Brilliant stress management : how to manage stress in any situation / Mike Clayton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clayton, Mike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress management.

Job stress--Prevention.

Job stress.

Stress (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 216 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How to manage stress in any situation

Place of Publication:

Harlow : Prentice Hall, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This text shows readers how they can manage stress at work, learn why change causes stress and what resources they can use to reduce and avoid it, how conflict can cause stress and how to deal with conflict in relationships at challenging times.

Contents:

About the author Acknowledgements Introduction 1 What stress is and is not Signs of stress Physiology of stress Type A and Type B Stress or strain? Long-term strain Stressors in your life The secret of managing stress: Control 2 Control your physical response to stress Good posture Good rest Good humour Good energy Good fuel A word or two about drugs the legal ones Healthy ageing 3 Control your environment Process Social connections Get organised Your space Your sensory environment: smells, noise, light and colour Action 4 Control your time The OATS Principle Outcomes Activities Time Schedule Procrastination Say NO Dealing with overwhelm Celebration 5 Control your attitudes The iceberg model Dangerous attitudes and limiting beliefs Know what you want From myths to mastery Asserting yourself 6 Control your mental response to stress Focus Optimism Determination, flexibility and persistence Gratitude Self-talk Breaking the cycle 7 Manage stress at work Signs and portents Your responsibility as a manager How much stress do you cause? How to not impose stress Supporting team members with stress Turning around a stressed work environment Protecting yourself from stress at work 8 Manage stress caused by change How change happens in the world How you are programmed to respond to change How to cope with the stress of change More than survival 9 Manage stress caused by conflict How to recognise escalating conflict Five approaches to dealing with conflict Seven-step process for resolving conflict Mediation and arbitration 10 Help others to manage their stress Listening Helping someone to regain control Blame and reason Expert help Relax: Last words on stress Relax Appendix 1 101 ways to reduce your stress Appendix 2 Learn more Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613334060

9781283334068

1283334062

9780273750659

0273750658

OCLC:

1024278007