Recently featured in an article on BBC Asia was the Boteli Valve Group based in China. The Group have a monthly output of $5 million (£3 million), but the company’s director is more worried about the faith of his workers than the profit of his company.
Although the employees work under the customary symbols of the aetheist Chinese communist state, every Monday morning the senior managers get together and pray about the business. Once a week, members of staff are encouraged to attend an on-site Christian fellowship meeting, where they read the Bible and pray for each other.
Company director Weng-Jen Wau believes that as a result the attitudes of the workforce have been transformed.
Far from being a one-off, there are a growing number of businesses run by Christian entrepreneurs in one of China’s key enterprise zones. Their success is now being studied by the Chinese government. Professor Zhuo Xinping, Director of the Institute of World Religions, tells the BBC journalist that Chinese researchers are considering whether in Western history there is a link between economic prosperity and Protestant Christianity – and they are questioning what that might mean for today’s China.
Christian faith may sound like an unlikely component in China’s future economic success.
But the notion that newfound faith can inspire a workforce to increased levels of productivity is being taken seriously not only by Christian businessmen, but by China’s Communist – and officially atheist – leaders.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10942954








The Bank of England has fuelled anxiety over UK recovery hopes after warning of a squeeze on households from slowing growth and high inflation, as well as uncertain international prospects.
Conflict is to be welcomed at times. It can reveal truth. It can lead to progress.
We have all seen the immense difference to results when a team is together pulling in the same direction compared to one that is not. We’ve seen this throughout the World Cup 2010 with France, Italy and sadly England.
Over recent months the MCE business development manager Michael Cook has been finalising further marketing material for MCE. The idea and knowledge of a chaplaincy service in the UK is perhaps not as well known as in the USA. Our aim is to provide a service to any business that encompasses the need to support their staff. Being in a multi cultural and religious society in the UK, in some instances the term ‘Chaplain’ can be an obstacle in the development of business relationships. Over recent years, the government and various notable research organisations, reporting on staff in the workplace are recommending emphasis is placed on the wellness of staff. This additional material highlights the greater need for participation in a programme such as ours. Although MCE continues very much as it always has, 2010 has brought around a significant change in the way the company presents itself to the business world.
With the new coalition government nearing two weeks in office there are still mixed feelings about how the change in the political world will affect those in the economic world. Despite Germany announcing today that it would fund a rescue package to help sustain the Euro, the FTSE 100 share index fell to it’s lowest since last November.
MCE have now launched a new promotional short film. The film was shot during the end of last year and contains client testimonials as well as scenes from inside businesses employing MCE Care Teams.
It is a question that was asked time and time again of British Airways cabin staff. How is it that such well paid staff with such good benefits packages want to go on strike?
“…A growing number of UK employers have recognised employee health and wellbeing as a strategic priority, particularly during challenging economic times. Proactive management of employees’ physical and mental health can produce a range of important business benefits including reduction of sickness absence; lost time due to accidents and associateed costs; greater staff engagement and productivity; reduced staff turnover recruitment and costs…”
A new Business Journal is now available for download. Under the title Journal of Positive Action in the Workplace, the portfolio includes various client testimonials about MCE and case studies of the Employee Wellbeing Service. There are also further details about the MCE Commitment to care and support staff, employees and employers in the workplace.


