Embodied Management Training

• Would you like your managers to embody your organisation's values and build trust?
• Would you like your executives to go beyond management training books to really walk the talk?
• Would it be beneficial for leaders in your organisation to make a powerful personal impact or to accurately read others?

Embodied Management Training teaches people how to lead authentically with presence, gravitas and charisma. Research shows that 90% of communication is non-verbal and that emotional intelligence and personal impact are critical success factors, yet most training does not address leadership and the body. Our executive and management training consists of some simple physical practices relating to posture, breathing and non-athletic movement, combined with linguistic training. This training improves not just what managers know, but their personal impact and who they are - which determines the results they can achieve.

Workshops take 2-7 days in an office environment and are suitable for managers, executives and leaders of all levels. We are happy to arrange a free half-day trial or one-to-one embodied coaching session ahead of group training so that clients can see the benefits of Embodied Management Training and embodied learning.

FAQ

What are some of the benefits of Embodied Management Training?

As all managers are primarily communicators this is a set of critical leadership skills that we work with, both in terms of getting things done day-to-day, and the deeply personal side of communication - inspiring people and building trust. Our promise is that your managers' personal impact and influencing skills will be radically improved after studying the body and leadership with us. This work is true;y transformational and "sticks" because of the high level of involvement in training. Our management development has a large range of other benefits depending depend your strengths and needs. We often bring about the following, leading to higher quality work and improved results:

• Inspirational leadership
• Authentic leadership presence
• Improved emotional intelligence
• The ability to not only manage stress but thrive under pressure
• Growth in confidence, assertiveness and also humility
• An increased ability to coordinate as a part of a team. Including improvements in building trust, managing accountability, listening, avoiding corporate bullying and appreciating diversity

Is Embodied Learning about body language?

Yes and much more. "Body-being" would be more accurate a description of our executive management development as we work at the level of manager's characters, rather than by teaching inauthentic gestures. We teach what people's bodies reveal on a deeper level - known as somatic assessment. "Physical intelligence" would be another way of talking about the leadership skills we enhance. We help managers shift who they are to raise their organisation's performance.

Where does Embodied Management Training come from?

Embodied Management Training incorporates various sources from Western psychology and sports science, to Eastern martial arts and mindfulness practices. The field is sometimes called Embodied Leadership®, embodied learning or somatics. The Integration Training team have been trained by the modern day founders of this type of manager training in the United States. We acknowledge Dr Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Wendy Palmer and Dr Paul Linden as teachers with whom we've trained.

Do you also offer more conventional management training?

As well as being the European specialists in embodied learning we also provide foundation management skills training.

A personal note from Integration Training's Lead Trainer Mark Walsh on working with the body in business

"I love Embodied Management Training and embodied learning. I see daily how leadership skills not only makes a huge difference to people's job performance but how it's personally transformative...it has been for me! When asked what we do at Integration Training I sometimes say, "the human side of business" and both sides of this are important to me - getting the job done AND supporting the people who do it. My own background is in the field of non-governmental organisations and I've spent years training in embodied work abroad and field testing it in demanding locations such as conflict zones. The current financial climate is equally challenging and I see the present situation as necessitating exactly the kind of effective, centred leaders that we help forge.

Embodied Management Training is leading-edge work and I'm proud to be part of a team of management consultants at the forefront of this growing field. I get satisfaction from helping people become better at what they do and seeing managers grow as people. This work is my passion and I look forward to hearing from you this year so that your organisation can benefit from embodied learning and our special way of training managers."

Mark Walsh, Brighton, 2010

Resources on The Body in Training and Coaching
Overview of the body in training and coaching
What you can tell about people from their bodies
Mood - your disposition for action
Myers Briggs and the Body