Session Summary
Stress can be a positive motivator (eustress), but high levels of negative stress (distress) can lead to significant losses in productivity and harm employee well-being. Productive managerial work habits rely on developing proper attitudes toward work and time in order to avoid distress stress. You will learn to calculate the cost of procrastination and its implications for work stress, to attack burdensome and overwhelming tasks, and to balance and prioritize the demands your position might put on you. Skills taught in this module focus on recognizing stressors, proper time management to avoid stress, and other strategies for stress reduction.
Learning Objectives
- Appreciate the importance of good work habits
- Identify and decrease tendencies toward procrastination
- Develop skills and techniques to manage stress while pursuing optimal productivity
Pre-Session Reading and Exercise
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Once you have completed the reading, please click here to complete the 3-minute exercise before class.
Handout
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