The Alexander Technique for Business
How many days of productivity are lost in your company due to conditions such as back pain, RSI and stress? What opportunities are missed because your people are uncomfortable, unhappy or demotivated?
Many conditions that lead to absenteeism, poor productivity, long-term sickness, loss of potential business, and increased attrition rate, are preventable through awareness and education.
But where do you start? While skills relating directly to the job can be taught, how about the personal skills necessary to help your people apply themselves to their work? It's all very well knowing how to perform a duty in the workplace, but do your people know how to stand for long periods without straining their back? Or how to breath and project their voice while presenting a high-pressure sales pitch? Or to lift, bend and move heavy equipment?
Are your people working at their best when their back or shoulders ache? What sort of impression do they present to potential clients if their posture is poor? These skills are vital, yet rarely considered when planning staff training.
Many conditions that lead to absenteeism, poor productivity, long-term sickness, loss of potential business, and increased attrition rate, are preventable through awareness and education.
But where do you start? While skills relating directly to the job can be taught, how about the personal skills necessary to help your people apply themselves to their work? It's all very well knowing how to perform a duty in the workplace, but do your people know how to stand for long periods without straining their back? Or how to breath and project their voice while presenting a high-pressure sales pitch? Or to lift, bend and move heavy equipment?
Are your people working at their best when their back or shoulders ache? What sort of impression do they present to potential clients if their posture is poor? These skills are vital, yet rarely considered when planning staff training.
Benefits of Learning the Alexander Technique
Learning The Alexander Technique can help people in business to:
For the employer this helps to:
How productive are you if your back aches? Or you have a stiff neck, tired eyes or tight shoulders? Do the great ideas flow if you're stressed and under pressure? And what do potential clients make of you if you're suffering from all of the above plus the stress?
Business can be tough, on your mind and your body. But business is all about performance, timing, image and confidence.
DRIVERS, CONSTRUCTION, OFFICE-BASED, PRESENTERS, SALES
As the saying goes, you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. In business, your posture, movement, how you carry yourself and project your voice can speak volumes about you. None-Verbal Communication (NVC) may be conveying more to your potential clients than you know.
People judge others on mannerisms, often without being conscious of the process. Whether conscious or not, they may decide:-
Aside from your body language, if your neck, shoulders or back are aching from hours sitting at your desk, in your car, or on a train or plane, can you perform at your best?
PLUS:
Stress management
Time management
Ability to think under pressure
Ability to think 'outside the box'
The As-If Principle
PHYSICAL:
Sitting at your desk, in your car/ train.
Standing for long periods
Public speaking
Presentations
- eliminate every aches and pains while sitting at a desk or in a car
- reduce stress
- improve mental health
- deliver more effective presentations
- aid health and well-being
- improve concentration/ performance
For the employer this helps to:
- reduce absenteeism
- increase productivity
- save costs on expensive ergonomic chairs
- reduce attrition rate and associated costs
How productive are you if your back aches? Or you have a stiff neck, tired eyes or tight shoulders? Do the great ideas flow if you're stressed and under pressure? And what do potential clients make of you if you're suffering from all of the above plus the stress?
Business can be tough, on your mind and your body. But business is all about performance, timing, image and confidence.
DRIVERS, CONSTRUCTION, OFFICE-BASED, PRESENTERS, SALES
As the saying goes, you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. In business, your posture, movement, how you carry yourself and project your voice can speak volumes about you. None-Verbal Communication (NVC) may be conveying more to your potential clients than you know.
People judge others on mannerisms, often without being conscious of the process. Whether conscious or not, they may decide:-
- Do you have confidence in your products/ services?
- Can you be trusted?
- Will you understand their needs?
Aside from your body language, if your neck, shoulders or back are aching from hours sitting at your desk, in your car, or on a train or plane, can you perform at your best?
PLUS:
Stress management
Time management
Ability to think under pressure
Ability to think 'outside the box'
The As-If Principle
PHYSICAL:
Sitting at your desk, in your car/ train.
Standing for long periods
Public speaking
Presentations