Which perspective will you choose?
Featured in the Stress Management at Work training manual
By Mary Richards
Category: Personal Development
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Take two people, put them under the same pressure and they will respond differently. Why? Because they ‘see’ the pressure in a different way. And because their perceptions of the situation are different, their responses will be different. One response may result in stress, the other may not. Learning to respond to pressure in different ways by ‘seeing’ them from a different perspective is one of the key skills of successful stress management.
This training activity begins with the participants, working together as one group, comparing perceptions of situations and then exploring the link between perceptions, reactions and stress. Through questions and discussions, they go on to establish that perceptions are chosen. Working in groups of four or five they consolidate this theory in an exercise in which they choose perspectives that will result either in increasing or reducing pressure. In a plenary session, they then discuss how the ability to change perspectives can be used to reduce pressure at work. Finally, they examine putting the theory into practice.
Who is it for: This training activity is intended for use by trainers to help participants to understand that their perception of a situation is directly related to the stress it generates. This activity gives practical experience in altering perceptions.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:45:00 |
| No of Pages: | 16 |
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Purpose: This training activity is intended for use by trainers as a stand-alone activity or as part of a broader training programme on stress management. Those who claim that they don’t need to study this module are usually the very people who would benefit most from the principles it teaches.
Download the training activity, Which perspective will you choose? as featured in the Fenman training manual; Stress Management at Work