Many people like to think that they don’t ‘suffer’ from stress. For them to admit to it is like saying ‘I cannot cope’, and this gives impressions of weakness and failure. Others may think of stress as just the modern excuse for getting off work. We may try to convince ourselves and those around us, that things are fine; when in fact they are not.

The fact is, that at some stage during our lives, we experience varying levels of stress - and most people experience a high-level at some time. If you are responsible for staff, you will need to be aware that they may be facing many new experiences and challenges.

On average 13.4 million working days are lost through stress each year costing UK business £3.8 billion. In addition more employers are spending time and money defending stress related claims through the courts.

A tribunal awarded £170,00 compensation to a person who was dismissed because of work related stress. Whatever the true costs of stress, they are too high!

Stress itself is not necessarily a problem, it is normal and even useful! When adrenaline is pumping around your body and ‘all systems are go’ you often feel as if you can take on the world. It can help you to reach a peak in performance. As a manager this is clearly important - they need to be peaking in performance at various times, often for extended periods.

“It doesn’t matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, you can always turn back.”    Anon.

Who will benefit: Anyone requiring an in-depth understanding of stress and measures to combat stress.

Duration: 1 day.

By the end of the stress management course delegates will be able to...

• recognise the signs of stress
• understand the causes of stress
• be aware of what stress does to people
• identify the key sources of stress and the effects of stress in the workplace
• find ways of handling your stress and help others to handle theirs
• make changes to your behaviour and practices at work and home
• take coping strategies back to the workplace

STRESS BUSTING - THE MASSAGE WAY

Therapeutic Massage has been used to heal and sooth the body for thousands of years.

Massage works on two levels. The first being the physical level with the effect of improving circulation, stimulating the lymphatic system and relaxing the muscles, the second is the psychological level of relaxation and positive emotions that are produced when messages are sent by the sensitive nerves in the skin to the brain so as to encourage a state of total calm.

Many companies now give time, or financial support to employees wishing to take advantage of massage within the workplace; such schemes giving benefits to both employees and employers by reducing stress and so improving efficiency and reducing absenteeism significantly.

Courses in STRESS BUSTING - THE MASSAGE WAY can be arranged through ELITE TRAINING, and can be:

Half Day - Classroom course on the benefits, method and effects of massage.

Full Day - Classroom course and suitable practical demonstrations on delegates.

All courses will be designed, written and run by a qualified I. T. E. C. Professional Massage Therapist, and will be tailored to your needs and requirements.

Our courses consist of 'In-Company' training; we visit companies’ premises or hotels and run courses according to company and staff needs.

We do not run training courses for people from different companies to attend. However, we do run courses consisting of one or two delegates. This enables us to move at the pace of the delegates (as fast or slow as necessary; as deep into the subject as appropriate, and with as much development as possible). These are not as expensive as you might think!

To see why other companies choose us, and for examples of costs, availability, course trainers, etc., please visit our >> Home Page        Select Another Course

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