Step 3: Defining stress

Warning message

To develop new interactive content, this page needs to be associated with a course menu item. Please edit it and select its relevant course menu item. If you can't find it you can create it first if you visit the IHT course menu
(10 min)

Trainer notes

Explain the importance for leaders to reflect on their own stress:

  • what triggers them,
  • how their body reacts,
  • what happens to their mental and emotional capacity to cope when stressed
  • and how they manage it.

Clarify the importance of self-inquiry to develop self-regulation.

Invite participants to pair up and discuss each question on slide 6. Invite each pair to feed back to the group. Write key findings on the flipchart.