Elevate Performance. Strengthen Culture. Support Your People.
Why Life Coaching Belongs in Today’s Workplace.
In a fast-paced, high-pressure corporate world, the challenges facing your teams go beyond targets and KPIs. Burnout, disengagement, poor communication, low morale, and lack of clarity aren’t just HR issues, they’re barriers to business growth.
Life coaching offers a fresh, human-centred approach to workplace transformation.
It’s not therapy, training, or consultancy, it’s a personalised, results driven intervention that empowers individuals to thrive personally and professionally.
A skilled life coach can help your people:
• Build resilience and manage stress effectively
• Improve communication, collaboration, and leadership confidence
• Reignite motivation and align personal values with business goals
• Navigate change and uncertainty with clarity and composure
• Create healthier work-life balance, reducing burnout and sickness.
From boardroom to breakroom, coaching unlocks potential, drives accountability, and supports a culture of trust, growth, and psychological safety.
Burnout
1. Over 9 in 10 UK employees (91%) have experienced burnout in the last year, with nearly 60% saying it has impacted their ability to perform at work. (Source: Westfield Health, 2023)
2. Burnout contributes to over 50% of all long-term sickness absence in UK workplaces, particularly within high-stress industries. (Source: CIPD Health and Wellbeing at Work Report, 2023)
3.Only 1 in 5 employees in the UK feel comfortable discussing mental health or burnout concerns with their manager. (Source: Mind, UK mental health charity)
4. Employees experiencing burnout are 63% more likely to take a sick day and 2.6 times more likely to be actively seeking a new job. (Source: Gallup Workplace Report, 2022)
5. UK businesses lose an estimated £28 billion annually due to employee burnout, stress, and poor mental health. (Source: Deloitte UK Mental Health and Employers Report, 2022)
1. An estimated 12% of UK employees admit to taking sick leave when they were not genuinely ill, often citing stress, lack of motivation, or toxic work culture as the underlying reason. (Source: YouGov / CIPD Absence Management Survey, 2022)
2. Over 40% of UK employers believe some staff regularly take non-genuine sick days, particularly around weekends, holidays, or during periods of low engagement. (Source: HR Review / PwC UK Workplace Trends Report, 2022)
3.Absenteeism costs UK employers around £18 billion per year, with a notable portion linked to unauthorised or questionable sickness absences. (Source: The Centre for Economics and Business Research, 2023)
4.One in four managers say it is difficult to distinguish between genuine and false sickness due to a lack of open communication and employee trust. (Source: CIPD Health and Wellbeing at Work Report, 2023)
5.Workplace dissatisfaction and poor management are cited as top non-medical reasons for false sickness absences, with many employees using time off to cope with stress or avoid conflict. (Source: Acas / Mental Health Foundation Insights, 2022)
Staff Absence
Personal Concerns
1. 1 in 2 UK employees say personal issues negatively affect their ability to concentrate, perform, or stay motivated at work. (Source: Mental Health Foundation / Business in the Community Report, 2023)
2. Over 60% of employees have gone to work while struggling with personal stress, relationship problems, financial pressures, or emotional issues — without telling their employer. (Source: Mind UK / YouGov Poll, 2022)
3. 77% of UK employees say when personal concerns go unaddressed, it significantly reduces their productivity and focus at work. (Source: Deloitte UK Wellbeing and Mental Health Report, 2022)
4. Only 39% of employees feel they have adequate workplace support when facing personal difficulties, leading to presenteeism, poor engagement, and long-term stress. (Source: CIPD Health and Wellbeing at Work Report, 2023)
5. Presenteeism — being at work but mentally or emotionally disengaged — now costs UK businesses more than sickness absence, largely due to personal and mental health challenges. (Source: Vitality / Britain’s Healthiest Workplace Survey, 2023)
1. Nearly 1 in 4 UK employees (24%) have experienced workplace conflict in the past year, with many reporting it negatively impacted their wellbeing and performance. (Source: CIPD Conflict Management Survey, 2020)
2. Bullying and harassment were involved in 26% of all reported workplace conflicts, making them a significant concern for HR and leadership. (Source: CIPD Good Work Index, 2021)
3. Only 43% of employees who experience conflict feel their employer handles it well, leading to a breakdown in trust, low morale, and higher turnover. (Source: Acas / CIPD Workplace Conflict Report, 2020)
4.Workplace conflict costs UK employers an estimated £28.5 billion per year, including the costs of staff turnover, absence, presenteeism, and lowered productivity. (Source: Acas Report: Estimating the Cost of Workplace Conflict, 2021)
5. Employees exposed to bullying are over twice as likely to suffer from anxiety, stress, and depression, and are more likely to take long-term sick leave or resign. (Source: Mental Health Foundation / HSE Data, 2022)
Conflict in the workplace
Whether through one-to-one coaching for senior leaders or tailored programmes for teams, investing in coaching is an investment in your people, time restraints and business pressures can often take priority and distract from the bigger picture but.... Let's draw a line under that.
So with the line drawn how can Cards Of Life Coaching support you or your corporate environment?
Dedicated Team Coaching & Direct Workplace Intevention
Cards of Life offers a simple on-site support model, bringing our services directly to your workplace to minimise downtime and maximise convenience for staff in need of support.
Individual Coaching Support Through Direct Intevention
Our traditional life coaching model is ideal for providing one-to-one support and targeted intervention, fully backed by the organisation or workplace.
Life Coach Training For Nominated Individuals Or Teams
We offer organisations the opportunity to fund and empower selected staff members to train as certified life coaches through the Cards of Life Coaching Academy — building internal capacity for wellbeing, leadership, and peer support.
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