Three York-based health professionals have joined forces to form a new company, which aims to help organisations identify health issues within the workplace and provide effective solutions.
Corporate Resilience has been founded by Philippa James, Matthew Cole and Robert Broughton, who all run their own independent businesses but met through the York Chamber of Commerce. As the recession has placed various health issues such as stress and mental health at the top of the corporate agenda, the partners have decided to combine their considerable expertise and commercial experience to offer clients an innovative approach to solving such problems.
Robert says, "In the current economic climate many factors are increasing the stress levels of both managers and employees; general uncertainty, redundancy, recruitment freezes and cost-cutting, as well as financial difficulties in the home. At a time when the bottom line is more important than ever it also makes economic sense for companies to minimise absence and increase staff retention by improving employee health and thus productivity."
Corporate Resilience works collaboratively with its clients and takes an holistic approach to solving workplace health issues. Following analysis of a company?s current situation a two-phase approach is developed, firstly addressing any immediate health problems and secondly developing a long-term strategy for well-being, which can include the delivery of health education initiatives to employees. The ultimate aim is to give staff a greater understanding of the relationship between work and health.
Robert explains further "We realised that many organisations were employing separate specialists to deal with various health issues, which is not the most efficient or economical way to go about things and usually results in only a temporary fix. By pooling the talents of three health professionals, Corporate Resilience is able to take an all-encompassing approach to any situation and come up with the most effective course of action. Taking care of employees? health should never be ignored as it plays a vital part in adding value to any business."
