Course Description
Experiencing stress at your job may come from your workload, your boss, and maybe even a few coworkers. It’s helpful to understand how to identify and manage these outside stressors that you often can’t control, and some tips for managing your reaction to them. Understanding how you can manage or even change some things internally that may be causing you stress can also be beneficial to your career and offer you a few strategies to decompress after a stressful workday by identifying easy stress-reducing activities.
When most of your day is spent at work and you experience stress at your job, you may feel trapped. In these lessons on Coping with Stress at Work, you’ll learn how to identify what’s causing you stress and how to change it or your situation if you can. You’ll also learn to manage those stressors and some basic strategies for work-life balance and how it plays a role in managing workplace stress.
What You'll Learn
- Identify the causes of workplace stress, including workload, your boss, and coworkers
- Manage workplace stressors and your reactions to them
- Create a work-life balance and understand its role in managing workplace stress
- Decompress after a stressful workday using easy stress-reducing activities
- Recognize how stress can affect your job
- Deal with stressed-out coworkers
Key Takeaways
- Workplace stress can come from your workload, your boss, and a few coworkers, many of which are outside stressors you often cannot control.
- You can manage your reaction to stressors and change some internal things that may be causing you stress.
- Work-life balance plays a role in managing workplace stress.
- Identifying easy stress-reducing activities offers strategies to decompress after a stressful workday.
- When most of your day is spent at work and you experience stress, you may feel trapped, so the course teaches how to identify the cause and change it or your situation if you can.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn to identify the causes of workplace stress, manage those stressors, create a work-life balance, and decompress after work.
What topics do the lessons cover?
The lessons cover an Introduction, How Stress Can Affect Your Job, Work-Life Balance and Stress, Dealing With Stressed-Out Coworkers, and a Test Your Knowledge section.
Does this course address stress caused by coworkers?
Yes. It addresses stressors from coworkers and includes a lesson on Dealing With Stressed-Out Coworkers.
How does work-life balance relate to this course?
The course teaches basic strategies for work-life balance and explains how it plays a role in managing workplace stress.
Who is this course for?
It is for people who experience stress at their job from sources such as their workload, their boss, and coworkers, and who want to identify, manage, or change those stressors.
