Danger – Men at Work
A series of four morning workshops (09:30-12:30), designed specifically for men.
Tues 09/10/07 Use It, Don’t Lose It: Anger Management for Businessmen
Tues 16/10/07 Take the Strain: Dump the Pain: Stress Management for Businessmen
Tues 23/10/07 Think Softer, Work Smarter: Emotional Intelligence for Businessmen
Tues 30/10/07 Workplace Fights, Equal Rights: Gender Awareness Training for Businessmen
See below for course descriptions.
Venue: Belfast Business Centre, Cathedral House, 23-31 Waring Street, Belfast
Cost:
Any 1 half-day workshop: £200
Any 2 half-day workshops: £375
Any 3 half-day workshops: £525
All 4 half-day workshops: £650
Attend one, two, three or all events.
Contact us on 028 9043 6634 or info@sensei-winbeforehand.co.uk to book.
More information on the content of Danger – Men at Work:
Use It, Don’t Loose it: Anger Management for Businessmen
Tuesday 9th October, 9:30 – 12:30
If some women need special training to become more assertive, then many men need it to become less aggressive. There are well recognised gender differences when it comes to anger. For instance, the meaning of anger and acceptable anger expression differs for men and women. We have different tolerance levels for anger. The starting place in anger management also different for us – women need to understand how to control the negative aspects of the emotions associated with their anger, while men need to identify the emotions associated with their anger episodes.
This workshop will focus on the physical reactions that ‘trigger’ when a man gets angry and physical methods he can use to release or control it. We will look at the different ways men get angry in the workplace and the various practical ways we can work out beneficial alternatives (e.g. problems-solving or networking). Particular attention will be given to ways of channelling anger from a negative passion to a positive energy. Lifestyle changes will also be suggested for the permanently enraged!
Take the Strain, Dump the Pain: Stress Management for Businessmen
Tuesday 16th October, 9:30 – 12:30
The statistics show it. Men are suffering our highest rates of anxiety and depression due to overwork. But it’s not just working too much that’s the problem. More often its how we work that kills us (literally). This is not just ‘in the head’ stuff – stress can be responsible for real physical symptoms but many men don’t make this link. We are embarrassed to talk about it or seek help. All too often we abuse alcohol to blot out the problem. This, of course, doesn’t take the problem away, and gives us a whole bunch of new ones to worry about.
This course will examine some of the distinctive reasons and causes why men get stressed in the workplace (e.g. uncertainty, lack of information or action), as well as ways to help. We will also look at typical physical signs and symptoms of stress in men, and how to tackle them head-on. The course will emphasise that stress is good in many ways too – for instance, as a protector that gives us a mechanism for dealing with threats. ‘Good stress’ has helped men for centuries by giving us the adrenaline up to win races, solve problems, take exams and make changes in the world. But if modern men don’t learn to manage our stress on a daily basis, the result will only be the onset or worsening of ill health, debilitating symptoms, and a quality of life not fit for a working dog.
Think Softer, Work Smarter: Emotional Intelligence for Businessmen
Tuesday 23rd October, 9:30 – 12:30
Men are in trouble. Mounting academic evidence suggests that women are the leaders and managers of tomorrow…if not today. The hard skills that men have naturally excelled in are becoming obsolete due to automation and outsourcing. Women are typically better at the sort of skills now valued by Western employers – coaching, communication, empowering, collaborating, and learning from criticism. These ‘softer’ interpersonal skills cannot be replaced by a system and so will be better valued than more rigid skills as technology increases.
But help is at hand. These are not genetic advantages that women have over men. Rather they are skills than can be acquired by training. This men-only training workshop will help men understand the value of emotions in work relationships. Its purpose is to get men to recognize and improve our ability to listen, to develop flexibility, and to create a harmonious working environment for ourselves and others. These are the ‘winner qualities’ for future success that are not yet taught many business schools, although this too is changing. In tomorrow’s hard world of business, those men who fail to grasp all the tools available to them will face a hard fall.
Workplace Fights, Equal Rights: Gender Awareness Training for Businessmen
Tuesday 30th October, 9:30 – 12:30
Traditional ‘sexual harassment’ training starts from the premise that men are nearly always the aggressors and that the motive is some sort of sexual gratification. But new government surveys have uncovered some interesting facts. Many female managers exploit their power over men in the office. Why no outcry? Male victims are less likely to complain. Sexual harassment is not just lecherous behaviour but includes any form of denigration of workers because of their sex e.g. where a female manager treats women more favourably than men or criticises male employees more regularly.
Right now men are retreating to the safety of their offices, avoiding private contact with female co-workers, and carefully censoring their speech. This leads to business inefficiency and workplace tensions. This workshop will not only teach men to stand up for their equal rights, although it will do that. It will also train men to recognise those behaviours they do not consider as harassment but that many women do. Much of this has to do with differences in communication styles between men and women rather than malicious intentions on either side. Our goal will be to create a workplace environment where both sexes are respected and gender differences are not tolerated or ignored, but used for positive business advantage.
