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Description

Letting Go at Work: Spotting Tension, Sorting Priorities and Releasing Control

A one-day programme to identify what you are trying to control at work and learn how to let go

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Re-reading a document three times after it has already been approved. Redoing a colleague's work instead of handing it back. Replaying a meeting in your head all weekend. The need to control everything feels reassuring in the moment, then becomes expensive: accumulated fatigue, and friction with the people you work with.

This 7-hour programme does not ask anyone to lower their standards. It offers a clear method for separating what genuinely depends on you from what does not. Participants identify their own triggers, then practise short regulation techniques. They finish by selecting two situations in which to release control as a priority.

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish, in a real situation, what depends on you from what does not
  • Identify your over-control triggers and the physical signals that accompany them
  • Practise three regulation techniques that can be used in a few minutes
  • Reframe a personal standard as an expected and achievable quality level
  • Select two work situations in which to release control

What makes this programme different

Work based on real situations described by the participants themselves
Three regulation techniques practised in the session, not merely described
A written commitment covering two situations to change within the month

Programme

1Understanding your need for control

What it protects and what it costs

  • Describing three situations in which control took over
  • Identifying triggers and the thoughts attached to them
  • Physical signals that announce rising tension
  • Assessing the cost in time and in working relationships

2Sorting what depends on you

Zone of action and zone of acceptance

  • Sorting a situation into controllable elements and elements you simply face
  • Reframing a personal standard as an expected quality level
  • Criteria for deciding when to stop working on a file
  • The place of delegation in releasing control

3Embedding release practices

Short, repeatable techniques

  • Three-minute guided breathing
  • Creating distance by writing down a concern
  • Attention anchoring before a high-exposure meeting
  • Selecting two priority situations and committing to action

Who is it for

Employees and managers whose need for control weighs on their workload or on their working relationships.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

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.