Employee burnout is a critical business risk with costly consequences — yet many companies only address it reactively, in inconsistent, ad-hoc ways after crises emerge. Many wellbeing programmes focus on individual resilience, placing the burden on employees rather than addressing the wider systemic causes.
AURA is a Resilience Intelligence Tool that recognises the complex, personal nature of stress —and that the early signs of burnout are often hard to spot. It builds both individual and collective awareness, and provides the data and insight needed to take meaningful action.
Our proven assessment and reporting platform identifies burnout risks early and provides clear, actionable insights at the individual, team and organisational levels. By equipping both leaders and employees with data-driven guidance, AURA enables targeted interventions that build resilience and drive sustainable performance.
Supported by expert consulting, implementation support and practical resources, AURA is designed to embed lasting change — not just another wellbeing initiative, but a strategic asset for organisational resilience and success.
The Problem: Stress—A Hidden Risk to Your Business
❌ The work environment has changed – Constant change, remote work isolation, rising demands, and digital overload are creating new pressures that fuel stress.
❌ Stress often goes unnoticed until it’s too late – By the time leaders see the impact, it often takes the form of burnout, breakdowns or risky, irrational behaviour.
❌ The hidden costs are huge – Productivity declines, sick leave rises, turnover increases and company culture deteriorates —ultimately putting your organisation’s performance and reputation at risk.
❌ Unchecked stress erodes performance – It clouds judgment, stifles creativity, causing people to lose confidence and drains motivation—fuelling disengagement, negativity and resentment.
⚠️ Stress is a major operational risk – Employees under chronic stress are a leading cause of cyber incidents, yet most organisations fail to factor stress into their risk management.
The Real Challenge? Recognition and Measurement.
➡️ Without data, stress remains invisible—making it easy to ignore.
How We Can Help: Your Path To Thriving
Building resilience and thriving at work begins with understanding. The AURA assessment is the first step — helping individuals, teams and leaders identify burnout risk and gain deep insight into stress. With this awareness, you can create focused action plans at all 3 levels that lead to lasting, positive change.
Here’s our 4 step A-U-R-A approach:
1. Awareness : Run an AURA assessment
Change starts with awareness.
Employees begin by completing their personal, confidential AURA assessment — a scientifically designed questionnaire that evaluates stress across five key areas.
This diagnostic tool offers clear insights into how stress is impacting individuals, creating a foundation for targeted support and meaningful change.
2. Understand: Analyse the insights
We transform data into actionable intelligence.
AURA reports provide a clear view of stress and burnout risks at the individual, team and organisational levels—highlighting key concerns and uncovering root causes within the workplace.
Team and company-wide insights are fully anonymised to encourage honest responses.
3. Resilience: Take Targeted Action
Insights are only valuable when they drive meaningful change.
There are three key routes to building resilience — people, leaders, and culture. That’s why we support action across all three, through facilitated workshops and by equipping employees and managers with the skills to drive positive change.
4. Adjustment: Monitor & Refine
Change doesn’t happen overnight and there’s no silver bullet.
We support organisations in tracking progress, and refine strategies — using feedback, data and employee experiences to improve systems, embed sustainable practices and adapt to evolving needs.
Our Services
Workforce Assessment
Using our AURA to measure and calibrate stress levels in your team or across your organisation. Identify key pressure points and underlying issues with precision. Personalised and aggregated reports empower individuals, teams, and managers to develop targeted, actionable strategies for wellbeing and performance.
Workshops
Maximise the impact of AURA insights with expert-led briefing and debriefing sessions. These interactive workshops ensure the tool is properly communicated and its findings translate into meaningful action. Depending on your needs, we also offer specialised training to equip managers with the skills to support their teams effectively.
Coaching
1:1 coaching with certified AURA specialists to help employees interpret their stress profiles and develop a personalised resilience-building plan. These confidential sessions provide a safe space to explore challenges and practical strategies to restore balance and move toward a thriving state.
Monitoring
Sustain progress with periodic reassessments every 3-4 months. Regular tracking helps refine action plans, foster accountability, and proactively manage workplace stress, ensuring long-term impact and reduced risk.
Typical Programme
We also support individual teams, generating one team profile and facilitating an action planning workshop to drive meaningful change.
About AURA
Our proprietary tool ‘AURA’ was developed in 2015 by Rachel Austen, Chartered Occupational Psychologist after a personal experience of burnout.
Through her extensive work with businesses and individuals, Rachel identified a lack of scientific methods in assessing stress and recognized the need for a practical approach to detect risks early—helping both individuals and organizations take proactive steps to prevent crises before they occur.
AURA has since been implemented in many large organisations across more than 15 countries as a standard for measuring, benchmarking and managing stress.
AURA assessment model: A holistic approach to measuring stress
Grounded in science, AURA measures stress levels along a continuum ranging from thriving to crisis, profiling symptoms across 5 areas where stress can manifest. AURA’s holistic nature enables the full spectrum of potential issues to be surfaced whilst being practical and efficient.
AURA reporting: Insights for individuals, teams and managers
AURA provides individuals, teams and organisations with a thriving index and stress profiles, enabling them to identify hotspots and priorities for attention. This sets a baseline for improvement and informs focused remedial actions.
AURA’s thriving index is an important business metric that should be integrated into any management system.
AURA’s platform contains a comprehensive library of resources with practical tips, tools and materials to help individuals, teams and managers cultivate healthy personal and workplace practices over the long-term.
Click here to read our full white paper which sets out the business case for measuring and managing stress.
Some Fundamentals
Many stress management or wellbeing programmes fail due to a lack of consideration of the complex nature of stress, appreciation of root causes or failure to create safe channels for disclosure. Here are some fundamentals for success.
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FAQs
Thriving refers to a state of flourishing and optimal functioning. It’s not just about surviving challenges, but excelling and growing through them. When someone is thriving, they feel energised, engaged, and fulfilled in both personal and professional aspects of their life. Thriving implies achieving success, well-being, and continuous development, even when faced with difficulties.
Resilience, on the other hand, is the ability to bounce back from adversity. It involves recovering from setbacks, adapting to change, and maintaining emotional stability during stressful times. Resilience helps people manage stress and overcome challenges, but it doesn’t necessarily mean thriving in the long run. Resilience enables you to withstand tough situations, but thriving is about going beyond survival to reach your full potential.
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