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Work-life Balance and Stress Management for Senior Executive Officers

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Program overview:

Work-life balance and stress management are two things that must be considered important and essential for the mental, physical and emotional well-being of every organization’s staff member. Everyone needs a sustainable work-life balance, if people fail to achieve Work-life balance, the negative effect on both the individual and the team is poor performance.

Work-life balance is based on the fact that your life is composed of various elements; work, rest, family, hobbies, friends, etc. It is about achieving the right mix of all the various components of your life and not neglecting any of them for too long. You must manage the competing demands of the various aspects of your life. Work life balance is the art of creating harmony; allowing you to be more productive, happy and healthy.

Great amount of stress and work-life imbalance is created through our work culture and the workplace environment that fails to recognize the benefits of prioritizing staff well-being.

For whom:

This program is designed for every staff member; managers, team leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs, office managers and administrative staff, secretaries and personal assistants in the private sector. Chief executives, Permanent secretaries, departmental heads and other senior officers in government ministries, departments, agencies, and Local Government Councils can also benefit from this course. This course will serve as a foundation for creating happy, healthy and productive members of staff.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the program, participants will be able to;

Define and discuss work-life balance
Create a clear vision, purpose and mission for life through planning and goal setting
Use emotionally intelligence competency to manage workplace relationships
Create work place culture where people can thrive
Develop self-Awareness skills for self-management
Take control of work-balanced habits to achieve success in all spheres of life
Understand self-stress level and design strategies to manage the challenges
Learn how to set and achieve short and long term goals
Develop social awareness skills to manage your emotions and influential others
Learn to communicate assertively in a clear, confident and calm manner
Organize work and personal life to achieve balance and synergy
Develop self and time management skills to maximize quality time in relationships at work, with family, friends and self.
Effectively adjust your work-life balance over time
Improve productivity through quick and effective work planning and organization
Develop methods for staying balanced every day to be happy, healthy and productive

Course outline:

Day 1: Life Goal

Creating a clear vision, purpose and mission for your life
- Setting achievable goals, what do I hope to achieve?
Our fast changing world
- How do we manage this?
What are the implications for others and me?
Balancing life and work

Day 2: Self and Stress Management

Personal diagnosis – how stressed are you?
Personality types and individual stressors
Continuum of control – when to be proactive and when to let go
Roots causes and cures of stress
Mind / Body connection –flight and fight response
Mindfulness and relaxation techniques
Self – Care –self-assessment and strategies

Day 3: Basic Time and Task Management skills and techniques

Time Perspective Inventory: How we use time
- How am I using my time? Time logging, Scheduling your work
The habits of highly effective people
- Scheduling your work to achieve work life balance
Time management traps to avoid
- How our time use affects others, why do I put things off? Procrastination and time wasting
How to keep yourself motivated and focused
Deciding what to keep, what to eliminate, what to delegate

Day 4: Creating Positive Workplace and Relationship Management

Emotional intelligence at work
- Overcoming the problem of ego in the workplace
Communicating assertively
Resolving conflicts in the team * Dealing with difficult people
Creating a healthy and inspiring work environment
- Running effective workplace meetings
Strategies to boost team morale and motivation * How to create an empowered team
Supporting staff which are having stress issues
Creating fair workloads and monitoring staff stress levels

Day 5: Balancing your Work-Life and Managing Stress

What is Work-life balance?
Skills needed to achieve work life balance
- Prioritization, time management and delegation
Your life is composed of Major Relative Elements.
- Never neglect any element for too long
Stress; physical and mental components
- How to handle the effects of stress on your physical body
- How to handle the effects of stress on your mind and emotions
How to create “watertight compartments” in your mind
- How to stop trouble “flooding” from one life-area to another
- Regain a sense of “sustainable equilibrium” and balance
Maintain your poise
Creating a development plan
Real wealth equals happiness, fulfillment plus discretionary time

Note: There will be London city tour on day 5

The Course Package: Includes: Course material in soft copy, Tea break, Lunch, City tour, and certificate of attendance. A laptop with the soft copy of the course material loaded with a carrying bag will be presented to the participants at the end of the course.

Note: Payment is either U$D or the prevailing parallel market rate. We do not accept government official rate.

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