Managing Pressure and Increasing Performance (2 days)

The pressures people face at work today are unprecedented. Technological advance, organisational change and increased targets combined give people more psychological pressure than ever before. This pressure and stress can adversely affect performance, motivation and communication leading often to absenteeism, resentment and irrational behaviour. This is costly to the organisation in terms of productivity and costly to the individual in terms of health and quality of life

Who should attend?

All managers, team leader and supervisors interested in improving personal and team effectiveness through improved management.

Course Overview and Outcomes

This interactive workshop helps managers to improve personal effectiveness through improved management of the challenges facing themselves and their team. It encourages methods of thinking to aid motivation and achievement helping your organisation to maintain a competitive edge.  

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Identify the specific issues affecting team performance
• Identify and recognise the main physical, psychological and behavioural symptoms of stress in self and others.
• Be aware of how stress may affect you or your team and its possible impact on health, safety and performance.
• Understand the direct and hidden cost of stress to the organisation
• Identify what can be done to prevent and manage stress within your own area of responsibility
• Learn a range of skills for coping, idea generation and problem solving
• Develop enhanced communication skills
• Develop a personal stress management action plan
• Balance your life more effectively
• Develop a positive action plan with specific goals going forward.