Workplace Wellbeing: Stress and Productivity at Work
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About Course
What You will learn
- What will you achieve?
- By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Discuss how we respond psychologically and physiologically under conditions of stress
- Investigate the conditions under which stress has a negative impact on productivity and performance
- Explore the conditions under which stress can positively impact productivity and performance
- Identify the individual and organisational factors which impact the stress-productivity relationship
- Evaluate what strategies can help maintain performance and productivity in the workplace
Course Curriculum / Content
Week 1: Understanding stress and performance in the workplace-Introduction
1.1 Welcome to the course
1.2 Meet your educators
1.3 Is stress an issue in your organisation?
1.4 Stress and your organisation
Week 1: What is stress?
1.5 A brief overview of stress
1.6 A stress test
1.7 The prevalence of stress in the workplace
1.8 Do you have an extreme job?
Week 1: Exploring the stress and performance link
1.9 Stress as a challenge (or threat)
1.10 Personal experience of being ‘challenged’ under stress
1.11 The dangerous allure of the 70 hour working week
1.12 Stress and productivity in the workplace
Week 1: How individual factors change the stress-productivity relationship
1.13 The transactional nature of stress
1.14 Personality and stress
1.15 Leadership and stress
1.16 Individuals factors and stress
1.17 Summary
Week 2: The changing workplace and the impact on stress and performance-Introduction
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The changing white-collar working environment
2.3 The impact of COVID-19 on work and working practices
Week 2: Remote working
2.4 Looking forward
2.5 Overview of trends in remote working
2.6 The psychological effects of remote working(video)
00:002.7 Remote working – A white paper
Week 2: Email
2.8 An overview of the email-stress-productivity relationship
2.9 How do people manage email effectively – individual and organisational strategies(video)
00:00
Week 2: Current research
2.10 Focus on current research
2.11 What the data says: Email and health(video)
00:002.12 Summary
Week 3: Strategies to manage stress and performance in the workplace-Introduction
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Introduction to self-care(video)
00:003.3 S – How to get better sleep(video)
00:003.4 E – The importance of exercise(video)
00:003.5 L – The role of learning in health and wellbeing(video)
00:003.6 F – Why the food we eat matters for psychological wellbeing(video)
00:003.7 Self-care reflection
Week 3: Perspective
3.8 Thinking smarter
3.9 The overview of control
3.10 The control map
Week 3: Transition
3.11 Introduction to transitioning effectively from work to home(video)
00:003.12 Transitioning effectively – shutdown rituals and the journey(video)
00:003.13 Transitioning effectively – arriving home(video)
00:003.14 Meeting the challenge of remote working(video)
00:003.15 Transition reflection
Week 3: Leadership – Stress – Performance
3.16 Leadership
3.17 Applying your knowledge
3.18 So what? Reflections on stress and productivity
3.19 Where to?
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Requirements
- Instructions are strictly in English and require at least Intermediate English level
- Take the course ta your own pace
- Feel free to engage other learners in the Chat area
Target Audience
- Who is the course for?
- This course is primarily designed for HR professionals and those in leadership or management positions who want to learn how to improve workplace productivity and reduce stress.
- The course will also be useful for anyone who wants to learn strategies to improve their own wellbeing at work.
Material Includes
- Videos
- Quizzes and Guides
- Articles
- External references
Description
Build workplace stress management skills and learn work productivity techniques
The UK government, businesses, and public health organisations have all backed the case for improving productivity through improved wellbeing in the workplace.
This course draws on contemporary research and consultancy experience to explore how stress impacts workplace productivity and performance.
Firstly, you’ll consider the impact of technological advances on our work schedules. You’ll discover how remote and flexible working patterns may result in an inability to switch off from work and how this can increase work-related stress and prevent the rest and recovery required to stay productive.
Next, you’ll consider individual and organisational differences that may impact the stress-productivity relationship, like differing personalities, thinking styles, and group dynamics, and learn practical workplace productivity techniques.
What topics will you cover?
We will provide an overview of:
- The Stress Response
- The link between stress and productivity and performance in the Workplace
- How individual factors (e.g., personality, leadership) change the stress-productivity relationship.
- How the changing nature of the workplace (e.g., email, remote working) can impact the stress-productivity relationship.
- Strategies for maintaining performance and productivity in the workplace.
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