A FINE BALANCE AT WORK
A FINE BALANCE AT WORK
IMPROVING WELLBEING AND PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH BALANCE.
We, at A Fine Balance, love working with innovative and progressive businesses. These organisations understand that to get the best from their business, it is essential for their team to feel good.
Taking care of our employees’ mental and physical wellbeing is vital for reducing stress and exhaustion, which impacts retention rates, quality of work, and productivity.
We design bespoke services based on our three pillars of wellbeing: MIND, MOVE & WORK. We offer practical tools to enable your colleagues to feel more balance and to improve their sense of wellbeing at work. This will help your teams to reach their full potential and in turn enhance your bottom line.
WHY A FINE BALANCE AT WORK?
Poor mental health is now the number one reason for staff absence.
One in five (21%) employees call in sick due to workplace stress.
14% of employees have resigned and 42% have considered resigning due to workplace stress.
Presenteeism from mental ill health costs the UK economy £15.1 billion per annum, while absenteeism costs £8.4 billion. Presenteeism is hugely costly to employers, but all too often ignored. (presenteeism is the act of attending work while sick. Presenteeism is associated with anxiety, high levels of workload and stress).
BENEFITS OF WELLBEING PROGRAMMES:
Reduced sickness presenteeism and absenteeism
Reduced staff turnover
Increased employee satisfaction
Increased positive company profile
Increased productivity (reduced stress/anxiety and more focus)
Increased health and welfare
Improved retention rates
Enhanced connection and communication between colleagues
These benefits have a positive financial benefit through increased productivity, reduced payroll costs to cover staff absences and recruitment costs, as well as reduced insurance premiums and health care costs.
OUR SERVICES
We have launched a new range of services that can be tailored to meet the needs of your organisation. Hannah, Director - A Fine Balance, and the team have a wealth of experience creating bespoke wellbeing services. Hannah has worked across the Corporate Responsibility sector for the past 13 years. She leads campaigns that challenge and inspire responsible business. She has worked with a portfolio of companies that includes FTSE100 companies with the likes of Aviva, Barclays and HSBC. In 2018, she established A Fine Balance Yoga + Wellness Studio to counteract the stresses of our busy modern lives and to provide support at the community level.
The new range of bespoke A Fine Balance at Work services include:
Introduction to wellbeing workshops
Wellbeing courses
Senior-level management wellbeing sessions
Weekly classes (yoga, meditation, pilates and more)
Private 121 sessions
INTRODUCTION TO WELLBEING SESSION
60 minutes introductory session - perfect for Wellbeing Days/Weeks. Employees will get an introduction to yoga-based breathing, meditation and physical exercises. Each attendee will leave with practical tools to enhance their wellbeing.
This session includes:
An introduction to why finding balance at work is imperative for productivity, happiness, health and wellbeing.
Breathing exercise to calm the nervous system
Chair yoga exercises to mobilise the body
Guided meditation exercise to reduce stress
WELLBEING COURSES
We offer tailored corporate courses that run over 4 hours. These can be split: 2 x 2 hour sessions or 4 x 4 hour sessions.
Each employee will develop their own toolkit of practical exercises that they can use anywhere and anytime to find balance, self-care and resilience. Regular and continued practice of these tools will help reduce stress levels, improve the engagement and productivity of your staff who continue a regular practice of these tools.
There will be a theoretical overview of why finding balance at work is imperative for productivity, happiness, health and wellbeing. You can choose what the course focuses on. Examples of possible topics:
What self-care really means (not just bubble baths)
Understanding stress and anxiety
The importance of rest and slower paced activities to balance the busyness of life
The application of the values of compassion, kindness and letting go – to aid communication and engagement within teams.
Each employee will be provided with:
Breathing exercises
Meditation techniques
Desk-based physical yoga exercises
Handout to take away
For every person that attends they can get 10% off classes and workshops at A Fine Balance Studio, Upminster/London.
SENIOR-LEVEL WORKSHOPS
We offer A Fine Balance workshops for senior-level colleagues that may require a sensitive and tailored approach. We will provide practical tools to help reduce stress and find balance.
WEEKLY CLASSES
We provide weekly corporate yoga, meditation or breathing classes for your colleagues. We timetable to suit your needs before work, during lunchtimes or at the end of the working day.
45 and 60 minute options
Best for 5 – 15 people
We can advise on best office space to use
Commitment to regular weekly classes has the most impact on employee wellbeing
PRIVATE / 121 SESSIONS
We offer bespoke private sessions aligned to the employees’ needs. These can cover any of the examples listed above, for example: practical meditation, breathing and yoga tools.
FIND OUT MORE
Perhaps share this article with your HR director or contact us for a tailored quote: info@afinebalance.me or visit our website.
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