Balancing the load
Featured in the Stress Management at Work training manual
By Mary Richards
Category: Personal Development
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Many people associate stress at work with too much to do and no time to do it in. What people often don’t appreciate is that too much time and nothing to do can be equally stressful. In both situations, learning to maintain a balanced workload is one way to avoid or reduce that stress.
In this training activity, the participants learn, through plenary instruction and discussion, about the relationship between workload and stress, and explore strategies for balancing the load. Working in pairs, they relate the learning points to their own situation.
Who is it for: This training activity is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to identify ways to achieve a balanced workload. A practical exercise focuses on balancing your own workload or, for supervisors and managers, looks at balancing the workload of
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:15:00 |
| No of Pages: | 17 |
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Purpose: This training activity is intended for use by trainers and is particularly useful for those participants dealing with situations where stress is related to being either overstretched or bored at work. It can be used as an introduction to the activities ‘Making the most of your time’, ‘Seeking support’ and ‘Helping others’. Alternatively, it can form an extension of the activities ‘Taking control’ and ‘Blame? Who’s to blame?’
Download the training activity, Balancing the load as featured in the Fenman training manual; Stress Management at Work