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 breathe and project their voice while presenting a high-pressure sales pitch? Or to lift, bend and move heavy equipment? And we've not even talked about stress yet!
Our bodies are complex but in most cases they can work efficiently, if only we'd let them. Yet, muscle tension from stress and undue force in movement, or from sitting poorly, can lead to pain and discomfort.
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 breathe and project their voice while presenting a high-pressure sales pitch? Or to lift, bend and move heavy equipment? And we've not even talked about stress yet!
Our bodies are complex but in most cases they can work efficiently, if only we'd let them. Yet, muscle tension from stress and undue force in movement, or from sitting poorly, can lead to pain and discomfort.
Benefits of Learning the Alexander Technique
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.
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. The factors that underpin these skills can be learned and applied to great effect.
Whether your people are office-based, on the road, presenters or mainly involved in physical activities, the Alexander Technique can help to improve their performance and well-being.
Learning The Alexander Technique can help people in business to:
- 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. The factors that underpin these skills can be learned and applied to great effect.
Whether your people are office-based, on the road, presenters or mainly involved in physical activities, the Alexander Technique can help to improve their performance and well-being.
Bespoke and Modular Workshops
Roy Palmer runs introductory courses, made-to-measure programmes, individual bespoke sessions and the following group workshops.
If you would like more information, please contact Roy today.
- A Back for the Future - how to prevent back and shoulder pain (suitable for both manual and desk-based people)
- Harness the Productive Power of Adrenalin - how to use stress to your advantage and reduce negative impact.
- Prepare to Succeed - strategies for preparing and presenting high pressure sales pitches and presentations
If you would like more information, please contact Roy today.