Listen first
Understand the employee’s context before deciding which change is realistic or useful.
Bristol-based · UK-wide delivery
Corporate health coaching that gets personal.
Regular, confidential conversations with a real coach help employees move from knowing what might help to taking realistic action—and staying with it when life gets difficult.
15–20 minutesFocused weekly phone or video coaching.
Whole-person approachHealth priorities considered together.
16+ yearsEstablished personal coaching experience.
From intention to action
What is corporate health coaching?
Corporate health coaching is an employer-funded service that gives employees structured, person-to-person support with their health and wellbeing. Instead of prescribing the same plan to everyone, the coach helps each employee identify what matters, understand their barriers and choose actions that feel achievable.
The value comes from continuity. A weekly conversation creates a rhythm of action, reflection and adaptation. Employees do not have to make a perfect start; they have somewhere to review what worked, what did not and what needs to change.
Choose a direction
Turn a broad wish such as “feel better” into a meaningful, manageable priority.
Take practical action
Agree one or two steps that can fit alongside work, family and existing pressures.
Build sustainable habits
Review progress over twelve weeks and adapt through setbacks rather than abandoning the goal.
The Strealth coaching model
Five connected pillars of health.
Beliefs and behaviour
Clarify motivation, develop confidence and create a more useful response to barriers.
Food and energy
Support practical eating habits, with registered dietetic expertise available where appropriate.
Activity and strength
Help employees find safe, realistic ways to move and build physical capability.
Sleep and stress
Consider routines, workload and restoration as part of sustainable performance.
Social connection
Relationships, support and belonging influence health. Coaching considers whether an employee feels connected and where appropriate support may be available.
The employee chooses the emphasis
The pillars provide a framework, not a fixed curriculum. Coaching follows the employee’s priorities and stays within clear professional and safeguarding boundaries.
A repeatable coaching rhythm
What happens across twelve weeks.
Private onboarding
Explore the employee’s health, pressures, priorities and readiness to make a change.
Personal direction
Define a useful outcome and agree small actions rather than an unrealistic overhaul.
Weekly review
Use short conversations to reinforce progress, solve problems and maintain accountability.
Personal review
Recognise progress, identify what still needs support and create a practical next step.
“Information can tell someone what to do. Coaching helps them discover what they are ready and able to do—and keeps the conversation going.”
For HR and business leaders
Personal delivery with organisational discipline.
Employee conversations remain confidential, but the programme itself is not a black box. Strealth agrees the purpose, cohort, communications, measures and reporting boundaries with the employer before launch.
HR can see whether employees enrolled, attended, completed and found the coaching useful. Anonymised themes can help the organisation understand broader needs without exposing personal coaching content.
Earlier support
Give employees somewhere appropriate to discuss everyday health before absence becomes the first visible signal.
Reduced manager pressure
Create a route for support without expecting line managers to diagnose health concerns.
Visible participation
Measure whether the service is actually reaching people and sustaining engagement.
Evidence for the next decision
Use a controlled pilot to decide whether to continue, change or expand the approach.
Common questions
Corporate health coaching in practice.
Who delivers the coaching?
The pilot relationship is led by Richard A Bignell, founder and CEO of Strealth, drawing on more than sixteen years of personal coaching experience. The wider Strealth team includes personal training, health coaching and registered dietetic expertise.
Does the employer see what an employee discusses?
No. Individual conversations remain private. Only agreed participation information and anonymised, aggregated reporting are provided to the employer.
Where is the service available?
Strealth is based in Bristol and can support Bristol employers directly. Phone and video coaching also make the programme suitable for organisations and distributed workforces across the UK.
Related guidance
Build the complete employer case.
Test health coaching with a focused cohort.
Start with a practical conversation about workforce need, engagement and what a credible pilot should measure.