Managing Responses to Stress

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Hijacked by Your Brain explains how you can effectively manage stress to make your responses and communications productive instead of reactive. The book’s author, Jon Wortmann, shares his perspectives and insights from the book in this video-based course.

Duration: 18 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • Understanding Stress and the Alarm in Your Brain
  • Stepping Back and Getting Oriented
  • Managing Stress Levels
  • Assessing Your Triggers
  • Controlling Your Reactions

The target audience for this course is anyone who wants to do a better job of managing stress and their responses to it. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • A better understanding of what causes us stress
  • New skills for managing stress and our responses to it
  • Less stressful work environments and more productive reactions to stressful events

Jon Wortmann is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. He is an executive coach, trainer, and best-selling author of five books including Hijacked by Your Brain and Mindfulness is Sublime. He has delivered over 3,000 public workshops and trainings across a variety of industry sectors. In addition to corporate teams, he is the leadership trainer in multiple towns and school districts in New England. His writing has been featured in Fast Company, Psychology Today, O Magazine, and Elle. A graduate of Carleton College and Harvard University, he also coaches golfers in the NCAA and on the PGA Tour.

 

Building Self-Reliant Leadership

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The Littlest Green Beret explores the skills and attributes leaders need to develop to be self-reliant so they can overcome adversity when it strikes. The book’s author, Jan Rutherford, shares his perspectives and insights from the book in this video-based course.

Duration: 20 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • Dealing with Adversity
  • Conducting Self-Discovery Work
  • Being a Good Coach
  • Learned Optimism
  • Building Teams
  • Instigating Change

The target audience for this course is leaders and future leaders who want to strengthen their leadership skills. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • A better sense of self and increased confidence as a leader
  • Improved abilities to recognize and deal with adversity as it arises
  • Better individual and team performance because of stronger leadership

Jan Rutherford is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. Prior to his business career, Jan joined the U.S. Army at age 17 (weighing 114 pounds) where he spent six years in Special Forces as a medic and “A” team executive officer, and three years as a military intelligence officer. Jan is the founder of Self-Reliant Leadership, and co-host of The Leadership Podcast. He holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix, where his research focused on the effects of long-distance learning on job performance. He earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of South Florida, and was a Distinguished Military Graduate.

 

Keys to Personal Resilience

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Resilience is your ability to bounce back from adversity. But how do you build it? There are several key habits and skills that will improve your ability to handle stress, challenge, and change.

Duration: 21 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • What Resilience is and Why It Matters
  • Maintain Physical Wellbeing
  • Manage Thinking
  • Build Emotional Intelligence
  • Harness Connections
  • Building a Resilience Action Plan

The target audience for this course is individuals who need to overcome challenges and maintain their physical and mental wellbeing in the face of adversity. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • Better health, wellbeing, and morale
  • Improved ability to handle stress and crisis

Maureen Metcalf is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. She brings more than 20 years of business experience to support people’s leadership and organizational success. She is the author of multiple leadership books, including The Innovative Leadership Fieldbook – a leading text for managers, executives and individual contributors providing a combination of well-researched theory with practical business case studies. She also designs and teaches MBA classes in leadership and organizational transformation. Maureen focuses on teaching others how to identify and best use their individual leadership style and abilities with specific focus on Level 5 Leaders.

 

Recovering from Burnout

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Burnout is the result of chronic stress. Your ability to recover from burnout is based on how well you care for your body, care for your mind, and give yourself breaks along the road to recovery.

Duration: 29 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • Chronic Stress and Burnout
  • Defining Burnout
  • Assessing Your Burnout Level
  • Recovering the Body
  • Recovering the Mind
  • Recovering with Breaks

The target audience for this course consists of anyone who is feeling the effects of chronic stress and wants to become more resilient. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • Improved ability for individuals to cope with long-term stress
  • Reduced fatigue which should reduce errors and mistakes and improve performance
  • Improved resilience and physical/mental well-being

Jon Wortmann is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. He is an executive coach, trainer, and best-selling author of five books including Hijacked by Your Brain and Mindfulness is Sublime. He has delivered over 3,000 public workshops and trainings across a variety of industry sectors. In addition to corporate teams, he is the leadership trainer in multiple towns and school districts in New England. His writing has been featured in Fast Company, Psychology Today, O Magazine, and Elle. A graduate of Carleton College and Harvard University, he also coaches golfers in the NCAA and on the PGA Tour.

 

Building Personal Resilience

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Build the habits and learn the behaviors required to manage stress, deal with adversity, and maintain your physical and mental wellbeing. Personal resilience is a key to long-term success.

Duration: 2 hours (Approximately 60 minutes of video lessons and 60 minutes of exercises)

Do you want to increase your ability to navigate stressful situations and bounce back? Do you want to manage your emotions so they don’t control you? Resilient people have an increased ability to deal with challenging situations and serve as change agents. They understand the tools to improve professional and personal endurance, resulting in more stable leadership and better decision making. Resilient people improve morale by decreasing the stress and frustration around them. Ultimately, they have better physical and mental health.

This course covers how to:

  • Respond to unexpected change with confidence and flexibility
  • Challenge the beliefs and assumptions that drive your decisions and actions
  • Re-tool your thinking to support resilience

The course consists of instructor-introduced concepts, practical application exercises, and supporting materials. The course includes:

  • Extensive instructor videos to guide you through the content
  • A downloadable course guide of slides to help you follow the instruction
  • A downloadable workbook to apply these methods as you take the course
  • Exercises, quizzes, and case examples to help you apply these methods as you learn them

The target audience for this course consists of individuals at all levels within the organization who want to improve performance and build and sustain an increased sense of wellbeing. The value of this course to the participants and the organization as a whole are:

  • An improved ability to deal with challenging situations
  • Tools to improve professional and personal endurance resulting in more stable leadership and better decision making
  • Improved morale arising from decreased stress and frustration

Maureen Metcalf is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. She brings more than 20 years of business experience to support people’s leadership and organizational success. She is the author of multiple leadership books, including The Innovative Leadership Fieldbook – a leading text for managers, executives and individual contributors providing a combination of well-researched theory with practical business case studies. She also designs and teaches MBA classes in leadership and organizational transformation. Maureen focuses on teaching others how to identify and best use their individual leadership style and abilities with specific focus on Level 5 Leaders.

 

Building Leadership Resilience

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Prepare your body and brain to be ready for and recover from your biggest challenges. Build approaches for overcoming stress, managing reactions to difficult events, and leading more effectively.

Duration: 2 hours (Approximately 60 minutes of video lessons and 60 minutes of exercises)

Do you know what to do when stress takes over? Do you know how to focus in stressful times? The resilient leader can bounce back from the difficult moments and bad days. The resilient leader knows which thought patterns and habits prevent feeling overwhelmed. And, when burnout happens, the resilient leader takes the feeling seriously and changes the type and volume of work they do for a time so recovery is possible.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Recognize how your brain functions most effectively under stress
  • Identify how you step back under pressure
  • Capture or build memory files that allow focus in all conditions
  • Renew your commitment to wellness

The course consists of instructor-introduced concepts, practical application exercises, and supporting materials. The course includes:

  • Extensive instructor videos to guide you through the content
  • A downloadable course guide of slides to help you follow the instruction
  • A downloadable workbook to apply the method as you take the course
  • Exercises, quizzes, and case examples to help you apply these methods as you learn them

The target audience for this course consists of individuals in executive and team leadership roles and those who want to improve performance and to rise in level. The value of this course to the participants and to the organization as a whole are:

  • Improved ability to measure and manage stress
  • Ability to recognize triggers and deal with them productively
  • Awareness and use of essential brain health habits
  • Better focus in stressful times
  • Clear definition of values, goals, and commitments
  • Creation of a plan for a better year ahead

Jon Wortmann is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. He is an executive coach, trainer, and best-selling author of five books including Hijacked by Your Brain and Mindfulness is Sublime. He has delivered over 3,000 public workshops and trainings across a variety of industry sectors. In addition to corporate teams, he is the leadership trainer in multiple towns and school districts in New England. His writing has been featured in Fast Company, Psychology Today, O Magazine, and Elle. A graduate of Carleton College and Harvard University, he also coaches golfers in the NCAA and on the PGA Tour.