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"Managing Stress on IT Projects"
Stress is defined as “the adverse reaction people have to excessive demands that are placed upon them”.
Project environments can be hotbeds for contributing to stress that can have significant negative effects
on achieving project objectives. Project Managers have to be aware of their legal requirements, plus
deal with the moral and financial implications of workplace stress. Project managers need to look
after their team, but also themselves. The talk looks at the factors that can contribute to stress
in project environments and their effects.
Also included is a look at tools and techniques for avoiding factors that contribute towards stress,
plus awareness of spotting the signs and symptoms. It also includes details of the Health and Safety
Executive's Management Standards and free to download tools that can be used to integrate into
existing working practices. Stress is often used in a negative frame, however proper management of
stress factors can produce positive benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover, reduced sickness
absenteeism, improved team morale, productivity and effectiveness.
Our speaker, Stewart Hill, spent over ten years as a project manager, working mainly for small and
medium consultancies plus three years at Dun and Bradstreet, working on projects in the financial
services and automotive sectors. During that time, he came to recognise the harm stress was causing
in fast moving and competitive environments. His interest in personal development encouraged him
to turn his career focus to stress management. He works with corporate clients to provide stress
management training, perform stress audits, and to implement work-life balance projects to enable
them to take positive steps to tackle stress in the workplace. He also works one-to-one with people
who due to stress, have suffered from anxiety, depression, anger, or a lack of motivation.
Stewart holds qualifications in Stress Management, Business Performance Coaching and
Hypnotherapy. He is a member of the International Stress Management Association and
serves on its Executive Committee.
Event Logistics
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Tuesday 04 Apr 2006 |
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19:00 (refreshments from 18:30) |
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Hewlett Packard
Cain Road
Bracknell
Berks
RG12 1HN
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