Managing Stress and Pressure at Work
Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | ||
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Managing Stress and Pressure at Work | 16 Nov 2025 | 20 Nov 2025 | Dubai, UAE | $ 3,900 | Register |

Managing Stress and Pressure at Work
Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Managing Stress and Pressure at Work | 16 Nov 2025 | 20 Nov 2025 | Dubai, UAE | $ 3,900 |
Introduction
This highly interactive course will give you the tools and techniques needed to manage your time proactively and effectively. Successful people set themselves goals and objectives. They know what they need to do, how they need to do it, and have a plan to help them achieve it. How you plan and prioritize your day are two of the key skills needed to be successful and add value to your organization. Time is one of our most valuable resources yet we don’t always manage it as effectively as we could. This can lead to a stressful working environment which will prevent you from being successful and achieving your goals. Most people deny that they are stressed or affected by internal or external factors in the workplace. As the cost of stress to the employer continues to grow, organizations must recognize stress in their employees and train staff and management on how to manage stress productively. A recent survey showed that 1 in 5 people report their work to be very or extremely stressful, citing the nature of their work, relationships at work, or their employer as the cause.
This course will highlight:
- How to set yourself realistic goals and objectives
- The importance of planning and prioritizing daily, weekly and monthly
- The role of effective communication in managing your day more effectively
- Techniques to manage workplace stress
- How to manage the demands of others who want/need your time
Objectives
- Set yourself meaningful goals and objectives
- Plan, prioritize and manage your time more effectively
- Communicate positively and assertively with time stealers
- Run more effective meetings and delegate effectively
- Identify and reduce stress in yourself and others
At the end of this course, you will learn to:
Training Methodology
This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.
Who Should Attend?
This course is aimed at professionals who want to take better control of their time and be more productive. It will also benefit those who find their working environment quite stressful and want to take control of reducing stress.
This course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Anyone who supervises or manages a team
- Employees of any organization that feel under pressure
- Anyone that has to meet challenging deadlines
Course Outline
Day1: Managing Yourself and your Day
- Goal setting – why have goals?
- Setting SMART objectives to achieve your goals
- Planning and scheduling your activities
- Establishing responsibilities and priorities
- Effective use of diaries, time planners, time logs, etc.
- Criteria for prioritizing using the urgent and important model
- My Perfect Day – when are you at your best?
Day 2: Personal Time Management Styles and Communication
- Your time management style – productive or obstructive?
- Highlighting personal ‘time-stealers’ and areas for development
- Procrastination – the stealer of time
- Dealing with interruptions and distractions – staying focused
- Communication styles and how to use positive communication to aid productivity
- Empowerment techniques – learning when to push back using the WISH model
Day 3: Effective Meetings and Delegation
- Meeting preparation – what tools do you need?
- Managing the meeting – time-keeper, note taker, chairperson
- Tips and techniques for effective meetings
- What does effective delegation look like?
- Styles of management that aid and hinder delegation
- How to delegate successfully
- Understanding how people learn
- The use of feedback in the delegation process
Day 4: Understanding Workplace Stress and its Causes
- What is stress?
- What contributes to workplace stress? – The top ten causes
- The impact of stress on personal performance – the positive and negative effects of stress
- Recognizing the signs of stress in ourselves and others
- Tips and techniques for managing stress
- Maintaining an effective balance between home and work
Day 5: Managing workplace stress through behavior and communication
- Understanding behavior types: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive
- How our thought process affects our behavior
- Developing self-assertiveness to achieve greater control over stress
- Conflict management – a common cause of stress
- Analysis of individual conflict management styles
- Using emotional intelligence to manage stress and conflict situations