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A Work In Progress: Unlocking Wellbeing to Create More Sustainable and Resilient Organisations
“A much needed AND brilliant piece of work. A Work in Progress is Epic and enabling.”
- Perry Timms, No.1 HR Most Influential Thinker 2022
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.
‘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 post-pandemic 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 and in 2023 was named the world’s Most Influential HR Thinker and also awarded UK Mental Health Campaigner of the Year.
As a frequent writer and speaker on employee experience and employee wellbeing, Gethin has been featured in Forbes, The Guardian, The Sun, The Huffington Post and The Financial Times. Gethin has been names as one of the world’s top Global Employee Experience Influencers in 2021, 2022 and 2023, an IW Inspiring Leader 2021 and named #2 HR Personality of the Year 2023. Gethin is also Ex-Chair of the UK Government-backed Engage for Success Wellbeing Thought Action Group, a Wellbeing Advisor to Investors In People, a Fellow at the RSA and a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Committee on the Future of Employability, frequently meeting with and presenting to members of the UK Parliament.
In 2018, Gethin published his first book - the award-winning HR bestseller ‘A World of 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 next book ‘Das Menschliche Büro - The Human(e) Office’ a collaboration between leading academics and workplace professionals from across Europe.
In late 2022, 'A Work In Progress' 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”
- Dr. Andrea Kilgour, HR Director, BT Group
“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”
- Marc Weedon, Senior Director (HR) International, Zuora
- Perry Timms, No.1 HR Most Influential Thinker 2022
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.
‘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 post-pandemic 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 and in 2023 was named the world’s Most Influential HR Thinker and also awarded UK Mental Health Campaigner of the Year.
As a frequent writer and speaker on employee experience and employee wellbeing, Gethin has been featured in Forbes, The Guardian, The Sun, The Huffington Post and The Financial Times. Gethin has been names as one of the world’s top Global Employee Experience Influencers in 2021, 2022 and 2023, an IW Inspiring Leader 2021 and named #2 HR Personality of the Year 2023. Gethin is also Ex-Chair of the UK Government-backed Engage for Success Wellbeing Thought Action Group, a Wellbeing Advisor to Investors In People, a Fellow at the RSA and a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Committee on the Future of Employability, frequently meeting with and presenting to members of the UK Parliament.
In 2018, Gethin published his first book - the award-winning HR bestseller ‘A World of 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 next book ‘Das Menschliche Büro - The Human(e) Office’ a collaboration between leading academics and workplace professionals from across Europe.
In late 2022, 'A Work In Progress' 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”
- Dr. Andrea Kilgour, HR Director, BT Group
“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”
- Marc Weedon, Senior Director (HR) International, Zuora
311 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 3, 2022
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April 21, 2024
So interesting and really well written. Another good read from Gethin.
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