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Description

Executive Stress: Recognising Your Warning Signs, Recovering and Sustaining Performance

Three days to address your sources of pressure and embed sustainable recovery habits

  • 3 days — 21 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Management roles concentrate sources of pressure: constant availability, decisions taken without complete information and accountability for the work of others. Many managers cope in bursts and then pay the price through disrupted sleep and strained personal relationships.

This 21-hour programme separates what stems from the way work is organised from what stems from personal reactions. Participants identify their recurring sources of pressure, test short recovery techniques, review the way they handle incoming demands and build a prevention plan that holds up long after returning to the workplace.

Learning objectives

  • Recognise your personal warning signs of pressure before exhaustion sets in
  • Distinguish between sources of stress linked to work organisation and those linked to yourself
  • Apply two recovery techniques that can be used during the working day
  • Reorganise the handling of incoming demands to reduce mental load
  • Set availability boundaries with your team and your line management
  • Build a personal prevention plan monitored over several months

What makes this programme different

An individual diagnosis of pressure sources completed within the first half-day
Recovery techniques tested between sessions and then reviewed by the group
A personal prevention plan with scheduled checkpoints

Programme

1Recognising the Signals

Before pressure becomes entrenched

  • Physical, cognitive and relational manifestations of pressure
  • Identifying your own early warning signs
  • Distinguishing a temporary workload peak from entrenched pressure
  • Building your personal monitoring dashboard

2Analysing Your Sources of Pressure

Work organisation or personal reaction

  • Inventory of factors linked to the role and to how the team operates
  • Identifying the demands you place on yourself
  • Distinguishing what can be changed from what cannot
  • Selecting three priority levers

3Recovering During the Day

Short and realistic techniques

  • Breathing and muscle release in a few minutes
  • Micro-breaks and attention resets between meetings
  • The effect of sleep and physical activity on recovery
  • Selecting techniques compatible with your schedule

4Reducing Workload at Source

Incoming demands and availability

  • Handling written requests and interruptions
  • Criteria for delegating and for dropping tasks
  • Wording availability boundaries with your team
  • Renegotiating a deadline with your line manager

5Sustaining Performance Over Time

From the classroom to daily practice

  • Building a personal prevention plan
  • Selecting month-by-month monitoring indicators
  • Identifying situations that carry a risk of relapse
  • Internal and external resources you can draw on

Who is it for

Managers and department heads working under sustained workload and high availability expectations.

Prerequisites

Hold a management or departmental responsibility role.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.