Mindfulness training is helping engineers at a cutting edge Robotics company Mechatronic Solutions to manage stress as demand increases to meet a year on year growth of over 50% each year for the past 3 years.
The background to the company growth is that Sales have increased to £4million in this current year and our Profit performance has also accelerated. We have reduced our market dependency in the Automotive supply chain from 95% 5 years ago to 49% in 2013 -14 and have trebled our client list across 3 major sectors. Our aim is to reach £6 million within the next 2 years £10 million in 5 years.
To meet the rising demand we have increased our core workforce with 5 new engineers and have been growing our relationship with reliable contractors in all mechatronic disciplines. Already we are outgrowing the premises we moved into in 2011 and are looking to a 50% expansion in space.
To help our senior team of 12, Mechatronic Solutions has provided its engineers with two one-hour mindfulness workshops to increase productivity, wellbeing and creativity.
These workshops, facilitated by Dr Jane Upton, draw from Search Inside Yourself, a personal growth program developed by a software engineer for Google employees. This programme focuses on developing emotional intelligence through mindfulness. Google have found that participants are more productive at work and better leaders. They are also more peaceful, happy and compassionate individuals.
Managing Director of Mechatronic Solutions Richard Evans initiated the workshops to support engineers both at work and home. Our Greatest assets are our employees and their greatest assets is the ability to think creatively which this approach emphasises and facilitates, whilst recognising being creative is difficult to do in the daily pressure of work we wanted to give our staff the opportunity to have tools that would enhance this process at the same time be beneficial to their all-round wellbeing.
Clear thinking and dealing with stress is the essence of running successful large technical projects simultaneously, this requires close collaborative working to get the best results and communicating both internally and externally. An objective of mindfulness is to help shape a clear mind and pathway to increase effectiveness
I am delighted by the response of our team they are so enthusiastic about finding a new perspective on work-life balance and has helped with our collaborative working which is central to our ethos. Jane is bringing a fresh approach which I am sure will be adopted by many companies who want to realise this potential Richard Evans explained.
The workshops took place during working hours, and although attendance was not mandatory, staff were happy to attend, enjoyed the workshops and gave positive feedback.
Chris Gibson Operations Manager said that he thought it was brilliant and he could really see the relationship to creative thinking with a clear mind. He added that he found the workshops very interesting and useful. They were well run but light, which helped everyone relax and be more open minded. All in all a very productive couple of hours.
Stewart Hall, Project Leader, also thought that workshops really useful and the content of the workshops ideal. He explained that by using the simple breathing techniques at least once a day, Ive found it easier to switch off in the evenings As things are getter busy at Mechatronics, I can see that having control of my emotions will be a great benefit.
Richard says that there is huge opportunity especially in SMEs for further personal development for those wanting to travel further. This is a red hot topic with huge payback for everyone and I would highly recommend Jane to any business if they care about personal development. Jane is an amazing facilitator who comes highly recommended.
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