Context

People who are good at managing their emotions are more capable of dealing effectively with stress. They will not easily lose control over a situation. They are calm, seldomly impulsive and they perform well under pressure. Working in the area of self-management implies that you focus on yourself taking responsibility for what you experience. In this training the central question is: ‘what lies within our circle of influence?’ This training will help you having a bigger hand on your emotions so as to make them work you rather than against you. 

Objectives

At the end of training participants will:

• Have clear understanding of the development of the stress process and of the elements in this process that they can influence.
• Be capable of identifying individual warning signals and have the capacity of dealing with them successfully. 
• Be able to assess the impact of their way of thinking on their capacity to manage themselves. They will know when and how to intervene in this process.
• Have a clear understanding and capacity how to influence their behavior with their thoughts.
• Have available a significant repertoire of tips & tricks to master their impulses.

Approach

• Concepts are explained based on experiments and practical examples.
• After each element of the training participants commit to a specific task to be completed in between sessions.
• Every delicate will have a buddy to assist him/her in sticking to their commitments.
• Practice sessions are central to the training process. They will be debriefed extensively.

Participants  

Maximum group size is 14. It is essential that participants assist based on their own initiative and are prepared to work on their personal objectives.

This training is relevant to everyone, regardless age, hierarchical level or function.