EAs and PAs Conference 2012 Stress Management
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The document outlines an upcoming conference on stress management in the workplace for executive assistants and personal assistants. The conference will cover topics like identifying whether you are a positive or negative thinker, overcoming fear of failure, dealing with perfectionism, and practicing centering techniques. It provides background information and strategies for each topic from sources like www.mindtools.com. The conference will take place on July 19, 2012 and is being organized by Nonkwan Hongthong.
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- 1. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 I would like to invite you to be
- 2. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 EAs and PAs Conference 2012 Stress Management in the Workplace • Stress – Hate it or Love it! • Are You a Positive or Negative Thinker? • Overcoming Fear of Failure • Perfectionism • Centering
- 3. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 EAs and PAs Conference 2012 Stress Management in the Workplace • Stress – Hate it or Love it! • Are You a Positive or Negative Thinker? • Overcoming Fear of Failure • Perfectionism • Centering
- 4. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace Stress – Hate it or Love it! Source: www.mindtools.com “Stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that "demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize." In short, it's what we feel when we think we've lost control of events.” Richard S Lazarus one of the most influential psychologists “Stress is not necessarily something bad – it all depends on how you take it. The stress of exhilarating, creative successful work is beneficial, while that of failure, humiliation or infection is detrimental." Hans Selye One of the founding fathers of stress research
- 5. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace The Stress Scale Source: www.mindtools.com In 1967, psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe decided to study whether or not stress contributes to illness. They surveyed more than 5,000 medical patients and asked them to say whether they had experience any of a series of 43 life events in the previous two years. Each event, called a Life Change Unit (LCU), had a different "weight" for stress. The more events the patient added up, the higher the score. The higher the score, and the larger the weight of each event, the more likely the patient was to become ill.
- 6. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace The Stress Scale Source: www.mindtools.com This table is taken from "The Social Re-adjustment Rating Scale", Thomas H. Holmes and Richard H. Rahe, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Volume 11, Issue 2, August 1967, Pages 213-218, Copyright © 1967 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. Score Comment 300+ You have a high or very high risk of becoming ill in the near future. 150-299 You have a moderate to high chance of becoming ill in the near future. <150 You have only a low to moderate chance of becoming ill in the near future.
- 7. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 EAs and PAs Conference 2012 Stress Management in the Workplace • Stress – Hate it or Love it! • Are You a Positive or Negative Thinker? • Overcoming Fear of Failure • Perfectionism • Centering
- 8. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace Are you Positive or Negative Thinker? Source: www.mindtools.com "Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.“ Zig Ziglar - Personal development guru "A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." Mahatma Gandhi “attracts positive people, events, and outcomes”
- 9. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 EAs and PAs Conference 2012 Stress Management in the Workplace • Stress – Hate it or Love it! • Are You a Positive or Negative Thinker? • Overcoming Fear of Failure • Perfectionism • Centering
- 14. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace Overcoming Fear of Failure Source: www.mindtools.com However, it's important to realize that in everything we do, there's always a chance that we'll fail. considering all of the potential outcomes of your decision think more positively having a "Plan B" in place
- 15. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 EAs and PAs Conference 2012 Stress Management in the Workplace • Stress – Hate it or Love it! • Are You a Positive or Negative Thinker? • Overcoming Fear of Failure • Perfectionism • Centering
- 16. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace Perfectionism Source: www.mindtools.com Excessive perfectionism can do more harm than good - it can be damaging to your self-esteem and to that of the people you work with. It can put a strain on your relationships, and, in some cases, it can lead to health issues. She loves perfections.. Within a decade, Martha Stewart, Inc., had grown into a $1 million business serving a number of corporate and celebrity clients. Stewart expanded into the world of publishing with her first book, Entertaining, which became a bestseller and was followed in quick succession by such publications as Martha Stewart's Quick Cook Menus, Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres, Martha Stewart's Christmas, and Martha Stewart's Wedding Planner. Her newfound fame took its toll on her personal life, as her marriage to Andy Stewart ended in divorce in 1990, after a bitter three-year separation.
- 17. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Maladaptive perfectionists are never satisfied with what they achieve. If something isn't perfect, they dismiss it. They may experience fear of failure, doubt, unhappiness, and other painful emotions. Adaptive perfectionists work on developing their skills. Their standards are always rising, and they approach work with optimism, pleasure, and a desire to improve. This is clearly a healthy type of perfectionism
- 18. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace Perfectionism Source: www.mindtools.com You can use these strategies to deal with perfectionism: Set Realistic Goals Listen to Your Emotions Don't Fear Mistakes “To overcome your perfectionist behaviors, start by listing everything you do (or don't do) because of your desire for perfection.”
- 19. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 EAs and PAs Conference 2012 Stress Management in the Workplace • Stress – Hate it or Love it! • Are You a Positive or Negative Thinker? • Overcoming Fear of Failure • Perfectionism • Centering
- 20. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 Stress Management in the Workplace Centering Source: www.mindtools.com Centering is a technique that originated, and is still used, in Aikido – one of the Japanese martial arts. Aikido is nonviolent, and is perhaps the most cerebral of all the self- defense arts. It literally means 'the way of unifying life energy.'
- 22. 2012 Executive Secretaries & Personal Assistants Conference Nonkwan Hongthong 19.07.2012 It depends on… YOU.
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- Value Creator Make/propose improvements to work products, services or processes Establish self as expert or key contributor Establish or expand relationships with key individuals Increase client/customer or user satisfaction People Developer Build skills needed to execute current responsibilities Build skills of others Assist others in completing their work Provide feedback to improve performance Contribute to a positive work environment and promote teamwork Effectively coach/counsel others Lead/participate in people initiatives Effectively participate in Performance Management process Business Operator Ensure high quality work products and processes Meet deliverable requirements/service level measures/specific targets Maximize personal productivity Structure own or others' activities to improve productivity or minimize delays/rework Coordinate a multi-step process or activity Reduce dependence on supervisor's input
- Value Creator Make/propose improvements to work products, services or processes Establish self as expert or key contributor Establish or expand relationships with key individuals Increase client/customer or user satisfaction People Developer Build skills needed to execute current responsibilities Build skills of others Assist others in completing their work Provide feedback to improve performance Contribute to a positive work environment and promote teamwork Effectively coach/counsel others Lead/participate in people initiatives Effectively participate in Performance Management process Business Operator Ensure high quality work products and processes Meet deliverable requirements/service level measures/specific targets Maximize personal productivity Structure own or others' activities to improve productivity or minimize delays/rework Coordinate a multi-step process or activity Reduce dependence on supervisor's input
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