Leadership Series: What-Stress is Actually Good for Us?
Leadership Series: What-Stress is Actually Good for Us?
- North Country Chamber of Commerce
- 9.18.15 - 9.18.15
- 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Member: $100.00 / Non-Member: $175.00
Purpose:
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.”
-Leonard Bernstein
Many of us stress about stress! But, stress isn’t always bad. There is plenty of evidence that stress – under the right conditions - pushes us to perform better, think more creatively, and achieve our goals.
Through this highly interactive workshop, participants will:
- Recognize what stress is, when it is healthy and unhealthy, and commit to take new and positive approaches in order to create opportunities out of challenges
- Review the research on stress and its significance – both personally and professionally
- Identify and discuss the impact of life changing events on our stress levels by using the Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale
- Assess our communication Style Under Stress and discover the importance of emotional intelligence - as these open opportunities for more effective communication during high stress events
- Explore different tools and strategies to identify and manage daily stressors
Skills You Will Learn:
- Pro-active stress management
- Communicating through difficult situations
- Creative thinking during high stress periods
- Self-care techniques
Speaker: Tedra Cobb, Tedra Cobb & Associates
Tedra L. Cobb is the president and owner of Tedra L. Cobb and Associates, a dynamic consulting firm focusing on employee and management training in effective hiring practices, strengths-based coaching, performance management and supervisory leadership, sexual harassment and violence prevention, customer service and professionalism, problem solving and decision making and communication.
Ms. Cobb's specific areas of expertise are program and organizational development and the presentation of highly effective, interactive educational workshops. Her clients are diverse and include manufacturers, universities, government, casinos, small businesses, and not-for-profit health and human services organizations.
Ms. Cobb holds a M.S. Ed. in Instructional Technology, specializing in Training and Development, from the State University of New York at Potsdam. Her professional experience is diverse, ranging from bi-lingual counseling (Spanish) in the NY State prison system to directing a community-based health coalition, teaching English as a Second Language and developing and implementing International Education projects.
- Cancellation must be received 3 days before day of seminar and may be subject to refund charges & no shows will be charged!
- Registration fee includes cost of meals/refreshments.
CLICK HERE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING SESSIONS
DIVISIONS & RESOURCES OF THE NORTH COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The North Country Chamber of Commerce serves Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton and northern Warren Counties in New York State, as well as the Akwesasne Territory and parts of southern Quebec. With more than 4,000 members, it is the largest business and economic development alliance in northern New York and one of the five largest chambers in the state.
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