Participants will discover the powerful impact stress and burnout have on precision and decision-making. The Stress Management course teaches you how to identify and combat stress triggers before they manifest in the form of low productivity, absenteeism, and illness. In addition, participants will learn to use powerful recovery techniques to create a healthy work environment and increase energy and productivity.
After taking this course, you will be able to:
- describe stress symptoms and how they affect your mental, physical, and emotional health, as well as your project performance
- implement recovery activities such as mindfulness, meditation, and yoga, to offset your stress
- implement better lifestyle choices to elevate your mental, physical, and emotional performance, which positively affect project outcomes
- implement a stress/recovery plan based on the Body Battery Inventory and use it daily to reduce stress and perform at a higher level
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Brent Darnell earned his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1981 and began his own construction career. He was an MEP Coordinator and Senior Project Manager on complicated projects like the Brook Army Medical Center and housing for the 1996 Summer Olympic Village. Because of these first-hand experiences, Brent speaks with a deep understanding of his audience and the problems they commonly face. His passion is to transform the industry into one that is more collaborative, more relationship is driven, and more fun.
The impact of Brent’s unique programs spans the globe and his clients include Skanska, Kiewit, Balfour Beatty, Clark, Manhattan, McCarthy, Heery, Beck, Barton Malow, Batson Cook, Granite, Brasfield & Gorrie, Jacobsen Construction, the AGC, ABC, DBIA, COAA, CMAA. He is also an adjunct professor at Auburn, Penn State, and Virginia Tech, teaching emotional intelligence and people skills to their technical students.
