Synopses & Reviews
Supplement any type of training with a stress management
activity--your participants will thank you! Teach your participants to
"stress-proof" themselves with these training activities from a
leading expert on stress. Designed to provide stress-proofing
techniques your trainees can take home with them, as well as
on-the-spot relaxation in the middle of a long training session, these
science-based methods are fun to teach and easy to apply. Dr. Robert
Epstein, a Harvard-trained psychologist, gives you: quick methods for
helping trainees relax, clear their minds, and prepare for learning;
techniques that raise trainees' stress-tolerance levels, help them
remove through the day more smoothly, and unleash their creativity;
special techniques that help people cope with organizational change;
innovative methods for dealing with interpersonal conflicts;
stress-handling methods especially for managers; relaxation tools for
the desk-bound; self-assessment surveys for measuring
stress-management skills; reproducible handouts; instructions for
tailoring each exercise to fit any group. Stress management and
relaxation activities can be used as a welcome "breather" in any
training program--or combine several activities to create your own
stress management training module. Not just for training sessions, the
methods in this book can help any speaker, leader, or boss relax a
crowd, soothe a staff, and generate improved creativity and
productivity in any group. A selection of techniques you'll find
inside meditation for the impatient; reach for the sky; dancing with
your eyes; terrific tummy technique; popeye puffs; capturing a
daydream; compu-relaxation; gravity magic.
Table of Contents
Part I: Getting Started. How to Use This Book.
Why Stress Management and Relaxation Are Important.
"Stress-Proofing": A Proactive Approach to Managing Workplace Stress.
Part II: How to Use Stress-Management and Relaxation Activities for Almost Any Occasion.
Helping People Prepare for Learning.
Loosening Up an Audience.
Closing a Session.
Teaching People to Cope with Organizational Change.
Teaching People to Cope with Interpersonal Conflict.
Teaching Managers to Reduce Staff Stress.
Teaching Managers to Reduce Their Own Stress.
Helping People Design
Personal Stress-Management Regimens.
Helping People Design Low-Stress Work Environments.
Activities for the Desk-Bound.
Activities for the Time-Limited.
Activities for Coffee Breaks.
Activities for Evenings and Weekends.
Advanced Techniques.
Suggestions for a Half-Day Training Session.
A Comprehensive Approach: Suggestions for an Intensive Two-day Workshop.
Part III: Stress-Management and Relaxation Activities.
(and more...)