Customized Workshops

Proud participants from Krannert - "The Science of Play for Overworked Professionals" workshop (Back: Judy Aulby, Ed Nelson, Mary Dawson, Yvonne Hardebeck, Shayla Stephens, Amanda Schumaker, Mary Gear, Branna Smith. Front: Gladys Sheron, Pat Fletcher, Amy Hamilton, Mary Roe, Barb Strueh)

• Handling Workplace Pressures: Identify key sources of on-the-job stress. Assess stress signals and tension-causing triggers while learning effective coping skills in the workplace. Become familiar with the “Take 5!” skills for managing work-related pressures.
  
• Clarifying Roles & Expectations: For many, the expectations of their supervisor and colleagues, plus their own internal expectations of themselves, are unclear and conflicting. Examine contradictory expectations that may be causing excess job distress.
  
• Controlling the Workload: Too much work, too little control, too many deadlines, and too many conflicting demands. Evaluate how the sheer volume of your workload causes stress and take control with new skills in prioritizing tasks and time management.
  
• Managing People Pressures: Working with others can be rewarding. However, conflicts with colleagues, supervisors, subordinates, and customers can push one to the edge. Assess the cause of “people pressures” on the job while learning positive techniques to tackle interpersonal conflict.
  
• Surviving the Changing Workplace: Change is inevitable, but often unwelcome. Discover some valuable coping skills and a new perspective to thrive and survive the stress associated with new work and life adjustments.
  
• Balancing Work & Home – Tipping the Scale in Your Favor: Overwhelmed with personal as well as professional responsibilities? Learn the art of "juggling" as a tool in managing the competing demands of the many aspects of your life.
  
• The Science of Play for Overworked Professionals: PLAY – the 4-letter word that can help you navigate through the stresses of work and home life. Find out how stress CAN be manageable when treated with productive play!
  
• Coping Strategies for the Humor-Challenged Workplace: Learn the FUN-damentals of stress management! Discover how humor can and DOES increase productivity - as well as peace of mind - in the workplace. 
  
• Taking Care of the Caregiver: Are you the primary caregiver of an aging loved one? Discover the support, guidance, and information necessary for successful - and less stressful - caregiving, in and out of the home.
  
• The Mind-Body-Spirit Connection: Pick your brain, move your body, and spark your spirit with this lively look at how these three components work together in making and keeping you healthy.