Senior BCTOrganisation:

1. Stress2. 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 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

Strategies for employees and employers

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?

SPECIFIC

Each goal must have an explicit

objective to be reached with detailed

information as to who, what, when,

where, which and why.

S

MEASURABLE

Establish criteria for measuring

progress and completion. How do you

know when you’ve finished?

M

ACHIEVABLE

The goal must be at a level which is

attainable according to your skills and

time frame.

A

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.

R

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.

T

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