| Corporate Tai Chi is the business application of tai | | | | and. ultimately, increase revenue. Worth |
| chi, a martial and meditative system of exercise. | | | | considering. |
| It holds many alternatives for the corporate world | | | | CORPORATE CULTURE |
| as a stress management tool and an attitude | | | | A peaceful corporate culture is a strong one. |
| enhancer. For those unfamiliar, this exercise, slow, | | | | People take on the qualities of their surroundings. |
| fluid, originally from China, is practiced at parks, | | | | Because tai chi creates balance, energy and |
| studios and beaches throughout the world. It has | | | | motivation; corporate tai chi has the chance to |
| been taken to the corporation because of its | | | | create work-life balance and elevated culture. The |
| synergistic fit and cascading benefits. | | | | peaceful result of this practice has the chance to |
| It has been demonstrated worldwide that certain | | | | permeate the corporate environment and |
| drivers predict employee productivity which drives | | | | revitalize it. As the corporate culture grows, the |
| profit. I will touch upon seven: stress, recognition, | | | | employee feels more at home. The more |
| leadership, benefits, environment, economy and | | | | devoted the employee, the more s/he is likely to |
| industry competition. They are all related to each | | | | stay. The less turnover, the less expense. The |
| other, one affects the other and they are all | | | | less expense, the more profit. |
| affected positively by corporate tai chi. | | | | ECONOMY |
| STRESS | | | | Most of the world does not have expertise in |
| People become stressed from not having a "relief | | | | economy. What we know is how many jobs are |
| valve" system in their corporate structure, no | | | | available and how long it takes us to get another |
| matter how much they enjoy their work. | | | | one if we lose or quit one. Because our economy |
| Corporate tai chi offers this relief. Daily, there are | | | | is in stress, corporate employment is insecure. |
| studies citing how stress at work is directly | | | | The more a company invests in the employee |
| related to revenue stream and how employees | | | | and her/his job, the more the employee values |
| function at a higher level without it. So one could | | | | the job and dreads the pink slip less. If this flowing |
| conclude that less is more. Less stress, better | | | | exercise from China or some other meaningful |
| health and on-task focus. Better health, less sick | | | | program that directly benefits the employee is |
| time. More time on task, more productivity. | | | | installed, people feel more secure because the |
| Better focus, higher task completion. More | | | | company has made the investment in them. If |
| productivity, more profit. | | | | what I discuss beats stress, helps focus, |
| RECOGNITION | | | | enhances work-life balance; employees, potentially, |
| It is a known fact that one of the biggest drivers | | | | supercharge their production levels. If rightsizing |
| of productivity is employee recognition. Many | | | | causes people's job descriptions to inflate to |
| people say that the number one reason they | | | | accommodate the duties of the |
| leave a job is because no one has praised their | | | | no-longer-employed; a "relief valve" tool like |
| worth, that they are invisible. The installation of | | | | corporate tai chi helps overall. More productivity, |
| enhanced working conditions which includes my | | | | more revenue. |
| subject matter or other mind/body programming | | | | COMPANY COMPETITION |
| is one way to recognize employee worth, | | | | There are lots of statistics about how people |
| comfort and value. This is demonstrated by the | | | | choose one company over another factoring in |
| popularity, low turnover and stability of companies | | | | benefits package, job title, location of company, |
| today, like Google, best-known for giving this | | | | the company's position and a great deal more. If |
| holistic type of recognition. Less turnover, less | | | | company A and company B offer the same |
| expense. Less expense, more profit. | | | | position and benefits package, but company B has |
| LEADERSHIP | | | | a corporate tai chi program, company B would |
| The strength of the leadership in a corporation | | | | beat its competition and win the employee. This is |
| strongly influences productivity. If you are loyal to | | | | an oversimplified look at some of what people |
| your leader, you will produce more. If corporate | | | | leverage when comparing companies. Once an |
| tai chi is installed, you will see a more balanced | | | | employee is with a company, the more the |
| leadership as the program diminishes the stress | | | | company invests in the employee, the more |
| levels of the leadership. If the leadership is calmer | | | | leverage it maintains against its competition. The |
| and more focused, it will be more efficient, with | | | | more leverage, the more stable the employee. |
| more presence, with better direction. If leadership | | | | The more stable the employee, the better work |
| installs effective programming to balance the | | | | performance. The better the performance, the |
| team, productivity rises. Of course, loyalty to | | | | more revenue. |
| leadership means better work. Better work, more | | | | CONCLUSION |
| production, more revenue. | | | | In order to excel, we have to embark upon new |
| BENEFITS | | | | territory as well as take wisdom from the past. |
| When you think about it, the expression "what's in | | | | Tai chi is an old discipline that achieves |
| it for me" may come up, whether we are | | | | tremendous effects. Marrying it with corporate life |
| attached to the principle of trade outlined in Ayn | | | | seems to hold the values of the old with the |
| Rand's book, "Atlas Shrugged," where we agree | | | | trends of today, thus: placing this ancient way into |
| that it is our responsibility to produce for our own | | | | corporate life has arrived. There is a study in |
| benefit or whether we study humility. As | | | | developmental stages to more definitely correlate |
| employees, we look for benefits, even if the | | | | corporate tai chi and increase in revenue. But the |
| benefit is benefitting others. As leadership, we do | | | | elements described above try to verify this |
| the same thing. Corporate tai chi is a benefit that | | | | conclusion. |
| has the potential to de-stress, recognize, tune up | | | | |