Managing Workplace Anxiety - Melbourne
Managing Workplace Anxiety - Melbourne
Course Outline
Overview
It's something so many Australian professionals are facing, and one of the greatest problems today's worker has that nobody is talking about: workplace anxiety. During my three decades of consulting with organisations across varied businesses in Melbourne, I have seen how anxiety turns capable talented people into hesitant overwhelmed employees that never reach their potential.
This all-encompassing course acknowledges that workplace anxiety is not a character flaw or weakness — it’s simply a normal human reaction to the kind of challenging work climate most of us face today. With ground-breaking research and techniques with a focus on practical tools, attendants will know how to mind their anxiety while staying at the top of their professional game.
The course takes the best of psychological science and applies it to the workplace, so the techniques taught are all directly applicable to real-world challenges on the job. We are not working on “self-affirmations”, building confidence, and coping mechanisms that work in practice.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Define Personal Triggers: Acknowledge when personal stress algorithm… how they" seek to sleep, and recognize what are professional triggers that get in the way of what they "should" be doing.
Practice Coping Mechanisms in the Moment: Utilize practical, non-distracting options to help soothe anxiety during meetings, presentations, and stressful situations
Prepare Comprehensive Management Strategies: Establish individualised plans for ongoing anxiety management and career success
Communication Skills Training: How to Use Communication Skills to Improve A Difficult Relationship And… Recommended! Move from feeling hopeless, frustrated, and miserable when things go wrong in your relationship to hope, joy, and peace today!
Develop Professional Strength: Create sustainable habits that will keep overwhelm at bay
Establish Boundaries: Find that line between workplace pressure and your own wellbeing without damaging professional relationships.
What You Will Learn
Module 1: Understanding Workplace Anxiety
The distinction between work-related stress and anxiety disorders
Typical symptoms of anxiety in the work place
How anxiety affects judgement, innovation and leadership
Australian rates of workplace mental health and support available
Module 2: Determining Your Anxiety Profile
Personal trigger assessment and mapping
Understanding your unique anxiety responses
Identifying warning signs and methods of escalation
Building your own anxiety baseline
Module 3: Immediate Response Techniques
Stealth breathing and grounding moves for use in meetings
Quick cognitive restructuring methods
Physical coping mechanisms for anxiety symptoms
Emergency stop protocols for responses to panic at work
Module 4 – Preparation and Prevention Measures
Pre-meeting and presentation anxiety management
Project planning methods to avoid overwhelm
Time management techniques for those with anxiety
Building confidence through systematic preparation
Module 5- Communication and Offerings
Sharing in meetings around anxiety
Navigating challenging conversations with bosses and co-workers
Drawing Boundaries Without Guilt or Fear
Building supportive workplace relationships
Module 6: Long-term Career Strategies
Perfectionism management and mistake tolerance
Career planning with anxiety considerations
Building professional confidence over time
Creating sustainable work-life integration practices
MODULE 7: Constructing Your Circle of Support
Utilising Employee Assistance Programs effectively
When – and how – to talk to your boss about anxiety
Building peer support networks
Professional development despite anxiety challenges
Course Delivery Method
Team discussions, personal reflection exercises, role plays and hands-on opportunities are all part of this interactive course. Attendees are given handouts in workbooks, and take home materials and follow up support is provided.
Each of the sessions is full of real workplace situations set in the Melbourne business world and can be applied in the workplace as soon as you walk out the door.
Who Should Attend
Professionals experiencing workplace anxiety
Team leaders managing anxious employees
HR practitioners who are implementing mental health programs
Those who want to change mental health in the workplace
Managers interested in building more supportive work spaces
Summary
Managing workplace anxiety isn’t a matter of wiping out all stress; it’s about building the tools and the confidence to operate effectively despite the presence of anxiety. This course gives quick fixes – no jargon and no bluffers – and it works in real workplace scenarios - from board room presentations to sorting your overflowing email inbox.
‘Participants take away an individualised action plan, a toolbox of interventions to apply immediately and the understanding that you don’t have to let anxiety become a barrier to career progression. The aim is straight-forward: turn anxiety into a non-threatening part of work life that no longer dominates your experience of the workplace or constrains your success.
We’ll show you how, and you’ll learn that thousands of high-achieving professionals effectively freaking handle anxiety while creating flourishing careers- you can too!