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JULY 2016 PRO INSTALLER

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ONE IN SIX
WORKERS
SUFFERS
DEPRESSION

AUSSIE APPROVAL
FOR MODO DOOR
Northern Ireland based composites manufacturer
Apeer has seen one of its contemporary
MODO doors and matching sidelight
installed in New South Wales, Australia.
The company, which launched its first
doorset back in 2003, has had its
products fitted to homes all over the
UK through the years – and has now
shown it has the international clout
to attract customers from as far
afield as Australia.
Apeer’s Marketing Manager, Linda Tomb,
said: “The homeowner, who lives in Mittagong, NSW, was building his house to
German Passivhaus standards so choosing
an energy efficient entrance door was an
extremely important part of the project.
“After researching options online, the
homeowner eventually contacted us directly
with his requirements,” continued Linda.
“He wanted a modern style door with outstanding thermal properties and liked the
stainless steel effect on our MODO doors.”
Apeer’s Modern Door (MODO) collection
is a design led portfolio of doors that fea-

tures all the security, durability and energy
efficiency associated with its traditional and
contemporary ranges. As well as offering
stylish designs, a broad palette of premium
and bespoke colours and a 10-year structural guarantee, MODO doors also feature a
double rebated system for additional draft
protection, toughened, 60mm thick triple
glazing and ‘A’ rated energy efficiency as
standard.
Linda added: “The lead time was a little
longer than usual due to customs clearance
and shipping, and we needed to provide
special packaging for the courier, but we
shipped directly to the address in Australia.
The customer has told us that he’s delighted
with his door. He’s even had lots of positive comments from neighbours, so while
this might have been the first door we’ve
supplied to Australia, we’re hoping it won’t
be the last.”

When you hire staff,
you want them to perform at their best so
your investment yields
a positive return. That’s
just good business
sense. While you also
want them to enjoy
their work, get on with
their colleagues and
be self-starters, what
you don’t bank on is
that one in six workers
experience depression,
anxiety or stress. According to The Office of
National Statistics, this
costs the UK economy
an astonishing £26bn.
You may wish for a stronger workforce. However, it
is often the strong and the
diligent who are more likely
to suffer. Why? Because they
care about doing a good
job and their sense of duty

and responsibility will cause
them to power through.
These are the people who,
when firing on all cylinders,
will produce the best results
for you. And, when they
crash and burn, will cost
you dearly.
Emotions are like signposts for remedial action,
yet for some reason we
are brought up to ignore
them. This is compounded by deadlines, the effect
of change initiatives, and
insufficient support and
training. The consequence
of powering through is
that the problem gets out
of control and can lead to
breakdown or burnout. Like
your very expensive, very
beautiful performance car
which breaks down in the
fast lane of the M25 because
it didn’t get the service it

needed to keep it in tip-top
condition.
Stress is telling the sufferer
‘I’m overwhelmed’; anxiety
is a fear about what might
happen (very prevalent in a
fear-based culture); depression is what happens when
all emotions are ignored
and the person is out of
resources (internal and
external) to support them
through a difficult time so it
is the mind’s way of saying
‘I give up’. They are signals,
not problems and the
sooner they are recognised
and addressed, the soonest
mended, as the old saying
goes.

THIS REQUIRES
FOUR THINGS:
1. A culture of openness
2. Self-insight on behalf of
the employee to recognise
where they are and how to
deal with it
3. The ability of their
manager to recognise and
manage each employee
according to their individual
needs
4. An effective and pro-active stress resilience and
wellness strategy
Performance and productivity are only sustainable
where a positive approach
to stress-resilience and
wellness exists within the
organisation. Because taking
care of people is taking care
of business.
© Tricia Woolfrey 2016
Tricia Woolfrey is an
expert in stress-resilience,
performance and
productivity.
www.pw-consulti ng.co.uk
0845 130 0854