Getting the most from your business by bringing in outside help
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If you run a business and budgets and margins are tight, you’re certainly not alone in finding the current climate challenging.
Yet failing to invest in your business can sometimes prove a false economy. And that extends to hiring the services of outside providers, a process which, by the way, is invariably cheaper than paying for full-time staff.
Outsourcing gives you access to external expertise, while allowing you to buy in exactly the level of extra support you feel you need. Additionally, the objectivity and fresh perspective that someone who’s not part of your organisation offers can be invaluable.
One great example of a service where the return on investment is high, and it’s one you may not have previously considered, is a wellbeing coach.
What do they do?
Wellbeing coaches support people – either you or your staff – in increasing their motivation and commitment to improving their lifestyle and all areas of their health. There’s a focus on reaching optimal physical, emotional and mental wellbeing so that these elements become part of a consistent, holistic routine.
These coaches are experts in behavioural change, based on individual priorities, and work in a person-focused way without being prescriptive. And their efforts probably work best in conjunction with an organisation-wide corporate wellness strategy.
According to NHS England, this kind of coaching has a positive effect on levels of healthy behaviours and can improve:
- Increased take-up of exercise
- Weight management
- Help with stress, low mood, anxiety and symptoms of depression
- Quality of life generally
- The creation of a safe environment in which to talk
- Better Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Ultimately, work performance will improve, as will productivity, focus and the ability to make decisions
- Greater self-confidence and work on any barriers or blocks which have been holding you back
- This kind of support also reduces the isolation that some people can feel when trying to be healthier
The coach will help you (and your staff) to set realistic, achievable goals and to create the right strategies to help you meet them. After all, even if you have a sense of where you need to improve, without the right resources, nothing will change.
Hiring specialist skills
Some areas of expertise are so specialised you’re unlikely to have access to the skill in-house. Food photography, for example, is a specific discipline focusing on capturing mouthwateringly beautiful images. It tells the story of a dish, highlighting its colours and textures. Thanks to clever use of lights and styling, culinary photography brings out the best in each menu item, and makes the viewer eager to sample it for themselves.
So if you’re looking for, say, a food photographer Dubai, you’re likely to need to outsource this specialism – someone could be great at portraiture, for example, but that doesn’t mean they’d be equally skilled in taking pictures for the website of your food business. So don’t end up with someone with the wrong experience – it could easily lead to images that aren’t what you want or need.
By investing in the skills, expertise and experience of external professionals, whether for corporate wellbeing, food imagery or anything else, you free up valuable time to focus on what you do best: running your core business.