About Beyond Ergo
WHAT WE DO
Beyond Ergo helps businesses improve productivity and labour costs by decreasing work-related pain and risk of injury claims. We do this by going beyond the ergonomics to train the Personal Protective Behaviours (PPBs) individuals need for modern computer-based and increasingly sedentary work and by supporting leaders in reviewing these skills to ensure transfer as everyday WHS and wellness habits.
We emphasise our focus on ensuring training transfer as actionable work skills. This includes providing leaders with the support and resources to quickly review and coach foundation skills to become everyday work habits, even when working remotely. The world of leaders is complex enough without the additional burden of research and planning the content of the WHS and Wellness programs.
Beyond Ergo programs provide new multidiscipline programs that go beyond ergonomics to build multidisciplinary ergo and self-care competencies for today’s mobile, computer-intensive and increasingly sedentary workforce.
WHOM WE HELP
In the past, we have worked with contact centre consultants, small business administration staff, university professors, freelance journalists and writers.
Are you or your team required to spend significant portions of the day in front of their computer or laptops? Then we can work with you too.
What Do You Need Help With Immediately?
- Neck, Shoulder, or Back Pain
- Setting up your Laptop to work at home
- Work habits and physical conditioning to relieve discomfort
- Personalising office ergonomics to match your stature
If you want to feel better and work better now, and increasingly as you build these simple no-cost strategies into your new work habits – Click on this link – https://beyondergo.com.au/self-care-skills-training-screen-intensive-workers/ – to join our Virtual Ergo & Self-Care Implementation Workshop.
OUR APPROACH
Beyond Ergo’s Programs and Trainers are authoritative yet approachable, delivering expert insights with a focus on practicality and empowerment. We communicate with clarity and confidence, providing actionable solutions for workplace health, safety, and wellness. Our tone is supportive and engaging, aiming to inspire leaders and teams to take proactive steps towards reducing pain, increasing productivity, and fostering a healthier work environment. We challenge outdated mindsets, emphasise real-world applications, and prioritise the well-being of knowledge workers in modern, computer-based settings. Our language is concise, professional, and solution-focused, with an emphasis on empathy and understanding of the unique challenges faced by today’s workforce.
These are the new Ergo and Self-Care Competencies for
today’s mobile, screen-based and increasingly sedentary workforce.
MEET DR ELIZABETH KIRK (PhD)
Dr. Elizabeth Kirk is one of Australia’s foremost experts in self-care competencies essential for thriving in today’s computer-intensive, sedentary workplaces. Her journey began as a trainer in a major contact centre, where she witnessed firsthand why traditional office ergonomic interventions often fail to address work-related musculoskeletal discomfort, absenteeism, presenteeism, and staff turnover.
This experience inspired her groundbreaking PhD research at the University of Queensland, which focused on developing a new tier of skill-based health, wellbeing, and productivity training tailored for computer-based work. Her innovative work earned the prestigious Dean’s Award in 2013.
Grounded in rigorous research and informed by industry needs, Dr. Kirk now dedicates her work to transforming organisational training. She advocates for shifting from mere ‘check-box’ knowledge to the implementation of essential Personal Protective Behaviours (PPBs) that are crucial for anyone navigating the complex, agile, and remote work environment of today. Through her consultancy, Beyond Ergo, Dr. Kirk helps organisations enhance productivity, reduce work-related injuries, and foster a culture of self-care and wellness.
Meet Jo Stiller
MEET OUR DYNAMIC AND APPROACHABLE CLIENT SERVICES COORDINATOR
We are thrilled to introduce Joanne Stiller, our dedicated and approachable Client Services Coordinator, who joined the Beyond Ergo team in September 2023. With a strong background in front-office client relations, including lead generation, marketing, sales, and customer service, Joanne has consistently proven her ability to deliver outstanding results.
Joanne brings a wealth of experience to our team, with over 15 years of expertise in managing client relationships and driving efficiency. Her highly organised approach, strong project management skills, and advanced computer literacy make her an invaluable asset to Beyond Ergo. Joanne quickly adapts to new challenges and excels under pressure, consistently demonstrating innovative problem-solving and exceptional multi-tasking abilities.
Since joining Beyond Ergo, Joanne has played a pivotal role in enhancing our systems and processes, significantly improving the quality and efficiency of our program development and delivery. Her passion for delivering exceptional service and building lasting relationships ensures that every client experience with Beyond Ergo is seamless and exceeds expectations.
Keynote: The $7Billion Dollar Training Failure
In this fast-paced, highly-interactive keynote Dr Liz Kirk takes her audiences into just how using outdated and unchallenged training approaches to ergonomics and workplace behaviours is creating a $7Billion problem for all Australian industry. A master of translating what is required into how to do it, with frameworks easily understood by any audience, and practical strategies which make a difference for audience members the MINUTE they walk out of her rooms, Dr Liz Kirk’s’ signature keynote unlocks the simplicity in what needs to occur to shift from check-box training to personal responsibility when it comes to strengthening our workforce – instead of hurting them.
Driven by a passionate belief that NONE of us wants to live in pain, Dr Liz Kirk’s engaging, conversational style encourages a new perspective, and a shift to doing what will work in a multi-screen, highly mobile workforce for the leader in our corporate landscape – and most importantly the people whom we lead.
Delivered as short insightful talks or full-length keynotes to boardrooms, associations, or part of professional development programs, Click Here to view Dr Liz Kirk’s Keynote Speakers Show Reel.
Dr Kirk’s Position Paper
This position paper outlines the need for this new tier of training for screen-intensive work that bridges the gap between WHS and Wellbeing. Training designed to ensure employees have essential Ergo and Self-Care competencies enabling them to take greater personal responsibility for their health, safety and wellbeing at a time when, as our workforce becomes increasingly mobile, businesses have less control over their work environment and less able to support healthy work behaviours. Click here to download the executive summary or full paper.
Beyond Ergo Capability Statement
Click here for our detailed Capability Statement in PDF format. Key Company Facts. Discover how to update office ergonomics training covering modern multi-screens and mobile workforce, leading to decreased pain and absenteeism and increased productivity and staff engagement.