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Stress: The modern-day affliction of a business world

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Since 2013, 33.9% of absence days in the financial services sector have been due to mental ill health. This compares to 24% of absence days in the retail sector and 22% in utilities, according to Chris Clarke, Chief executive of AdviserPlus. This is a shocking fact that is seriously affecting UK workers long term and doesn’t look like reducing any time soon. In my experience with in the financial sector employees are working far longer hours, have increased stress levels due to the demands and responsibilities placed upon them. And for the junior less well-paid staff there are the effects of year on year reduced disposable income due to wages not keeping up with increased living costs. Recently I had the pleasure of listening to a representative from the Bank of England give local businesses an over view of the state of the UK economy. What grabbed my attention wasn’t all the usual stats you might think but a chart plotting the increase in hours worked (due in part to mor...
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Organisational Metaphor

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Imagine a tree in its simplest form, the trunk represents the structure of your organisation. It’s branches and leaves represent your policies and procedures, finances and goals. This is the task part of your business, the part that is seen. And if this were the sum total of your organisation it wouldn’t achieve the goal. However, there is another element to the tree and that is the roots. This is the process part of your business, the part that can often be unseen. You see, the roots, represent your people, individuals with their beliefs and values, their feelings and emotions, their interpretations and perceptions, even their ability to communicate effectively as well as feeling empowered and fully engaged. Without healthy roots your organisation would not operate as it should and, like the tree, has the potential of being stunted or even worst, cease to exist. You see, the roots represent the very life of your organisation, functioning within its define...
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Location: Harrogate, UK
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Introduction

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Co-founders & Directors It’s not every day that you get to build a company that can make an immeasurable difference in the lives of individual people whilst at the same time influence the culture and success of an organisation. Hi, I’m Phill Holdsworth and I’m Penny Holdsworth, we are Co-Founders and Directors of AurumGold Limited, a company that puts the wellbeing of people at the heart of any business transformation. If you are anything like us, your goal would be to make your organisation the best and one that sits in the top echelons of its sector. To be a market leader, is possibly what you would strive for. Through our years of experience working for and with many people, through our own extensive research and that of others, we have compiled a series of wellbeing audits, known as ‘VECE’ audits which focus on the following areas; V alues and beliefs E motional and mental wellbeing C ommunication effectiveness E mpowerment and engagement ...
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Location: Harrogate, UK
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