Complete crashcourse · 44 minutes · Adults
Extra work, messages while you are ill or a remark in a meeting. Practise expressing your boundary, discussing agreements and choosing a feasible next step.
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Chapter 1 · 02:22
Make clear what you want to protect and distinguish your own response from organisational problems.
Watch from this chapter ↗These fictional conversations help you prepare. They do not determine your medical capacity, legal position or what you should sign. Your agreements and circumstances matter. Seek individual advice when needed.
Read what each chapter covers before choosing where to start.
Make clear what you want to protect and distinguish your own response from organisational problems.
Describe the situation, your boundary and a feasible next step.
Distinguish work tasks from agreed contact about sickness absence.
Recognise your commitment without making an unrealistic promise out of guilt.
Make visible what a new assignment means for existing tasks and deadlines.
Clarify agreements about routine questions, availability and emergency contact.
Name concrete behaviour and ask for feedback about the work itself.
Record events factually and explore an appropriate support route.
Prepare one example, its effect on your work and a concrete request.
Discuss what you want to keep private and what checks or support a task needs.
Check conditions and agreements before making a major decision. Seek individual advice when uncertain.
Explore what can change and the concrete conditions you need to work well.
Distinguish new information from the urge to resolve tension immediately by saying yes.
Prepare a first response, a second response and a feasible next step.
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Each simulation has different routes. See the effect of your choices, repair an answer and finish with a practice plan. The conversations extend the course; they are not literal video excerpts.
12 min · Chapter 5
Discuss what must move when extra work arrives and repair an overly quick commitment.
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12 min · Chapter 3
Separate work tasks from agreed absence contact and clarify what you cannot commit to now.
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15 min · Chapter 7
Respond to a belittling remark, revisit your response later or prepare a next step with support.
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For general background on work pressure, support and the company doctor, see Arboportaal from the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. The examples here are practice conversations, not individual medical or legal advice.
Reflect on your starting point
The self-tests on boundaries, workload and work-life balance help you choose a practice point. They reflect your answers and do not diagnose burnout or determine your legal position. An account and Premium access are required.
