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Webinar Fee:

• HRNZ Member = $46.00
• Non-member = $69.00

This is part 1 in a 10 part series. Each session builds on the last one, attending them all increases your resources for managing stress – and if you can make just one then this is good for you too! Registrants will also receive temporary access to the recording if you cannot make the live session, or want to revisit any of it.

There are many ways to view stress, yet how you view it will influence how it impacts you. This session will focus on how changing how you think about stress could make you happier, healthier and better able to reach your goals. Combining research on mindset and resilience this webinar will help you focus on the benefits of and to embrace stress and activate the brain's natural ability to learn from challenging experiences.

During this session participants will learn how to:

• Use the ‘tend and befriend’ response to stress
• Challenge thoughts about stress to shape physiological responses
• Develop a practical toolkit to get better at handling stress by understanding, accepting, and leveraging it to your advantage

Facilitated by Melanie Weir - The Langley Group

Melanie Weir works with Langley Group as a Senior Consultant and Facilitator and brings her knowledge and experience in positive HR practices to the company and our clients. She brings a real zest for providing professional, innovative and simple tools that bring out the best in people and teams. Melanie passionately believes in growing the capability, wellbeing and resilience of people and business, with an innate ability to maintain commercial perspective while offering innovative people-based solutions, that increase positive engagement, wellbeing and resilience. "Work is a place we should love turning up to, find rewarding and we need workplaces that care about wellbeing first."

Clients describe Melanie as having strategic awareness, being a rapport builder, authentic listener and engaging facilitator. As the lead developer of Langley Group’s Positive HR Toolkit, she provides the expertise and support needed to help organisations make the shift to more positive HR practices. Melanie has a Bachelor in Business Studies (Human Resource Management and Marketing) and has completed further post graduate education in organisational psychology and public relations. She has completed the Diploma in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing and is accredited in the Strengths Profile, Think One Team, CEB Competency framework, Human Instincts, Lean Methodologies.

Living in New Zealand, Mel is a member of two Boards in education and primary sector. Mel loves nothing more than spending time with family and friends, boating, enjoying the beautiful outdoors and relaxing at the beach.

Find out more about Mel at her LinkedIn page.

The Langley Group is a leading global consulting and people development training company founded in 2002 by Sue Langley: a researcher, keynote speaker, global consultant, and positive leadership expert.

Our mission is to help individuals and organisations make positive change. We believe that boosting the wellbeing of your people utilising the latest positive psychology, emotional intelligence and neuroscience tools will create an environment for your people and business to flourish.

Once you learn how to work to your strengths, increase your resilience, understand your emotions and communicate them clearly, you will be more productive in your work and happier in your life.

All personal development events are subject to HRNZ Terms and Conditions.

Registrations close 10:00am the day of the webinar.

Cancellation Policy

An appropriate substitute participant is welcome any time before the webinar starts. Please let us know the replacement's name. If you have booked on a member price and a non member is to attend in your place you will be invoiced for the difference in price.

A refund of fees will be made if a cancellation is received in writing at least 10 working days prior to the commencement of the webinar.

Regrettably, no refunds can be made for cancellations received after this date and you are liable for the full cost of attendance at the webinar.