Corporate Guided Walks
Fast-paced is a term often associated with the corporate world. A high-energy environment can be exciting, but in the long term it can take its toll on our health if we don’t make time to slow down and recharge.
Simple pleasures such as slow exercise and escaping from our screens, for just an hour or two, brings huge positive benefits for our wellbeing. And walking is one of the easiest and most accessible ways to do this.
Adding a qualified guide to a walk not only meets OHS requirements, it also helps take away the barriers that members of an organisation can feel. By it’s nature, walking promotes more open communication, is non-competitive, and a guide creates an equaling team ethos as the guide takes the leading role. For these reasons, incorporating a guided team walking program as part of a wellbeing strategy, is becoming an important cog for many organisations around the globe.Â
Our Approach
Corporate walks are non-competitive immersive outdoor team building activities to enhance workplace wellbeing. They’re an alternative to fast-paced games and physical challenges, high-energy gym sessions, or runs that are squeezed in between meetings. The principles are simply about the team (1) becoming present, (2) escaping the workplace and (3) switching off from technology. The act of walking provides a physical benefit, but more importantly, its how and where we walk that aids mental health. Through corporate walks, organisations provide time for their people to improve their wellbeing, and bond meaningfully with their team. A time during the day that doesn’t encroach on opportunities to spend with friends and family.
- Becoming present – walking at a comfortable pace allows for easy communication, mindful moments, deeper breathing, and controlled heart rate
- Escape the workplace – a chance to breathe fresh air without the background noise and subconscious thought of interruptions. A bad day can become better with some time away.
- A break from technology – with a guide managing the logistics and timing, minds can relax and be free for the duration of the walk.
Customised Programs
Our guided Corporate Walks are designed for your organisations specific needs and your location, they’re flexible. Walks can cater for the benefit of staff, clients, or organisational members. Also, a Forest Bathing session can be included with your Corporate Walk for a fully immersive half day wellbeing experience for your team!
Helping Your People
Australia has a culture of working hard, arguably too hard. Too many people now work in an unhealthy manner, and if left unchecked, these bad habits and being sedentary pose a real risk to their wellbeing.
Safe Work Australia identified mental health conditions as the fastest growing cause of workers’ compensation claims in recent years. They also report that mental health conditions are one of the costliest forms of workplace injury, leading to significantly more time off work and higher compensation paid when compared to other injuries and diseases.
As such, organisations are now taking greater involvement in the health of their people.
Sector Statistics
30% of doctors and 40% of nurses reporting high levels of psychological distress. 70% of health/aged care workers experience distress during work, facing risks of depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
Health Care
90% of teachers report severe stress. High staff turnover. 65% of university students report high to very high psychological distress.
Education
Only 47% of sports clubs have implemented initiatives to support mental health. 78% of exercisers consider mental and emotional well-being as their top motivation.
Fitness / Club
61% report a mental health condition. 36% higher rate of poor mental health than the general population. Low rates of regular exercise.
Hospitality
25% experience high symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. 85% identify occupational stress as a primary driver of poor mental health. 2 times more likely to die by suicide.
Construction
37% of professionals quit their jobs due to mental health issues, with 9% changing career paths entirely. 50% of employees in tech-related roles felt their workplace did not offer adequate support for mental health issues.
Information Tech
80% higher suicide rate than the national average. 30% of workers experience high to very high psychological distress. Mental health issues cost the sector around $450 million annually in lost productivity.
Energy / Mining
72% of retail workers have experienced burnout, and 58% reported very low wellbeing. 49% of retail workers intend to resign due to these conditions.
Retail Sales
50% of truck drivers reporting psychological distress. 15% of truck drivers experience depression after entering the industry. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for truck drivers under 39.
Transport
47% of staff within financial services experience “ongoing stress” from their job, which is 9% higher than the national average. 33% of financial services workers report mental health issues.
Financial
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