C-Suite Stress-Management Solutions
Stress Mastery Executive Coaching
Leaders have been charged with very challenging objectives right now. Not only do they need to keep their companies afloat during this Pandemic, but also manage virtual teams around the globe. And today - more than ever - you need to know how to reduce stress for them and yourself.
There are many resources available to employees still working and managers are doing an admirable job keeping their staff engaged and empowered while working from home.
The question is 'Who is supporting YOU?'
They say it's lonely at the top - but it doesn't have to be that way. Dr. Ellen will work with you individually to identify your stress triggers and symptoms, and then create a personalized stress management program for you.
Ellen uses the SMQ Assessment, now certified by the American Institute of Stress. She will coach you to incorporate different coping skills that will help decrease stress and move toward a more healthy and productive life.
PROGRAM CONTENT
- Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ) -Taken Online
- Stress Risk Profile - 1 page summary
- Stress Report - 19 page detailed report
- Stress Mastery Guide: A Road map to Resilience - 42 page Self-Study Guide
- Virtual Meeting: How to Interpret Your SMQ Results
- Virtual Meeting: How to Master Stress
- Access to Stress Reduction Audios on Deep Breathing and other techniques
- Video Coaching session to review your key stress warning signs and symtoms
- Individualized program designed to address the key stress areas
- Weekly coaching sessions to practice stress relief tools
- All sessions recorded for replay
- Email and text messaging support
BENEFIT
- Manage, Minimize, and Mitigate Stress and Anxiety
- Establish self-care practices and healthy habits to manage stress
- Strengthen your leadership and communication skills
- Transform anxiety and stress into enthusiasm and appreciation.
- Accountability partner for added support
- Tangible strategies and tips to move forward with confidence
“The SMQ helped me know myself a lot better. I’m a better manager because of that.” - Director, State of Arizona
“I told everyone [on the Board of Directors] that I felt the Stress Master [Program] is the center pin for the work we want to do." D.R. Director - A Large Non-Profit Organization
“I would just like to recommend the Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ) as a key organizational tool to help employers to effectively identify and help manage stress within the workplace.” Carlos N (CitiBanamex)
"I think the SMQ has been a great educational tool in realizing that stress is more of an enemy of productivity (professionally and personally) then they had previously believed." Chris (Speedway, LLC)
Reserve your Spot
I work with a select number of executives at a time to ensure you receive dedicated One-on-One Support.
If you would like more information on how leadership coaching can be beneficial to you and your team, please call for a free consultation.
My Mission & Passion is to help you and your organization succeed!
Mindfulness
Why is Mindfulness Training Important
There is a leadership crisis in our country today. Leaders are saying they are not being the effective leader they want to be, to support their people, to support their organizations.
The traditional time management and performance enhancement training just doesn't work anymore. Leaders and staff are still overwhelmed and never have enough time to get caught up.
Mindfulness training is the one thing that will not only give people more focus and clarity, but will yield a huge ROI in productivity, improved relationships, and efficiency.
What is Mindfulness
Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, non-judgemental lens.
Practicing mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment.
When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune into what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.
Practicing Mindfulness
There is more than one way to practice mindfulness, but the goal of any mindfulness technique is to achieve a state of alert, focused relaxation by deliberately paying attention to thoughts and sensations without judgment. This allows the mind to refocus on the present moment allowing yourself to be more productive.
Some key components of practicing mindfulness according to Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program are:
- Pay close attention to your breathing, especially when you’re feeling intense emotions.
- Notice what you’re sensing in a given moment, the sights, sounds, and smells that ordinarily slip by without reaching your conscious awareness.
- Recognize that your thoughts and emotions are fleeting and do not define you, an insight that can free you from negative thought patterns.
- Tune into your body’s physical sensations, from the water hitting your skin in the shower to the way your body rests in your office chair.
- Find moments of mindfulness throughout the day to reset your focus and sense of purpose.
Mindfulness can also help relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain, improve sleep, and alleviate gastrointestinal difficulties.
Mindful Leadership
According to research, Mindfulness has been identified as 1 of 3 soft skills necessary for effective leadership. The most successful and effective leader is no longer the one who had the smartest strategy. They see mindfulness as a strategic imperative to improve performance.
A mindful leader embodies leadership presence by cultivating focus, clarity, creativity, and compassion in the services of others. Leadership presence is a tangible quality that requires full and complete nonjudgmental attention in the present moment. Those around a mindful leader see and feel that presence.
One senior leader from a global consulting firm said of mindfulness training,
“I don’t have any other choice, so maybe I’ll train my mind to be a little bit more calm, so that, at least from an internal perspective, I can find a little bit more peace, a little bit more focus, a little bit more clarity, so that maybe then that will actually help me, because the chaos is going to continue, and it’s gonna probably get worse.”
The practice of Mindful Leadership gives you tools to measure and manage your life as you're living it. It teaches you to pay attention to the present moment, recognizing your feelings and emotions and keeping them under control, especially when faced with highly stressful situations.
Mindful leadership means trying to lead without ego and being willing to put the interest of others before ourselves. If you want to develop into a mindful leader, here are five traits you should focus on.
Five Traits:
- Leading by Example
- Leading with Humility
- Communicating with Compassion
- Shows Appreciation & Recognition
- High Emotional Intelligence
Mindfulness Corporate Training
Contact us for a complimentary session and to learn how to bring mindfulness to your workplace.