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August 31, 2007 - CHOICES, an intensive 2 day workshop is guaranteed to improve individual effectiveness by providing the know-how needed to dramatically decrease and avoid angry outbursts, loss of self-control, and meltdowns that cause stress and frustration in the workplace AND at home. Participants come away with a solid understanding of how they can choose to drop anger, stress, negativity and frustration at the door - at home or in the workplace.
The ARISE Foundation, has spent over two decades creating its powerful benefit filled life-management skills & training program and has expanded its educational and training curricula that previously focused on training juvenile justice officers and others to meet this growing workplace demand: Anger and Stress Management. ARISE has formulated proven life skills techniques that can cure a “Negative Workplace”. The CHOICES workshop is designed to provide the skills necessary to “de-stress” from difficult situations on the job and off. The key is equipping staff with brand new skills enabling them to deal with aggressive, angry and sometimes violent people in a positive healthy manner. ARISE was proud to learn in follow up focus groups that it’s CHOICES- Drop It At The Door workshops have made major impacts in the workplace and home life.
• 78% reported a reduction in employee-on-employee conflict;
• 100% reported their employees were better able to communicate with co-workers and customers;
• 61% felt that the ARISE program lowered their staff turnover.
Salient Facts on Anger, Stress & Negativity in the Workplace –
• 45% of employees regularly loose their temper at work;
• Workplace violence costs an estimated $4.2 Billion annually;
• 42% of employee time is spent engaging in or trying to resolve conflict;
• 40% of job turnover is attributed to stress;
• 100% of the cost of worker’s compensation claims and lawsuits are due to stress;
• 45% of employees report their job is more stressful today than a year ago.
ARISE Foundation
Toll Free 1-888-680-6100
www.ariselife-skills.org
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