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FOCUS THE MIND
Chris Eldridge, Sales Director at Propertyserve UK discusses pressures of the modern property business.
Stress accounts for 40% of all work-related illness. With national employment at an all-time high, it goes without saying that if you want the best people to stay with you – you have to look after their wellbeing.
The effects of stress at work, cannot and should not be underestimated. ‘There’s no health without mental health’ was the recent, central and powerful message from the UK’s Department of Health. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), reported that 428,000 people in the UK suffered from work-related stress “at a level they believed was making them ill”.
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we all have physical health. Both change throughout our lives and, like our bodies, our minds can become unwell. The UK Chief Medical Officer raised concerns in a report in 2014 stating that 70 million working days are lost each year in the UK due to mental illness - of which stress, was a significant portion.
So, with stress levels in the workforce on the increase, can you afford to ignore wellbeing and still attract the right staff? The leverage of a significant salary may not be the driver it once was when retaining or attracting the best employees; many will be looking at the ‘whole picture’. All employers have to move with
the market offering more and more money to procure the best talent, that’s just business. However, today’s successful employers have identified that offering their employees job satisfaction and equipping them with what they need to complete their job, is just as important as how much is in their bank account at the end of the month.
In the property management sector particularly, staff are being asked to take on more. The requirements of a modern day client have escalated significantly - more responsibility and pressure to do things quicker, more efficiently and at reduced cost. Faced with these demands, unless
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