Managing Workplace Anxiety

The workplace is one of the leading locations where people experience stress and anxiety. Every employee will encounter it sometime during their career. Everyone should be aware of the signs of anxiety and the tools needed to cope and deal with it.

Our Managing Workplace Anxiety workshop will provide your participants the important skills and resources to recognize and manage workplace anxiety. By identifying these symptoms and coping skills employees and managers will be better suited in dealing with these common situations. Through this workshop your participants will be better suited to the challenges that the workplace can bring.

Module 1: Getting Started

• Icebreaker
• Housekeeping Items
• Workshop Objectives

Module 2: Common Types of Anxiety

• Social Anxiety
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Case Study

Module 3: Recognizing Symptoms in Others

• Avoiding Social Situations
• Difficulty in Accepting Negative Feedback
• Difficulty in Focusing on Tasks
• Irrational Fears
• Case Study

Module 4: Coping Strategies (I)

• Keeping a Journal
• Power of Positive Thinking
• Have a "Me" Place You Can Go
• Establish Attainable Goals
• Case Study

Module 5: Coping Strategies (II)

• Talk With Friends and Family
• Get Enough Sleep
• Eating Well and Exercise
• Begin Small and Build Up to Larger Challenges
• Case Study

Module 6: Don't Avoid the Situation

• It's OK to Make a Mistake
• Accept the Situation, and Move On
• Avoidance Can Cause a Cycle of Anxiety
• Identify the Trigger
• Case Study 

Module 7: Differences in Anxietyand Normal Nervousness

• It Runs Along a Spectrum
• Anxiety Can Happen Without a Cause
• The Length of Time Symptoms Last
• It's an Exaggeration of Normal Feelings
• Case Study

Module 8: Physical Symptoms

• Rapid Heartbeat
• Panic Attack
• Headache
• Trembling or Shaking
• Case Study

Module 9: Recognize the Positive Aspects of Anxiety

• It Alerts Us to Danger
• Improves Self-Awareness
• Can Be  a Great Motivator
• Prevent Mistakes
• Case Study

Module 10: Common Anxiety Triggers

• Uncertainty or Fear of the Unknown
• Holding in Feelings
• Public Speaking/Speaking Up
• Trying to Be Perfect
• Case Study

 Module 11: When to Seek Extra Help?

• Feeling Overwhelmed
• Physical Changes
• Unable to Work or Function
• Panic Attacks
• Case Study

Module 12: Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Lessons Learned
• Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations