Centre for the Alexander Technique
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Self-management at Work for All Self-management is looking after ourselves, not just attending to whatever we happen to be doing. For many years actors, musicians, dancers and sportspeople have made use of techniques which are concerned with how they use their bodies and minds while they are training, performing and competing. The purpose has been to improve the quality of their performance and to reduce unnecessary strain on themselves. Such benefits are equally desirable in the work situation. Apart from individual benefits, regular group use of self-management can generate a culture of support, understanding and open communication in team situations. Using the Alexander Technique and other methods, self-management teaches people to work on dysfunctional physical and psychological habits. These can range from poor postural habits (which may predispose a person to pain or injury) to a tendency to react without thinking (which may lead to repeated stereotyped mistakes in what they are doing). Such habits are present to a greater or lesser degree in almost everyone and musculo-skeletal pain is a common cause of absence as well as of impaired performance at work. Self-management can help individuals to accept greater responsibility, not only for themselves (mind and body), but for the quality of whatever they are engaged in. A culture of self-management makes greater use of the potential of individuals.
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