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LFS001 - Well-being at Work: Improving Working Styles and Performance
Occupational stress and well-being at work tends to be one of the most discussed areas in the field of work with entire academic and non-academic journals as well as organizations dedicated to understanding the phenomenon and to prevent it. It is generally assumed that stress costs organizations billions of dollars a year both directly (e.g. turnover) and indirectly (e.g. health benefit costs; reduced productivity) and improving well-being at work not only reduces corporate costs but also motivates people to go the extra mile. This programme examines the phenomenon of stress, well-being and positive organizational psychology from a very critical perspective to help weed out facts from myths; evidence from just opinion. It provides insights into the corporate wellness process and helps participants develop an informed opinion that can be used to support and help other colleagues in need.
Programme Overview
The course is spread over 3 half days (or a total 12 hours) and will be organised as follows:
Day 1: The Phenomenon of Occupational Stress and Well-being at Work
- Work and well-being
- Psychosocial risks and the stress process (including cognitive ergonomics and aesthetics psychology)
- The healthy organization: aspects and perspectives
Day 2: Prevention
- Levels of intervention
- Types of intervention
- Intervention effectiveness
Day 3: Going beyond: Positive psychology at work
- Psychological capital
- Positive states, traits and processes
- Action plan
The course will be based on:
- Lecturettes
- Case studies
- Workshops
- Group and Individual exercises
What will I learn?
During the three day programme, participants will learn the techniques and build the skills that will allow them to:
- Understand the mechanics of stress at work
- Build an informed opinion about improving the wellness of employees
- Learn new concepts of positive psychology at work
- Devise an action plan for oneself and others at work
In addition, at the end of the programme participants will be encouraged to develop a personal action plan on individual strategies to deal more effectively with excessive demands at work and develop healthier styles of behaviours.
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at Employers and employees who believe that corporate wellness can make a difference to their performance and to the quality of service their customers receive.
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