This webinar will explain the traditional relationship between pressure, tension and stress as it can be seen in human and social systems. The participants will have the opportunity to understand how stress is created in NFP Organizations and in their professionals, and how to develop strategies to reduce its frequency, severity and crippling effects

1. Systemic Stress Management in the
Persona and the Organization
Gilbert Brenson-Lazan
June 6, 2012
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Gilbert Brenson-Lazan
June 6, 2012
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8. SYSTEMIC STRESS MANAGEMENT
Gilbert Brenson-Lazan

9. WISDOM OF MY FATHER
 …thirty years later.

10. AN IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP
 PRESSURE: application of
continuous forve on one body on
another that it is touching.
 TENSION: two or more equal and
opposite pressures.
 STRESS: systemic
decomposition resulting from an
excessive intensity of tension.

11. STRESS:
THAT UNBEARABLE
DESPERATION THAT
RESULTS WHEN SANITY
PREDOMINATES OVER
THE OVERWHELMING
DESIRE TO GIVE THAT
S.O.B. WHAT HE OR SHE
DESERVES.

12. THE ESSENCE OF OF STRESS
Stress is an inner turbulence
caused by an individual
perception of certain external
event, not by the event itself.

13. Any given problem can be a
justification for some and a
challenge for others: take your
choice.

14. STRESS DEPENDS UPON CORTISOL
A defensive
hormone
secreted by the
adrenal glands
(related to
adenaline).

15. HOW WE GENERATE CORTISOL
Physically: Mentally:
◦ Nutritional imbalance ◦ Negative thoughts
◦ Smoking (directly or ◦ Repression of emotions
indirectly)
◦ Stubbornness or
◦ Excessive use of alcohol Inflexibility
◦ Mockery and belittlement
Socially:
◦ Arguments Spiritually:
◦ Telling and hearing lies ◦ Spiritualization
◦ Negative Recognition ◦ Dependence
◦ “Stuck” Relationships ◦ Escapism
◦ Excessive competition
◦ Excessive proselytism

16. MANIFESTATIONS OF
CORTISOL EXCESS (STRESS)

17. ADDITIONAL MANIFESTATIONS IN
TEAMS AND AND ORGANIZATIONS
ALL OF THE PREVIOUS, PLUS:
 Increased absenteeism, illness and
accidents
 Reduced job performance
 Increased interpersonal conflict

18. WE CAN ALSO GENERATE ENDORPHINS
A chemical
substance that
creates feelings of
well-being and
stimulates the
immune
system.

19. HOW WE GENERATE ENDORPHINS
Physically: Mentally:
◦ Exercise ◦ Smiling and laughing
◦ Massage and touching ◦ Positive Thinking
◦ Orgasmic sexual relations ◦ Alpha-stimulating relaxation
◦ Using creativity
◦ Deep Breathing
◦ Flexibility
◦ Balanced Diet
Socially: Spiritually:
◦ Dialogue ◦ Prayer and Meditation
◦ Family Networks ◦ Connecting with Nature
◦ Give and receive positive ◦ Singing and Dancing
unconditional praise. ◦ Samaritan Syndrome
◦ Participation and ◦ Defined and lived values
Consensus
◦ Good friends
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20. THE CONSTANT BATTLE
 Our attitudes, thoughts,
feelings and behaviors can
generate Endorphins and
Cortisol.
 Endorphins and Cortisol
destroy each other.
 Therefore it is not enough to
just lower Cortisol or raise
Endorphins.
 Both must be done
simultaneously.
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21. LIFE BALANCE
Physical
Exercise, Nutrition
Stress Management
Mental Social/Emotional
Reading, Visualizing, Service, Empathy
Planning, Writing Synergy
Spiritual
Value Clarification,
Study, Meditation

22. WHAT IS RESILIENCE?
“The ability to face
internal or external
crisis and not only
effectively resolve it,
but also learn from it,
be strengthened by it
and emerge Resilience requires:
transformed by it, • Personal Development
both individually and • Interpersonal Development
• Vision
as a group.” • Strategic Thinking
Brenson-Lazan, 2003

23. THE HOPE:
“Everything can be taken from a
person except one thing: the
freedom to choose a specific
attitude when faced by a crisis.”
-Viktor Frankl

24. ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE
 Learn as a community
 Recognize effective and ineffective
actions, outlook and the
consequences
 Apply effective leadership styles
 Take care of each other.

25. ESPECIALLY FOR CAREGIVERS:
 Generate more
endorphins and
reduce cortisol.
 Know your
personal limits
 Maintain a strong
support network
 Be appreciative,
solution-focused
and future
oriented.

26. “The road to
successful change
requires a patient
compassion for
the pain and fear
of all those
involved.”
Thomas Merton

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