Unlock the performance your workforce is already capable of.
One of the largest hidden costs for employers is not absenteeism but presenteeism. Employees may be physically present, but are operating below their full capacity due to fatigue, stress or poor health.
Many workforces are unwittingly operating with a performance drag of 20 per cent – or more. That’s the equivalent of one working day, per employee, per week.
Rowan & Rock identifies and reduces that hidden productivity leak. We build the conditions in which your people consistently perform at their best.
The result is a measurable improvement in output, decision-making and operational consistency.
Workforce performance is a commercial decision, not a wellbeing initiative.
McKinsey research (30,000 employees across 30 countries) confirms a direct link between workforce health and productivity gains of up to 25%.
Of the $11.7 trillion in global economic value identified, the majority is driven by a reduction in presenteeism and measurable improvements in cognitive performance.
The research identifies three primary drains on workforce output: excessive workloads without adequate recovery, low employee autonomy, and leadership that lacks the capability to identify and respond to early signs of burnout.
When these factors are addressed systematically, the commercial results follow.
A portfolio of the top 100 companies for employee wellbeing has outperformed major stock indices (including the S&P 500) since 2021.
This body of evidence underpins the Rowan & Rock methodology. Human performance is not a soft metric: it is a primary commercial driver.
The productivity leak
Now more than ever, organisations need their people to be present, sharp and emotionally resilient.
But here’s what’s actually happening. Energy fluctuates across the working day. Fatigue takes its toll. Stress compounds. Cognitive clarity declines. Emotional fragility increases. Across an entire workforce, this creates a silent, continuous drag on productivity.
This productivity leak doesn’t appear on a balance sheet. But it materially impacts output, efficiency and margin.
44 days
The average UK employee loses the equivalent of 44 working days of productivity every year
The majority through presenteeism: working below full capacity while still at their desk.
Source: IPPR, 2024
£103bn
The annual cost of workplace sickness to the UK economy
Up £30 billion since 2018.
Source: IPPR / ONS, 2024
Closing this gap is one of the most significant and fastest-returning performance opportunities available to you.
Rowan & Rock reduces avoidable productivity leakage. We improve workforce performance economics through measurable, system-led intervention.
The wellbeing investment paradox
UK companies spend hundreds of pounds per employee, every year, on wellbeing initiatives. Gym memberships. Meditation apps. Yoga classes. The spending is real. The return on investment is harder to find.
62%
Of UK organisations do not actively track whether their wellbeing programmes are delivering any return.
Source: Workplace Journal, 2025
The problem is fragmentation. Most organisations scatter their wellbeing investment across disconnected initiatives. There is no common measurement. No shared baseline. No way to know what is working, what is not, and what the combined effect on performance actually is.
Wellbeing initiatives tend to focus on information and access to resources. But information alone rarely produces sustained behaviour change. Employees often already know what they should do. The challenge is applying those habits consistently in real working lives.
Without structure, reinforcement and measurement, change rarely lasts.
Rowan & Rock replaces isolated initiatives with a structured performance system. One that measures, reinforces and sustains change over time.
What Most Organisations Do
Initial Interest
Short term motivation
Employee return to existing habits
Little measurable change in workforce performance
The Rowan & Rock Approach
Instead of isolated initiatives, Rowan & Rock delivers a structured performance system.
Insight — Practical performance strategies introduced through structured workshops
Implementation — Employees apply practical habits during the month
Reinforcement — Coaching helps employees overcome barriers and sustain change
Measurement —The Rowan & Rock Index tracks improvement in workforce performance drivers
Momentum — Progress is shared, recognised and reinforced across the organisation
What Most Organisations Do
Initial Interest
Short term motivation
Employees return to existing habits
Little measurable change in workforce performance
The Rowan & Rock Approach
Instead of isolated initiatives, Rowan & Rock delivers a structured performance system.
Insight — Practical performance strategies introduced through structured workshops
Implementation — Employees apply practical habits during the month
Reinforcement — Coaching helps employees overcome barriers and sustain change
Measurement — The Rowan & Rock Index tracks improvement in workforce performance drivers
Momentum — Progress is shared, recognised and reinforced across the organisation
£4.70
The average return for every £1 invested in workforce wellbeing
When that investment is targeted and measured correctly.
Source: Deloitte, 2024
The Rowan & Rock Index™
We track the four drivers of daily workforce performance.
Energy
The foundation of daily output: from the first hour of the day to the last.
Recovery
The quality of rest and restoration that determines whether your people arrive ready to perform.
Resilience
The capacity to manage pressure without a decline in effectiveness.
Cognitive Performance
The focus, clarity and motivation that determine the quality of every decision.
From insight to lasting improvement
The Rowan & Rock Index tells you where performance is being lost. We then help you to close that gap.
Structured Programme
We deliver a structured programme that empowers your team to improve how they show up at work.
Workshops & Coaching
Practical, laser-focused workshops are followed by group coaching that embeds changes into daily habits.
Progress Tracked
Progress is tracked monthly through the Index. Leadership receives a clear, ongoing picture of what is shifting and what it is worth commercially.
This is where lasting improvement happens: not in a single session, but through sustained, supported behaviour change that compounds over time.
Future-proofing your organisation
The organisations best placed to sustain performance over the long term are those that have built genuine resilience into their workforce: not as a response to crisis, but as a deliberate operating condition.
Focus sharpens
Resilience strengthens
Errors fall
Collaboration becomes smoother
Engagement improves
Output increases
The result is an organisation that does not simply perform better today. It retains the capability to perform at that level tomorrow — through leadership transitions, market pressure and the demands of growth.