TAKE NECESSARY STEPS NEEDED TO MANAGE WORK-RELATED STRESS

Everyone who has ever held a job has, at some point, felt the pressure of work-related stress. Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do. In the short-term, you may experience pressure to meet a deadline or to fulfil a challenging obligation. But when work stress becomes chronic, it can be overwhelming — and harmful to both physical and emotional health.

Unfortunately, such long-term stress is all too common. In Australian, more than $133.9 million was paid in benefits to workers who had made claims related to workplace stress during the last tax year. According to the National Health and Safety Commission, work-related stress accounts for the longest stretches of absenteeism. What one person may perceive as stressful, another may view as challenging.

Whether a person experiences work-related stress depends on the job, the person’s psychological make-up, and other factors (such as personal life and general health). You can’t always avoid the tensions that occur on the job. But you can take steps to manage work-related stress, and this course will show you how. Course content includes:

• Understanding stress: when it’s good, when it’s bad
• The link between stress and perception
• Identifying signs of stress
• Factors affecting wellbeing
• The link between physical activity and psychological wellbeing
• Managing stress at home and at work
• The problem with perfectionism
• The 5 pillars of wellbeing: PERMA
• Building resilience through:
  • Composure
  • Collaboration
  • Reasoning
  • Tenacity
  • Health
  • Sleep