The Need for Corporate Self Defence Training
Violence in the workplace is unfortunately becoming more and more common. This can lead to lower employee morale and absenteeism through stress. Often key employees leave to seek more secure environments and the investment you have in these people is lost. From courses we have run for Government organisations and private institutions we have found that:
Staff reported that after training with us they...
1. Felt better able to deal with stressful situations in a calm, clear manner.
2. Interpersonal communication skill were much improved.
3. The verbal self defence and safety skills helped to prevent incidences of violence.
Managers, providing us with feedback reported
1. Reduced levels of absenteeism.
2. Improvements in staff retention rates.
3. Better focus and concentration from members of staff.
4. Happy, healthier working environment.
The Benefits of Corporate Self Defence Training
Many companies provide health insurance and training opportunities for their employees. Forward thinking companies are now recognising that they need to take a proactive role in ensuring that valuable members of staff are safe.
Companies take out various insurances to protect themselves and their staff, but the benefits of this are never seen until damage occurs. By providing self defence training in the workplace the benefits will be seen right from the start.
There are some very important reasons why your company may want to offer self training for your employees. Below are the top reasons why self defence training in the workplace will benefit your company not only financially, but could also improve productivity.
1) When employees feel safe at work they are less prone to the effects of stress.
Stress can have a direct affect on performance and can lead to many illnesses. Through self defence training staff become more confident, calm and less stressed. Lower stress levels leads to less time off due to illness and employees are happier and more relaxed, making them more productive.
2) Self defence training improves confidence.
Staff who have had our corporate self defence training have found their confidence has improved and their self esteem has increased. This has led them to be able to deal with difficult situations in a calm, confident way and overcome obstacles.
3) Self defence training leads to better teamwork.
The training programmes that we provide allows team members to learn important live skills, problem solving skills and gives them the ability to focus better under pressure. Learning these skills with co-workers helps individuals to overcome obstacles and develop team skills in a safe controlled environment.
4) Employees feel more secure and happier in their working environment.
Staff who are happier feel less threatened by change and are less likely to react badly when under pressure. Our self defence training gives staff more confidence and personal empowerment. This can have a positive effect on them and the people they have contact with, be it other members of staff or customers.
5) Self defence training can stop workplace violence before it happens.
With increasing violence in the workplace and rising compensation claims, companies need to protect themselves and their employees. Claims that could cripple a company could be avoided by a minimal quality investment in self defence training.
Tailor Made Courses
Due to our experience in providing corporate self defence training for a wide range of businesses we design each course to suit the needs of your company. We also offer specific training on a broad range of topics.
Our self defence courses will train your employees how to identify and effectively deal with aggressive and violent individuals. They will learn how to deescalate confrontational situations and physically defend themselves both within the workplace place and outside of work.
We provide training and effective screening solutions for managers and recruitment staff to help identify potentially difficult staff and the situations that could cause them to be disruptive. Also this training can include the proper methods to terminate employment of such staff.
We can help companies with workplace aggression and bullying and provide guidelines and programmes that will prevent future occurrences.
Our most popular standard programmes include
One hour foundation self defence lecture
Three hour foundation workshop
One day basic level self defence course
Two day fully certified self defence course
One hour foundation self defence lecture
This is a popular choice with many of our clients as the lecture can be held over a normal working lunch period. The topics discussed are personalised to your specific business area. If you do decide on a tailor made course we would recommend including the following areas:
Awareness training and how to spot potential threats before they develop
Anticipation and being prepared to deal with aggressive and violent behaviour
Various stages of violence and strategies to deal with each
The law as it relates to self defence
Victimisation and how to prevent it
Travel safety
Effective solutions for dealing with verbally aggressive members of the public
This course can then be followed up with further lectures held either on a monthly or bi-monthly basis to suit the needs of your company.
Three hour foundation workshop
As well as including the areas from the one hour lecture, the self defence workshop looks at practical, effective self defence techniques to quickly deal with aggressive and violent behaviour. Further included in this workshop are:
How to create and maintain a safe distance from an aggressor
Understanding and controlling the effects of fear and adrenaline in a confrontational situation
Simple, easy to learn and use self defence techniques to deal with the most common violent attacks
Strategies to enable staff to remain calm and confident when dealing with aggressive behaviour
One day basic level self defence course
These courses can be held on or off site at a convenient location to your company. The course is structured to cover both the psychological aspects of self defence and the physical techniques that will enable someone of any size or gender to better defend themselves and their co-workers. As with all our courses the information covered will be relevant and specific to your industry. The course can be tailored to suit your company’s specific needs and below is a general guide to our standard course content.
Awareness training and how to spot potential threats before they develop
Anticipation and being prepared to deal with aggressive and violent behaviour
Various stages of violence and strategies to deal with each
The law as it relates to self defence
Victimisation and how to prevent it
Travel safety both domestic and abroad
Effective solutions for dealing with verbally aggressive members of the public
How to create and maintain a safe distance from an aggressor
Understanding and controlling the effects of fear and adrenaline in a confrontational situation
Simple, easy to learn and use self defence techniques to deal with the most common violent attacks
Strategies to enable staff to remain calm and confident when dealing with aggressive behaviour
Escape and evasion tactics
Techniques to deal with the most common work place attacks
Team building and leadership training
Effective techniques against grabs, grasps and holds
Characteristics and profiling an aggressor
The course normally runs over an eight hour period with regular breaks and lunch. The length of the course can be varied to meet your training needs.
Two day fully certified self defence course
These courses are normally run over a weekend, but can be held during two week days. As with our one day course, this can be held on or off site. Off site courses can have over night accommodation and all meals depending on your requirements. Further details are available on request. The two day course allows participants to achieve a much greater understanding of the material and gain a higher skill level of the techniques and methods covered.
Our two day course is a very popular choice with our clients as day two focuses on scenario based training. Here participants learn to deal with a great variety of situations and circumstances using the material they have mastered from the first day.
The scenario training is covered in a highly structured and safe way. We take participants through a three stage approach to this:
Stage One - Creation of various scenarios relevant to your company’s particular industry.
Stage Two - Reacting correctly to these various scenarios. This is covered from a behavioural and emotional view point as well as a physical one.
Stage Three – Review and development where the various scenarios are progressed with increased levels of realism.
How to book your course.
email us at corporate@practicalselfprotection.com