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

“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

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 2026, ‘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 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. In September 2025, in recognition of his successful career in HR, the Stevie’s in New York awarded Gethin double Gold for his influential career. The UK Employee Experience Awards also awarded him a lifetime achievement award in 2025. He was also profiled by Forbes in the UK in 2026.

As a frequent writer and keynote speaker on employee experience and employee wellbeing, Gethin has been featured in Forbes, The Guardian, Fox News and The Financial Times as well as all major HR publications. Gethin is Ex-Chair of the UK Government-backed Engage for Success Wellbeing Thought Action Group, a Wellbeing Advisor to Investors In People, Ex-Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Future of Employability, 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 invited to be a Fellow at the historic King’s College London, 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 late 2022, Gethin published '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.

Gethin has been part of the Benifex senior leadership team since 2011, playing a key role in their growth from start up to $1 billion unicorn.