Course Description
The workplace is one of the leading locations where people experience stress and anxiety. Every employee will encounter it sometime during their career. Everyone should be aware of the signs of anxiety and the tools needed to cope and deal with it.
Our Managing Workplace Anxiety workshop will provide your participants with the important skills and resources to recognize and manage workplace anxiety. By identifying these symptoms and coping skills employees and managers will be better suited to dealing with these common situations.
Course Objectives:
Remember, it is perfectly normal to feel stressed at work and feel a little anxious. Although everyone will experience some form of workplace anxiety in their career, everyone portrays them differently. Learning key signs and symptoms of workplace anxiety sooner will not only help identify the problem, but will lead you down the right path to know how to manage them successfully.
You Will:
Explore different types of workplace anxieties
Learn to recognize symptoms and warning signs
Determine ways of coping and managing problems
Recognize common trigger and accelerants
Learn the difference between anxiety and common nervousness
Agenda
Course Core Competencies:
Module 1: Common Types of Anxiety
Topic A: Social Anxiety
Topic B: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Topic C: Panic Disorder
Topic D: Phobias
Module 2: Recognizing Symptoms in Others
Topic A: Avoiding Social Situations
Topic B: Difficulty in Accepting Negative Feedback
Topic C: Difficulty in Focusing on Tasks
Topic D: Irrational Fears
Module 3: Coping Strategies (I)
Topic A: Keeping a Journal
Topic B: Power of Positive Thinking
Topic C: Have a “Me” Place You Can Go
Topic D: Establish Attainable Goals
Module 4: Coping Strategies (II)
Topic A: Talk With Friends and Family
Topic B: Get Enough Sleep
Topic C: Eating Well and Exercise
Topic D: Begin Small and Build Up to Larger Challenges
Module 5: Don’t Avoid the Situation
Topic A: It’s OK to Make a Mistake
Topic B: Accept the Situation, and Move On
Topic C: Avoidance Can Cause a Cycle of Anxiety
Topic D: Identify the Trigger
Module 6: Differences in Anxiety and Normal Nervousness
Topic A: It Runs Along a Spectrum
Topic B: Anxiety Can Happen Without a Cause
Topic C: The Length of Time Symptoms Last
Topic D: It’s an Exaggeration of Normal Feelings
Module 7: Physical Symptoms
Topic A: Rapid Heartbeat
Topic B: Panic Attack
Topic C: Headache
Topic D: Trembling or Shaking
Module 8: Recognize the Positive Aspects of Anxiety
Topic A: It Alerts Us to Danger
Topic B: Improves Self-Awareness
Topic C: Can Be a Great Motivator
Topic D: Prevent Mistakes
Module 9: Common Anxiety Triggers
Topic A: Uncertainty or Fear of the Unknown
Topic B: Holding in Feelings
Topic C: Public Speaking / Speaking Up
Topic D: Trying to Be Perfect
Module 10: When to Seek Extra Help?
Topic A: Feeling Overwhelmed
Topic B: Physical Changes
Topic C: Unable to Work or Function
Topic D: Panic Attacks