Evolving Life in work

“Cultivating people’s wellbeing and the workplace ecosystem is how more Life in Work can be experienced. This is the antidote to the human shaped obstacles of disengagement, stress, anxiety and burnout. Laying the foundations for engagement, growth and performance…the fuel for organisations to contribute their unique vision and value to the world.”

Evolving Life in Work - A Strategic Investment in People, Purpose & Performance

Stress & Anxiety Regulation
Reduced Disengagement & Burnout
Enhanced Focus, Flow & Creativity
Professional & Personal Growth
Increased Engagement & Job Satisfaction
Improved Talent Retention & Attraction
Reduced Employee Turnover & Costs

90%

of UK employees are disengaged or actively disengaged at work

Gallup: State of the Global Workplace Report 2025

10% Productivity Increase

from a meaningful increase in employee wellbeing

Employee Wellbeing, Productivity & Firm Performance

Krekel, Ward, De Neve (2019)

47% of Organisations

in 2023-24 undertook specific initiatives to improve employee wellbeing & reduce turnover

CIPD: Resourcing & Talent Planning Report 2024

Our Life in Work is More than Our Wages

Research shows that our Life in Work is much more than our wages. It is the cornerstone for human wellbeing. Wellbeing that permeates professional lives and radiates out to every corner of our personal lives as well. For better or worse, it is that impactful.

The Wellbeing Paradox

Our Life in Work is a wellbeing paradox. Simultaneously the foundation and fuel for human wellbeing whilst challenging us too. An evolutionary lens makes sense of this…

Organisational ecosystems offer a rich mix of drivers for wellbeing that were synonymous with our ancestor’s survival. Yet today’s work environments are wildly different to those that forged the evolution of our psychosocial circuitry. There is a mismatch between how humans are wired and the rapidly changing, uncertain, volatile, fast paced, large (even globalised) social and economic systems that we navigate in our careers.

Disengagement, Stress, Anxiety, & Burnout

This evolutionarily wired disconnect can lead to people feeling overly stretched and strained. And the human shaped obstacles of disengagement, stress, anxiety and burnout can creep in.

The costs to people, organisations and society are stark and well documented. Negatively impacting wellbeing whilst also taking the pre-frontal cortices in our brains “offline” – the very human part required for complex decision-making, creative problem-solving, innovation, cognitive flexibility, communication and building trusting relationships to mention a few.

An Organisation's Competitive Advantage

Research states, organisations that genuinely commit to supporting their people’s wellbeing, resilience and mental fitness benefit from a competitive advantage.

Engagement, performance and retention are all positively influenced by supporting employee wellbeing. People who feel good, function with fluency and fluidity, even when facing adversity.

Employees who feel cared for and valued, stick around and contribute value.

The ROI Suits Everyone's Agenda

Evolving Life in Work is an investment that repays employees, teams and their organisations back with interest…Showing up in key organisational metrics, including:

Reductions in disengagement, stress, anxiety, burnout, poor health, absenteeism, presenteeism, and employee turnover.
Improvements in talent retention and attraction, employee and customer experiences, trust in leadership and commitment to organisational change.

Evolving Life in Work is also an investment that suits everyone’s agenda…All stakeholders connected to the organisation’s internal and external systems are beneficiaries…the positive impacts radiate out and make a difference to clients, customers, supply chains, families, friends, communities, society and the planet.

Let's Collaborate

This is why Connected Ape collaborates with Individuals, Teams, People Managers & Leaders and Senior Leadership to Evolve Life in Work…To cultivate ecosystems of sustainable and systemic wellbeing within organisations.

It’s a human centred approach answering the most challenging questions that organisational life is asking in terms of wellbeing, resilience & engagement. It connects human evolution with human-centric careers, team climates and organisational cultures. It connects your people to experiences of more Life in Work and the enjoyment of well-lived careers, which are both fundamental to sustainable organisational performance.

We’d love to explore, collaborate and create a bespoke mix of coaching, interactive workshops and talking therapy that will benefit you, your people and your organisation.

Our services

1:1, Teams , Groups : Remote, Onsite, Outdoors

Coaching supports human learning, expansion and growth to unearth meaningful answers to the challenging questions Life in Work is asking. Questions which, if left unresolved, stifle wellbeing, engagement and performance. Holding people, teams, leaders and organisations back from growing into their potential and contributing their unique vision and value to the world.

Connected Ape’s coaching is adaptable and never formulaic nor prescriptive. Suiting diverse people and preferences and facilitating each client’s unique realisations, ideas and solutions to emerge.

Our coaches dive deep into wellbeing, resilience and mental fitness science, research and resources as well as other inter-connected fields of thinking. The goal…to enable more sustainable and systemic impacts for Individuals, Teams, Leaders and an Organisation’s Ecosystem.

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We also offer Neuro-Somatic Coaching – (Learn more →) and Breath Training for Wellbeing, Resilience & Performance – (Learn more →)

Hive Mind Learning Together

Workshops create space to step away from daily demands, reflect, and develop skills that support Life in Work. Whether building resilience, strengthening leadership, or enhancing communication, workshops provide practical tools that help people function with fluency, adapt with confidence, and sustain wellbeing in an ever-evolving workplace.

Workshops nurture the Effective Ape, equipping people to lead, collaborate, and navigate challenges with ease. Learning together lays the foundations for connection, growth, and a shared commitment to evolving. This impact ripples outward—shaping the Collective Ape, where trust, engagement, and performance thrive, creating workplaces where people feel supported, connected, and able to bring their best.

Talking Therapy for Organisational Wellbeing

Therapy that protects wellbeing, reduces burnout and strengthens performance — trauma-trained support for the humans driving your organisation.

Supporting the human behind the job title — helping people understand and work with what’s really driving their stress, patterns and performance.

When employees feel seen, safe and supported, they reconnect with clarity, confidence and composure — qualities that ripple through teams, culture and organisational outcomes.

Connected Ape brings private-practice quality to the workplace. Our trauma-trained therapists integrate EMDR, Cognitive Hypnotherapy, NLP, Somatic and Solution-Focused approaches — combining evidence-based science with humanity and care.

The result? Sustainable wellbeing, engagement and performance that benefit people, teams and the wider organisation.

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