A quick overview of the habits and skills we need to invest time in to so that we better manage and become more resilient to work-place related stress. I'd love to connect. Feel free to send me an invite on LinkedIn.

1. DE-STRESSING AT WORK
& MANAGING ENERGY
LEVELS
Presentation by Has Razwi

2. Why we’re here
Because we don’t want to look like this guy

3. It gets worse

4. Then it’s just a vicious cycle

5. Symptoms of Stress
• Fatigue
• Headaches
• Heart Palpitation
• Sleep Deprivation
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Pessimism
• Overwhelmed

6. 7 Deadly Stressors
1. Long hours
2. Heavy workload
3. Boring work
4. Insufficient skills
5. Poor relationships with colleagues or managers
6. Distractions
7. Physical work environments

7. Some major stressors require intervention
and/or assistance
• Bullying, Harassment, Trauma, Death…
• These are stressors with serious consequences
• Look for Fair workplace policies or equivalent
• As an employee, if you are in need of assistance seek out the
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• As a manager, if you are in need of assistance, managerAssit could
help

8. The habits & skills we need
1) Long hours
• Stand up more
• Look around you more

9. The habits & skills we need
1) Long hours
• Use mouse with other hand at times

10. The habits & skills we need
1) Long hours
• Eat more greens

11. The habits & skills we need
2) Heavy workload
• Schedule

12. The habits & skills we need
2) Heavy workload
• Use Daily bullet point lists

13. The habits & skills we need
2) Heavy workload
• Gamify (start thinking of tasks as missions in a game – giving
yourself points/rewards for successfully completing them – there
are mobile apps for this)

14. The habits & skills we need
2) Heavy workload
• Stop multi-tasking

15. The habits & skills we need
3) Boring work
• Use job crafting

16. The habits & skills we need
3) Boring work
• Use Music to control moods

17. The habits & skills we need
3) Boring work
• Once again, Gamify (thinking of tasks as missions in a game –
giving yourself points/rewards for successfully completing them –
there are mobile apps for this)

18. The habits & skills we need
4) Insufficient skills
• Invest time and effort in upskilling

19. The habits & skills we need
4) Insufficient skills
• Embrace Continuous improvement (Kaizen)

20. The habits & skills we need
4) Insufficient skills
• Use the 20m&n method (practice something 20 minutes in the
morning to fire up short-term memory & 20 minutes at night to fire
up long-term memory retention – quickest way to become an
expert)

21. The habits & skills we need
5) Poor relationships with colleagues or managers
• Invest time in social capital (invite colleagues and managers to
coffees and/or lunches)

22. The habits & skills we need
6) Distractions
• Use the Urgent-Important Matrix

23. The habits & skills we need
6) Distractions
• Use the Urgent-Important Matrix
1. Manage

24. The habits & skills we need
6) Distractions
• Use the Urgent-Important Matrix
1. Manage 2. Focus

25. The habits & skills we need
6) Distractions
• Use the Urgent-Important Matrix
1. Manage 2. Focus
3. Avoid

26. The habits & skills we need
6) Distractions
• Use the Urgent-Important Matrix
1. Manage 2. Focus
3. Avoid 4. Limit

27. The habits & skills we need
7) Physical work environment
• Tidy it up
• Pretty it up