Relieving Employee Stress This Holiday Season
The holiday season brings peak sales times but also heightened stress for many employees. As a business owner, implementing stress management training can make all the difference in mental health and performance.
In this article, I'll share tips for efficient holiday stress relief while explaining why this "soft skill" training is so valuable. You'll learn how stress management ultimately enables employees to thrive and convert sales during the most wonderful (and stressful) time of year.
The Impact of Work Stress During the Holidays
Hectic holiday schedules, increased customer demands, and personal responsibilities pile up fast. Without coping mechanisms, employees risk burnout, anxiety, and poor performance. And it hits hard and fast.
Stress management helps by teaching skills like:
Time management
Prioritization
Mindfulness
Emotional regulation
These capabilities boost focus, engagement, and resilience during high-pressure periods. Just an hour of training now alleviates impending chaos later.
Why "Soft Skills" Matter
Stress management falls into the "soft skills" bucket: loosely defined competencies related to emotional intelligence and people skills. But make no mistake - soft skills drive results.
By managing stress, employees stay focused, motivated, and healthy during crunch times. This directly enables higher sales conversions, customer satisfaction, and revenue that are "hard" metrics.
As workplace psychoanalyst Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic put it: "Soft skills get hard results."
Prioritizing stress training equals success.
Effective Stress Management Techniques
Equip employees with science-backed tools to manage holiday workload stress including:
Taking short mindful breathing breaks
Organizing tasks by priority using frameworks like Eisenhower Matrix
Practicing desk yoga stretches
Eating nutritious snacks instead of Yuletide sugar bombs
The training investment goes a long way when pressure ramps up. Arm your team ahead of time with stress management techniques to prevent burnout and lost sales opportunities during the peak season, and they will perform better.
As key contributors, your employees' health and performance matters - especially during high-volume sales times. Stress management training powered by instructional design expertise is vital for results. The "soft skills" pay off with "hard" sales while keeping workers and managers happy.
Are you anticipating heavy holiday traffic (or experiencing it already) and need a hand in keeping your employees in top shape? Contact us today at info@eaglehousetraining.com or by phone at 352-777-1650 and we’ll parachute in with a suite of proven tools.
Are you an employee or manager with a wild holiday story you’d like to tell? We’d love to hear it - leave a comment below.