Why Counselling Makes Business Sense
Every business person wants his business to run in the best possible manner. The goal of a business is to make a living and a profit. In today’s economic climate, just keeping a business open, much less thriving can be a real challenge. A counsellor can help a business meet its challenges and go from struggling, to surviving, to thriving.
Know Thyself
Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living. Whether you buy that philosophy or not, it can apply to business. Without exception, everybody has blind spots when they look at their businesses (or their lives) and when they make decisions. Often we don’t know see the things that may be hampering success. We’ve grown used to ideas or we’ve never enjoyed the perspective that tells us there is a problem. One of the things a counsellor can do for you is to help you get a full picture of your organisation. He can help you decide and identify what is working and what isn’t. Only when you become aware and expose everything to the light can you begin to turn your business into the lean and effective organisation that you want it to be.
Team Building
Many consider a well-functioning team as the hallmark of an efficient business. We’ve all been in situations where the “people problems” brought down a whole group. A counsellor can help you resolve any conflicts in your staff and help everyone get on the same page. Even if everyone is getting along, they still may not be working well together. As on the football field, a business team needs to work together in an efficient way to score. When everyone is working together there are no holes in the process and the result is rewarding. The difference between being profitable and not being profitable can lie in employee cohesion. A counsellor will concentrate on helping you make personnel and organisational decisions in an objective way to foster team work in your business.
Organising
It’s easy to lose one’s way in the day-to-day busyness of our lives and our business. It’s easy to overlook some essential procedures that are necessary to keep our businesses legal and functioning well. Sometimes things pile up and we lose control of them. A counsellor can help a business that has fallen into a mess gain control of the different pieces again and help put the whole thing back together. Sometimes it takes someone from outside to help them do this, and a counsellor is perfect for the role.
Making Work Pleasant Again
There have been many studies that suggest that happy workers are more productive workers. When workers feel that work is a welcoming friendly place, absenteeism is significantly lower. A counsellor can do wonders with a company’s morale, particularly if there have been conflicts and problems among the staff. Sometimes it takes some sessions with an objective third party to straighten out some of the issues in the workplace. If the work place is tense and absenteeism is up, it might be a good time to call in a counsellor to work with your staff. You may be surprised at how much of a difference it makes to productivity and profitability.