This practical guide for administrators promotes the idea that stress can be channeled constructively into peak performance and productivity and used for an added edge of zest. You?ll discover what professional and personal factors commonly produce stress for you, learn how stress affects you, and identify its physical, emotional, and behavioral manifestations. Most importantly, you?ll learn how to intervene, prevent and offset the debilitating aspects of negative stress so that you can draw vitality from it.
Tools and suggestions are provided throughout to help you manage your response to stress and to put you in charge of your life. Areas covered include attitudes, perceptions, self-esteem, communication skills, goal setting, educational philosophy, nutrition, exercise, and relaxation skills. Acquire the skills to coach yourself through any stressful encounter. Includes suggestions for establishing a professional support network to help you through the rough spots on your career path. Administrators
