Looking at the importance of well being in business success, rural woman of the year for 2014 Pip Job will be talking at the Wellington Mental Health Forum about the human elements that are necessary for a business to reach its human potential.
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It is a core part of her bursary work which she began thinking about during her ten years with Little River Landcare in Yeoval and Cumnock.-
"Probably the most important thing is if you don't have a good robust happy healthy family functioning unit, your business can't fully reach its potential."-
"It was an exploration of thinking to see if it was just a random thought or if there was rigour behind it and I spent 18 months looking into that."-
While it is a complex area that covers a diverse range of issues in the agricultural sector, she is now looking at putting instruments in place for families to overcome social barriers so their businesses can work to their potential.-
"It can come down to a lot of things such as family communication, leadership, business acumen, succession planning, mental health and passion alignment," she said.-
A number of interesting people will be speaking at the forum including Dr Ian Spencer, Edward Daley who will talk about breaking the cycle of addiction and his message of hope, Rachel Rathbone and Germaine Rich on his own recovery with mental illness and how he went on to help others as a peer support worker at a rehab and recovery unit in Dubbo.-
There will also be a number of mental health professionals on the panel to answer questions and provide residents with information on the day.-
The forum takes place from 10am-3pm at the Wellington Civic Centre on Monday October 12 in partnership with Gungie Origin.-
For more information you can contact Rachel Rathbone on 0412 530 775.-
If you or somebody you know is in crisis please get in contact with Lifeline (13 14 11), NSW Mental Health Line (1800 011 511) beyondblue (1300 224 636).