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There’s no doubt that last year’s cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover created a lot of disruption and uncertainty across the UK automotive sector.

Money worries are one of the main reasons people reach out to Ben for support. We’re living through challenging times, where cost-of-living pressures have become a daily reality for many automotive families and individuals.

Recent events in America have intensified the discussion around polarisation. There’s no doubt that this increasing polarisation of wider society is impacting how people work together.

The Fellowship and Ben’s close relationship goes back over 90 years, and whilst our organisations have been established for different reasons, there are close synergies in supporting the automotive community.

'Neurodiversity' refers to the natural diversity in our human brains. Neurodivergence is when a person’s brain processes, learns, and/or behaves differently from what is ‘typical’ and neurotypical describes how the average person’s brain works.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that influences a person's behaviour and is identified through the analysis of behaviour.

I have heard it all before. With monotonous regularity. Over 30 years. “The death of DEI… it’s all gone too far…”

A wave of companies in the US have decided to roll back their ED&I policies in the past month, ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Workplace conflict is increasing. A report by the CIPD discovered that 25 per cent of UK employees, an estimated eight million people, have encountered workplace conflict in the last year.

Despite the cultural shifts sparked by #MeToo, the reality is that, statistically, workplace sexual harassment remains largely unchanged.

Many people struggle to cope at some point in their lives. Suicide can be a difficult subject to talk about and people can find it challenging to open up about how they are feeling.

Employees who are dealing with burnout will struggle to be productive and you may even start to notice issues such as more sickness absence, errors being made, poor performance and a lack of engagement. 

If an employee has opened up to you about being burnt out, it’s important to be as supportive as possible as this will have a significant impact on their recovery. 

Usually, people start each year with strong resolutions to change their lives for the better.

Most of us won’t ever be able to fully remove stress from our lives, it seems to be part and parcel of being human. However, it’s the level of stress we experience and how we deal with it that means the difference between coping or it turning into a bigger issue.