Managing Stress During Organizational Change

1. Managing Stress During Organizational Change KRS Consulting Kathryn, Rochelle & Sadrika

2. History of KRS Consulting • We have been in business for over 5 years together. • We each hold Master Degrees from the University of New Haven. • We have consulted for various organizations such as Google, Goldman Sach’s, Hartford Life Insurance Company & PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

3. Objectives • Discuss why we were hired by Pfizer. • Discuss stress and the top identifying factors. • Ways reduce stress in the workplace and in your daily life. • Where do we go from here?

4. What has happened? • ** Insert Background Information about Pfizer and what has happened in the past 10 months with job sites closing, layoffs and overall uncertainty.

5. Survey Questions • Insert Sample Survey Questions

6. Survey Results • Survey from Previous Year • * Insert Graph • Survey from July 2011 • *Insert Graph

7. Let’s discuss what the results say • Insert made up information about why the company is concerned about the employees (i.e.. Production has gone down,

8. Let’s talk about Stress! Stress is the experience of a perceived threat (real or imagined) to one’s mental, physical, or spiritual well-being, resulting from a series of physiological response and adaptations Hans Selye coined the term Fight/ Flight. *Insert question: How many of you are familiar with the term Fight/ Flight???* Insert further information about fight/ flight. ** Mayo Clinic***

9. Stress and what it can do! • Increased Alcohol consumption • Fatigue or Exhaustion • Tight Neck / Shoulders • Insomnia • Headaches/Migraines • Sadness/Depression • Feelings of Hopelessness • Colds and Congestions • Indigestion • Diarrhea, spastic colon or intestinal disorder • Symptoms of Ulcers

10. Life Threatening Diseases caused by Stress • Stress has been shown to be one of the factors leading to musculo-skeletal disorders such as: back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder or neck tension, eye strain, or headaches.

11. What does this mean? • Our primary focus here today is to educate you in ways to manage stress. Ways to reduce stress in your life…. • Meditation • Exercise • Diet • Journaling • Breathing Exercises

12. How to De-Stress! • Ways to reduce stress in your life…. • Meditation • Exercise • Diet • Journaling • Breathing Exercises • Etc

13. The Intervention • Talk about what we are going to teach them… (Video on Yoga, Meditation and Information on Journaling) • Once you learn these techniques it is in our hopes that you will continue to practice them.

14. Yoga • Yoga is an ancient form of exercise that can reduce stress and relieve muscular tension or pain. Practicing yoga at the workplace teaches employees to use relaxation techniques to reduce stress and risks of injury on the job. Yoga at the workplace is a convenient and practical outlet that improves work performance by relieving tension and job stress. • Practicing yoga has been shown to reduce pain, relieve tension, reduce risks of injury, improve posture, improve communication, increase energy and attention span, and enhance feelings of overall wellness and well-being. • In comparison to job stress, yoga has a dramatic and opposite effect on the body: decreased heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure. Being mindful of the body helps break the poor postural habits and encourages rest breaks from repetitive motions that may contribute to pain and risk for MSDs, thereby decreasing risks of injury. Yoga techniques are prevention skills for life. • Yoga at work is a convenient and practical needed outlet for work-related stressors. Yoga at work teaches employees relaxation techniques to decrease tension and pain as well as prevention strategies to reduce risks of injury on the job, thereby improving work performance. Information from Yoga Article

15. Yoga Statistics Table 2

16. Meditation

17. Journaling • Journal Writing is a coping technique; expression of thoughts, feelings, memories, and ideas in written form to increase self- awareness. • Having a journal can help relieve stress through writing about irritations, which can guide you to work through issues • Writing about personally experienced stressors or traumatic events has been associated with improvements in mental and physical health. • The expression of emotion is beneficial to mental health whereas the inhibition of emotion is harmful. • Journal writing is one of the most effective coping skills available to provide profound internal vision and enhance the self-awareness process. • It initiates the communication of self-reflection between the mind and the soul which is the necessary first step in the resolution and closure of perceived stress. • Self Expression through journal writing may serve as an emotional catharsis by getting out on paper the toxic thoughts roaming through one’s head. • It allows the release of thughts, feelings, and perceptions that liberates the mind.

18. Successful Journal Writing Tips: • What you will need: A notebook dedicated solely to journaling, pen or pencil and a quiet environment • Try to identify those concerns and problems that cause the most fustration, grief or tension • Ask yourself what emotions are elicited when these stressors are encountered • Allow the writing process to augment your creative process to further resoluction • Centering – Before you write take a moment to relax • Write whatever may come to your mind

19. Where do you go from here? • Explain that we have creating Relaxation Rooms • Employees will be given 30 minutes each day to go into to Relaxation Room

20. Relaxation Room

21. Overview • Insert information about the company and although things may be uncertain Pfizer is here to try to accommodate stress and how they care about their employees • Insert wrap up information about stress • Review the Relaxation Room and what it is there for

22. Q&A