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Factors in employee health, wellbeing and resilience
[Copyright Steaphen Pirie Belief Institute 2009]
Introduction
This article is an introductory analysis of the factors determining health, and how awareness of these factors can form a useful guide for employers.
These factors are derived from the long-term research conducted by Sir Michael Marmot, who has found that one's 'psycho-social ecosystem' is at least two thirds* responsible for health and longevity.
A checklist of considerations is provided to help the development of workplace policies. The "Begin with the end in play – Health and Wellbeing" program has been specifically developed to focus on, and enhance the "psycho-social" factors that lead to health and wellbeing.
* According to the research, factors such as smoking, obesity, poor diet, lack of exercise and hereditary issues account for only 1/4 to 1/3 the total cause for ill-health and premature death.
Social Determinants of Health
When considering the nature of employee health within organisations, it is worthwhile to expand the context to include as many factors as possible that may impinge, directly or indirectly on the quality of health.
In the 2003 World Health Organization’s report on social determinants of health, Dr Michael Marmot and Dr Richard Wilkinson reported that:
“Even in the most affluent countries, people who are less well off have substantially shorter life expectancies and more illnesses than the rich. Not only are these differences in health an important social injustice, they have also drawn scientific attention to some of the most powerful determinants of health standards in modern societies. They have led in particular to a growing understanding of the remarkable sensitivity of health to the social environment and to what have become known as the social determinants of health."1
The research into social determinants of health is sufficiently broad and rigorous to link social factors with corresponding levels of health and life expectancy.
- 1. Michael Marmot & Richard Wilkinson, Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Fact (Second Edition, 2003). World Health Organisation (Europe), Page 7. Ref. www.euro.who.int/document/e81384.pdf
Welcome
The Belief Institute is an information resource and a bureau of consultants who provide tools and information with which to clarify, consolidate and expand understanding of personal, social and organisational belief-systems.
Generally, the Belief Institute is a specialist service providing mentoring, coaching and training for
- c-class executive officers (CEO, CFO et al.)
- business entrepreneurs, creative directors, artists ('creatives')
- politicians, management consultants, life coaches
- scientists, medical and alternative health practitioners
- academics and teachers
- new-age & spiritual teachers
Introduction to process
The following list details some of the principles and techniques by which we may analyse belief-systems.
- Observe and question
One of the first freedoms to disappear in frightened, repressed societies is the freedom to ask questions. Questions can engage deep unconscious processes that help initiate change and action.Questions such as "what do I really want?" might require significant change in one's life. Socially awkward questions are often avoided in order 'to get along' with friends, family and the community. Generally, the depth of our questioning reflects our capacity for growth.a. IncludeAs a corollary of point 1, if we genuinely wish to observe and question, we need to include anomalous phenomena. Anomalous phenomena are examples of how our existing belief-systems are inadequate, incomplete or of limited scope and applicability.Presently, the field of quantum physics research offers a rich field of anomalous phenomena which have generally not been incorporated into the mainstream belief-systems of science, religion, politics, psychology and sociology.
Belief-System Tune-Ups
Many people easily forget how muich they rely on mental-maps (belief-systems) to navigate through life.
What we believe defines, shapes and creates us. What we believe possible will reveal itself by what we attempt to achieve.
Belief-system tuneups are designed to reveal the deeper, more congruent frameworks of life -- those that you can rely on, irrespective of time and circumstance.
Belief-System Tune-Ups can be tailored for the industry, circumstances and needs of clients.
Personal & Small Business Coaching
To small business entrepreneurs
Small business entrepreneurs have a creative free spirit that is often denied large business employees and managers (who must be more attuned to, and aligned with the in-grained systems, culture and politics of large organisations).
As the founder and director of an engineering business that supplied advanced fire-protection systems for major corporate data-centres, I understand, respect and champion the independence, spirit and 'can-do' attitude of small business owners.
Small business entrepreneurs often start out, as I did, to explore new ways of doing things, of doing things better, and with a strong desire of being their own boss (and for some, of having their "name up in lights"). It's all good - it's all about personal development, freedom, exploration, risk, rewards, stretching and growth.
But perhaps most of all, small business entrepreneurs enjoy testing their intuition, their 'gut-feel' for what will work.
If I had to identify one aspect of running one's own business that is most important it would be the unmatched buzz of testing and relying on our initiative and gut-feelings for how best to do it (running and developing the business, interacting with customers, managing and mentoring employees etc.).
If this at all "speaks to you" then please read on.
Begin with the end in play - Health and Wellbeing
It's easy and quite common to believe that illness and early death is due to factors such as disease, poor diet, lack of exercise, obesity, smoking and genetic disorders.
But according to the results gained from nearly 30 years of research by Sir Professor Michael Marmot, those factors account for around one quarter of the causes of illness and early death.
The primary, majority cause of illness is "psycho-social" – our personal beliefs and expectations, and the social environment (community, nation and culture) in which we live.
