How can a wellness coach help your business?

A Business Wellness Coach can support you with personal emotional coaching in collaboration with your Rural or Small Business Financial Counsellor, or independently.

Your Wellness Coach has a background in business, combined with a qualification in social work, psychology, social science, mental health, related field or equivalent experience.

This enables your Wellness Coach to provide honest and realistic support on a person-to-person basis.

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‍The support provided by a Business Wellness Coach is not clinical and does not include subscribing medical aids. If it is identified that your needs exceed the support available from a Coach, you shall be referred to an appropriately licensed clinician.

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‍To be eligible, applicants must:

• have fewer than 20 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs)
• have less than $10 million in annual turnover
• have an active Australian business number (ABN)
• have their small business as your primary income source (i.e. 50% or more of the total income), or have a recent record of it being their primary income source and the potential to do so again
• be based in Queensland
• have owners/directors that are not insolvent or are an undischarged bankrupt.

Visit the Business Queensland website for more details.

‍This support is designed to assist rural and small business owners who are experiencing mental health or emotional wellbeing stress. The early warning signs to identify if you may be experiencing stress include:

• Having trouble concentrating
• Not meeting deadlines
• Not working to your usual standards
• Withdrawing from staff
• Feeling less engaged than usual
• Feeling worthless or like a failure
• Being absent from work
• Feeling irritable, nervous, angry, anxious or worried
• Feeling depressed or low in energy
• Having trouble sleeping
• Sleeping too much
• Waking up and having difficulty getting back to sleep
• Experiencing weight or appetite changes
• Consuming more alcohol or other substances
• Withdrawing from friends and family
• Experiencing panic attacks
• Having emotional or aggressive outbursts
• Engaging in destructive behaviour