A Work In Progress: Unlocking Wellbeing to Create More Sustainable and Resilient Organisations - Softcover

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“A much needed AND brilliant piece of work. A Work in Progress is Epic and enabling.”
- Perry Timms, No.1 HR Most Influential Thinker

For the first time ever, we have clear evidence that employees are now more vital to an organisation’s success than its shareholders. Buoyed by the Coronavirus pandemic, the influence employees have on organisational success means that employee wellbeing has quickly emerged as the most significant part of a great experience at work.

Updated for 2024, ‘A Work In Progress’ brings together evidence from more than 500 studies, exclusive contributions from leading global workplace experts, and captivating advice from in-house wellbeing leaders from organisations including Ocado, Philip Morris International and Serco. This book aims to support CEOs, HR, Reward, Benefit and Wellbeing leaders to fully understand what impact their organisation is having on its people and uses some of the latest research and thinking to ensure we are building more sustainable and resilient organisations that employees want to work for and stay with.

About the author
Gethin is an award-winning psychologist who has been helping some of the world’s largest organisations to improve their employee experience and wellbeing for more than two decades. In 2023 he was named as one of the world’s most influential HR thinkers and in 2024 Author of the Year. Gethin was also recently awarded two prestigious Stevie’s awards in New York; A gold for HR Thought Leader of the Year 2024 and a silver for HR Professional of the Year. Gethin was also awarded ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Industry’ at the 2024 PwC The Rewards as well as ‘Industry Influencer 2024’ at the Incentive Awards.

Gethin has been named UK Mental Health Campaigner of the Year 2023. Gethin is also a Wellbeing Advisor to Investors In People and Chair of the Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing, frequently meeting with and presenting to members of the UK Parliament. In 2024 Gethin was also invited to be a Fellow at the historic King’s Business School - a business school in the top 1% globally.

In 2018, Gethin published his first book - the award-winning HR bestseller ‘A World of Good: Lessons From Around the World in Improving the Employee Experience’, which has gone on to inspire HR and Reward teams at some of the world’s best-known brands. In 2022, Gethin co-authored his second book ‘Das Menschliche Büro - The Human(e) Office’ a collaboration between leading academics and workplace professionals from across Europe.

In late 2022, Gethin published his third book, 'A Work In Progress: Unlocking Wellbeing to Create More Sustainable and Resilient Organisations' which reached the top of the UK bestseller list on its day of release. As part of the book’s global launch, Gethin went on a tour of the UK and Ireland with Ruby Wax OBE to highlight the importance of supporting mental health in the workplace.

Global Praise for 'A Work In Progress'

“Gethin’s narrative gives both the new and the advanced reader opportunities to navigate these vast topics with a balanced perspective of theory and business reality, enabling all to consider their strategies and build a more inclusive approach”
- Dr. Andrea Kilgour, HR Director, BT

“This book is essential reading for anyone interested in employee wellbeing. Gethin’s insight and passion for the subject shine through on every page. This is a must read for HR leaders everywhere”
- Kevin Green, Chief People Officer, First Bus

“Gethin's status as a wellbeing evangelist, well before it moved more into the mainstream, makes ‘A Work In Progress’ the must-have bible for leaders looking to drive genuine employee-centred change by putting wellbeing front and centre of how businesses operate”
- Marc Weedon, Senior Director (HR) International, Zuora

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