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Senior BCT. Organisation: 1. Stress 2. SMART Goals. STRESS. What is it? What causes stress? What is the effect of stress? What are some strategies to overcome stress?. Stress - Define. What is it?
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Senior BCT Organisation: 1. Stress 2. SMART Goals
STRESS • What is it? • What causes stress? • What is the effect of stress? • What are some strategies to overcome stress?
Stress - Define • What is it? • Stress is the pressure to meet deadlines at work or the inability to anticipate what may/may not occur and prepare for unexpected challenges. • Stress is the body’s reaction to demanding tasks and challenges.
Stress - Causes • Some possible causes: • Failure to plan • Going with the flow and then flustering when changes occur • Overloaded with work • Failure to see the big picture • Commonly reactive people (not enough stress)
Stress - Effects • Impact on workplaces: • Increased days off work due to health issues • Payments for workers compensation • Retraining costs associated with replacing some staff • Increased pressure on other workers who have to take up the slack
Stress - Strategies Strategies for employees and employers • Ensure adequate breaks for all staff during the day • Ensuring staff are trained to handle the job they are asked to perform. • Training staff to evaluate the effectiveness of their work processes • Improve planning and organisational skills of staff • Improving staff knowledge of technology to assist with planning • Improve staff knowledge of stress health issues • Assisting staff to identify timewasters and ways to better plan their day
Response Q: In a structured paragraph respond to the following: Explain what stress is, give two broad causes of stress in a workplace, describe the affect of stress and provide some possible strategies which can be implemented to reduce stress in the workplace.
S M A R T Goals • Why should goals fit this criteria?
S SPECIFIC Each goal must have an explicit objective to be reached with detailed information as to who, what, when, where, which and why.
M MEASURABLE Establish criteria for measuring progress and completion. How do you know when you’ve finished?
A ACHIEVABLE The goal must be at a level which is attainable according to your skills and time frame.
R REALISTIC Exaggerated and impractical goals will not be effective as the likelihood of reaching the goal is minimal. The goal must be suited to your willingness and ability to accomplish.
T TIME BOUND A suitable time frame/date needs to be set which aligns with the achievability of the goal, this is important to create urgency instead of a ‘someday’ mentality.