Stress Management

This training is at the cutting edge of stress reduction, offering a powerful blend of cognitive training and clinically-proven relaxation techniques to manage stress in the most challenging circumstances.
 

Participants will learn how to:
 

• Understand and communicate more effectively with difficult co-workers.
  
   
• Manage challenging work situations with greater calmness and clarity of mind.
  
   
• Dramatically reduce stress with clinically-proven techniques that can be done in a few moments.
  
   
• Enhance personal productivity. Focus the mind where you want it to go, to achieve results more quickly and effectively.
   

The program length can be customized to meet your needs. The most popular and effective stress management training program for the workplace is four hours. Variations are available from two to four hours, including a two-hour follow-up one week after the initial training. Conference programs range from two to four hours. Based in the Golden Triangle (Boston, Worcester, and Providence)   Packard Seminars specializes in corporate training for executives and employees, and programs for employee appreciation events and conferences, for clients throughout North America.

As part of Packard Seminars' stress management training, every participant receives a practice CD with Joe guiding them in the techniques learned during the program for reinforcement in the future.

Productivity and effectiveness decrease as stress levels increase. Your employees can learn to stay within the Productivity Zone.

The relationship between stress and productivity

In terms of lost hours due to absenteeism, reduced productivity, and workers’ compensation benefits, stress costs American industry about $7,500 (US) per worker per year.
(The Stress Solution, Miller & Smith, American Psychological Association, 1997)

On average, corporations lose about 16 days annually in productivity per worker due to stress, anxiety and depression.
(American Psychological Association, 1996)

How many of these stress effects do you see
in your workplace?

Nervousness	Fatigue
Worrying	Constant feeling of time pressure
Anxiety	Tension headaches
Panic	Tight shoulder and neck muscles
Irritability	Teeth grinding
Depression	High blood pressure
Forgetfulness	Erratic or racing heartbeat
Mood swings	Migraine headaches
Crying easily	Stomach pain
Easily angered	Diarrhea
Poor concentration	Constipation
Restlessness	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Insomnia	Frequent minor illnesses

Try the following exercise to determine the cost of stress to your organization.

Annual number of employee sick days _____

Average daily wage of staff______

3/4 of sick days are stress related__.75__

Annual cost of stress in lost wages_$______

And this figure does not include lost productivity!

What steps can you take to improve your company's productivity?

The goal of these Stress Management Seminar is improved employee wellness and effectiveness, and decreased absenteeism, all of which can result in increased productivity for your organization.

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