Running a construction business in the Northern Territory with over 50 employees, and we employed a psychologist to work with our business. I found it really useful, not only for our workers, but for myself as well.
Running a business can be stressful with ongoing day-to-day decisions and managing several different projects on the go at once. There are several important decisions that needed to be made and I was often processing a lot of information at once. I found it beneficial having a psychologist to help process and workshop some of these decisions out loud, which enabled me to gain a different perspective, improve my communication and put me in a better head space to make clearer decisions. I also found the psychologist helpful to my employers, as they learnt a range of mental skills that seemed to enhance their capabilities to improve not only their working lives, but their everyday lives as well.
