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Read five ways in which Bay Tree can help you maintain a healthy and stress-free team…

Bay Tree VA is delighted to announce the appointment of Louise Harbidge as Director – Operations & Team Engagement. Louise, who has been an integral part of the Bay Tree team over 14 years, will join Founder Jane Cattermole in leading the business into its next chapter. 

“For many of the senior leaders I coach, a recurring frustration that rears its head around 3am is – I can’t do it all, but I don’t know anyone else that can. That tension between needing support and fearing a loss of control becomes a pressure cooker. So, they do what high-performers often do… they keep going.”

“The focus has been very much on the needs of the employee in recent times and that burden has fallen on business owners and senior management. Perhaps now is the time for those with ultimate responsibility for the business to check in with their own needs.”   

Abbeycroft Leisure, based in Haverhill, works across communities in the West Suffolk and Babergh districts. Established as a Charitable Leisure Trust in 2005 and awarded social enterprise status in 2010, it is today an £11m turnover enterprise. In early 2024, Warren Smyth, CEO, made the decision to enlist the support of a BayTree, the purpose

Albert Einstein suggested that “Creativity is intelligence having fun” and making time to innovate and drive your business forward brings a sense of control, achievement and ambition – all destined to make you feel great and be a positive person to be around. 

A report reveals that self-employed workers were the least confident they had the skills to do their job properly.  More than 90% of all other worker types said they felt they had the skills, compared to just 76% of self-employed workers. From our experience, this stat really does stack up; we often use the expression ‘do what you do best and leave us to do the rest’ when setting up a new working relationship.

When Mark first spoke to BayTree, his situation was very similar to many other business owners who have managed to successfully grow their business, develop a young team, maintain a healthy client base nationally and manage their own workload.