Direction Journal

At Victorinox, not only did Priska Gauger-Shelbert create such massive demand for her work (900+) employees requiring Alexander technique, but many didn't even speak her language! In the early stages of her work at the company, she did not know from one day to the next if she would be asked back. The results evolved so gradually that many an executive would have called the experiment off. 

However, her perseverance and ingenuity has now paid dividends. She is now their permanent Alexander technique consultant to the company across all departments (this role accounts for 20% of her workload) . It is a truly inspirational story. In our new Group Learning/Teaching issue, we examine what Priska had to go through to evolve the relationship and negotiate her way to being in full control of her workload.

Soon I will speak with John Baron, another AT teacher who has put our work on the world stage by securing a teaching role at Google. Rated as No.4 in Fortune Magazine's top 100 employers in 2009, Google certainly sets many trends in the world today. Could this breakthrough open the door for many other AT teachers to follow into corporate America? I'll let you know how my chat with John goes.

Check out the new recording of John Nicholls in the subscription vault and also a new Walter Carrington talk on "defective inhibition" among other things (as always).

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