this option, Effective Stress Management
becomes part of a company's ongoing training programs.
Performance Media will train your trainer(s)
to conduct the Effective of Stress Management
Program for members of your company. Bring the
Effective Stress Management to your organization
by having your own staff do the Effective Stress
Management Training within your company.
Consulting
Consulting related to Stress Management begins
with discussions with senior level managers to
identify the critical success factors. Once core
success factors are identified, then barriers
to achieving these successes are also determined.
An assessment phase involved using tools such
as questionnaires, surveys, interviews, and focus
groups to examine sources of stress in the workplace.
Based on the results of the data collected, a
set of recommendations is created that address
the stress related problems. Implementation may
include changes in process as well as training
for employees.
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PRESENTATIONS
AND SEMINARS PROGRAMS
For Conferences, Business Meetings, Conventions,
and Staff Trainings
Effective
Stress Management
This seminar focuses on learning to replace unhealthy methods of reacting to stressors with healthy and effective methods. Participants evaluate the current stressors in their lives and their methods for dealing with them. Then they learn about successful strategies for dealing with stress, such as direct action, time management, healthy lifestyle choices, and communication skills.
Visualization for a Winning Mind
Top achievers in business follow a set of mental processes that allow them to produce excellent results consistently. These strategies translate into a set of mental skills. Participants learn visualization methods to stay focused on a targeted goal, as well as mental rehearsal techniques and confidence-training exercises that help individuals maintain a peak performance state. Learn the visualization skills that accelerate the results that you want to achieve.
Outplaced
But Not Out of Luck
Stress Resilient Strategies for Outplaced Workers
Stress management training is a key element in learning to handle the transition to new employment effectively. Performance Media works with companies to provide stress management training for individuals who have been laid off to help them deal with the stress of job loss. This training gives outplaced workers positive stress coping strategies and helps them avoid negative methods of coping that compound problems and increase obstacles to finding new employment.
Staying Relaxed in a Stressful World:
Practices for Relaxation Training
In this seminar, you learn easy, practical methods to reduce stress, increase inner calm, and increase your sense of well-being. Participants learn specific relaxation methods, along with guidelines for practice and cues for quickly eliciting relaxation. Practices include progressive relaxation, breathing techniques for relaxation, and autogenic training exercises.
Goal Setting
Goal setting is a fundamental skill for top performance. Without goals, individuals and companies flounder. When goal planning is done correctly, an inner desire for success is linked with goals. When this connection is made, the result is passionate commitment, the true characteristic that lies behind the outward goal-orientation of peak performers. This workshop engages participants to discover true goals that are connected to core values.
Building Resilience for Retained Workers
To minimize the impact of declines in performance and high turnover rates among retained employees, there are important steps for retained employees to take. Individuals need to understand that stress, worry, loss and anger are natural responses to being in an organization that is undergoing a reduction in force. Learning how to deal with the loss, stress, and negative feelings that accompanies organizational change makes a significant difference for retained employees. Also, this program gives retained workers positive behaviors and strategies that build resilience and help them avoid negative methods of coping that compound problems during periods of transition.
These
sessions can be modified for various formats and
meeting times. Call Performance Media to find
out how we can incorporate these seminars into
your next meeting or conference.
For more information or to schedule a seminar,
contact us at 602.274.1889.
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COMPANIES AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
Performance Media® works with companies in transition
that are dealing with the challenges of change
and feel that they are not getting the most from
their people. We help companies make their process
more efficient by using strategies that increase
employee effectiveness and productivity and that
lower medical claims and hiring costs. Our services
help companies keep their best talent and increase
their worker productivity.
Organizations that have high stress roles or
high demand environments are prime candidates
for the Stress Management services from Performance
Media. Examples include healthcare workers, crisis
medicine workers, Air Traffic Control, first responders,
Fire Department staff, Law Enforcement officers,
Call centers staff, sales and marketing personnel,
Critical PR personnel, nuclear power plant workers.
Changes at the organizational level are stressful
for all employees. We specialize in working with
companies in transition, such as companies facing
rapid growth or some other type of transition,
including reorganization, downsizing, merger,
acquisition, or leadership succession.
In addition to working with companies, Performance
Media has education, information, and products
for individuals or groups that are interested
in learning how to deal with stressful situations
the way stress hardy individuals do. It is recognized
that many people experience overstress at work
and overstress from the pressures and demands
of life in general. People can learn how to be
healthier, more relaxed, and more productive.
They can discover how to eliminate negative stress
behaviors that stand in the way of higher performance
and a greater sense of well-being.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(FAQs)
What is Stress?
The stress response occurs when a person is confronted
with danger or demand from the environment. The
stress reaction is a response of the nervous system.
In essence, a stress response occurs when there
is a perception of danger, demand or threat. The
body and nervous system spring into an emergency
mode. The adrenal glands release adrenaline. Heart
rate and blood pressure increase. Digestion slows.
The brain releases endorphins which act as pain
killers.
With a major stressor, this wired-in emergency
response automatically happens. This protective,
survival response is sometimes referred to as
the "fight or flight response." The phrase means
that the body is geared up into a high state of
activation prepared to fight against the threat
or to flee from it.
Can the seminars or training sessions
be recorded?
Recording of the presentations is not allowed
because the content of the programs is copyrighted
material.
What are stress management activities?
Stress management activities are the behaviors
that people do in response to stressful situations.
They are the current behaviors that individuals
have usually as habitual reactions to stressful
or demanding circumstances. Common stress management
activities include drinking alcohol, eating, smoking,
sleeping, listening to music, jogging.
What are the main benefits from the workshop?
When individuals realize that their methods for
dealing with the stressful situations are not
effective, then the question arises: What do I
do? Effective Stress Management is a training
program that is designed to answer that question
by giving people a system that they can work with
to successfully handle pressures and demands.
Skills that participants learn include:
How to assess the stressors at your workplace
and in your life in general
How to replace unhealthy methods of reacting
to stressful situations with healthy and effective
methods
How to stayed relaxed in stressful situations
How to adopt successful strategies for dealing
with stress
How to create a realistic and effective action
plan
How to make a commitment for positive changes
in relation to stressors
How to have support with a buddy system
How to build successes from your commitments
How is this training on stress management
different from other stress management training
programs?
Often in training on stress you learn about what
stress is, triggers for stress, and key stressors.
The real question is: what do you do about stress
once you identify it. How do you alleviate stress
and solve the stress problem?
The purpose of Performance Media Effective Stress
Management is to provide you with methods to help
you solve stress problems in your life. There
are different methods and strategies that are
successful ones for dealing with stress. You will
be learning healthy and effective methods for
handling stress. This workshop trains you in strategies
that help you deal with stress successfully and
that help you build resilience to future stressful
situations. Successful stress coping strategies
are competencies that individuals can develop
to become like the stress hardy.
Who are stress thrivers?
Certain people can experience numerous life changes
and stressful life experience without negative
consequences. These individuals seem to dance
through stressful periods. They not only navigate
the stressful times well, they thrive on stress.
These are the people who have resiliency to stress.
They are referred to as stress hardy or stress
thrivers.
Others can learn beneficial lessons from those
who thrive in conditions of stress. The lessons
from those who thrive in a whirlwind of stress
and change help others deal with our world of
rapid change and high demand.
What is stress resilience?
Stress resilience is the ability to deal
with stressful situations successfully. The greater
your stress resilience, the greater your ability
to handle stressful events.
You can think of stress resilience as being like
stress fitness. With stress resilience you can
experience stressful events without the wear and
tear that pressures and demands can sometimes
bring. People demonstrate stress resilience when
they respond to demanding situations with the
"right" level of energy and activation to meet
the demand but without the negative signs of distress,
such as worry and anxiety. Individuals with stress
resilience are effective in stressful conditions.
What is stress management?
In a broad context, stress management is part
of health promotion. Strategies in health promotion
include stress management, nutrition, and exercise.
Stress management is the psychological part of
health promotion.
Stress management involves learning how to regulate
the stress response in the body. Typically, the
learning process with stress management begins
with general information about stress, what it
is and how it works. Then there is an examination
of the key stressors that people deal with in
their lives in general as well as in their workplace.
The next step involves looking at methods that
are used to deal with stress, including an assessment
of the effectiveness of these methods. This information
about stressors and current methods people are
using to deal with them is supplemented with training
to develop practices and healthy behaviors to
deal with stress effectively.
What are negative consequences of too
much stress?
Experiencing stress over prolonged periods of
time can lead to detrimental consequences. Chronic
stress can be harmful physically to general health,
to a sense of well-being, and can set the stage
for stress-related problems, such as headaches,
allergic reactions, sleeping problems, nervousness,
anxiety, aches and pains, and depression, heart
problems.
Prolonged stress can overtax the body which can
result in lowering resistance and depressing the
action of the immune system. The result is an
increased risk of a major disease, cancer, stroke
or heart disease.
What are the benefits of stress management?
When people learn to manage stress, they can improve
their health status. With reduced stress, individuals
can experience greater enjoyment and well-being,
healthier mental/emotional states, more positive
moods, and higher productiveness and effectiveness.
Including stress management in your life has
the payoff of helping you to be healthier, happier
and more productive. Stress management can improve
health, relationships, and performance at work
and in school.
Stress management allows you to live in a stressful
time and be healthy and relaxed, and productive.
EVENT LISTINGS
Scheduled events that are presentations by Performance
Media are listed here. If there are questions
about the listings, contact Performance Media
by telephone at 602-274-1889 or by email.
FROM STRESS TO SUCCESS
9.12.05 - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Location for Workshop: Arizona Small
Business Association (ASBA) 4130 E. Van Buren
St., Ste. 150, Phoenix, AZ 85008 Description:
The
workplace can be a stressful place. The rate of
change in the workplace, the faster pace of work
and information, the constant flow of information
on a 24/7 basis, and people doing more with less
combine to form an incubator for stress in the
workplace.
Job stress combines with general life stress triggers,
which means that people need practical solutions
to managing stress successfully.
The
emphasis of the training provided in the Stress
Management Workshop is on adopting positive and
effective strategies for dealing with stress.
Participants examine the current stressors in
their lives and evaluate their methods for dealing
with them. Then they learn about successful strategies
for dealing with stress (such as direct action
and time management). The workshop focuses on
learning to replace unhealthy methods of reacting
to stressors with healthy and effective methods.
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Tommy
Thriver wants you to know that you too can
be a Thriver. Become a Thriver, one who can
thrive on change and the fast pace of today’s
workplace. Experience higher performance and
increased productivity, as well as enjoyment
and less stress by learning the lessons from
those who are excellent at dealing with stressful
situations. Learn the practical techniques
that help you achieve your best results, while
being calm and relaxed, so that you can enhance
your personal and |
Cost: Free to ASBA members. Non-members
$20.
Registration: Call ASBA at 602-265-4563
to register
BUILDING STRESS RESILIENCE
9.19.05 - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Location for Workshop: Arizona
Small Business Association (ASBA) 4130 E. Van
Buren St., Ste. 150, Phoenix, AZ 85008
Description:
Stress
resilience is the ability to deal with stress
successfully. Participants are encouraged to develop
solutions to stressful situations by modeling
those who are stress resilient. This process of
modeling involves examining and adopting the characteristics
of stress hardy individuals.
Stress
hardy people seem to dance through stressful periods.
These individuals not only navigate the stressful
times well, they thrive on stress. Qualities of
the stress thrivers form the basis for behavioral
lifestyle changes to enhance the ability to deal
with stress at work and in life in general. By
learning certain competencies, such as social
network building and learning to say no, individuals
can acquire the characteristics of stress thrivers.
Cost: Free to ASBA members. Non-members
$20.
Registration: Call ASBA at 602-265-4563
to register
STAYING
RELAXED IN A STRESSFUL WORLD
9.26.05 - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Location for Workshop: Arizona
Small Business Association (ASBA) 4130 E. Van
Buren St., Ste. 150, Phoenix, AZ 85008
Description:
The greatest benefit from relaxation practices
is the ability to control your stress reaction
and therefore to control your response under pressure.
Each relaxation technique offers an effective
method for acquiring relaxation skill. By learning
relaxation practices and following through with
consistent practice, individuals develop the ability
to combat pressure. Self-regulation of the stress
response combats anxiety and too much stress which
stand as obstacles to performing at your best
level.
Relaxation Techniques
This seminar focuses on participants learning
specific relaxation methods, along with guidelines
for practice and cues for quickly eliciting relaxation.
• Doing progressive relaxation
• Using breathing techniques for relaxation
• Practicing autogenic training exercises
• Using imagery for relaxation
Cost: Free to ASBA members. Non-members
$20.
Registration: Call ASBA at 602-265-4563
to register
BUILDING
STRESS RESILIENCE: A KEY TO PEAK PERFORMANCE
9.19.06 – 9 AM to 11 AM
Location for Workshop: Arizona Small
Business Association (ASBA) 4130 E. Van Buren
St., Ste. 150, Phoenix, AZ 85008
Description:
This seminar is about developing stress resilience
by modeling stress hardy individuals. With stress
resilience people can deal successfully with the
changes and challenges in today’s workforce.
Peak performers know how to manage stress so that
they can achieve high performance consistently
over time.
Experience higher performance and increased productivity,
as well as enjoyment and less stress by learning
the lessons from those who are excellent at dealing
with stressful situations. Learn the practical
techniques that help you achieve your best results,
while being calm and relaxed, so that you can
enhance your personal and professional success.
Cost: Free to ASBA members. Non-members
$20.
Registration: Call ASBA at 602-265-4563
to register
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