Wellbeing at Work
How to Design, Implement and Evaluate an Effective Strategy
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Discover how organizations can build wellbeing strategies that truly improve engagement, resilience and performance.
Wellbeing at Work by Cary Cooper and Ian Hesketh is the practical guide for mid-career HR professionals, people managers and wellbeing leads who want to design evidence-based approaches that reduce stress, improve employee engagement and create healthier workplaces.
Now in its third edition, this fully updated book reflects the changing world of work and the latest developments in wellbeing strategy. Drawing on real-world examples from leading organizations such as Rolls Royce and the CIPD, it explores the new realities of hybrid work, digital overload and an ageing workforce.
You'll learn how to:
- Design and deliver wellbeing initiatives across the employee lifecycle
- Address presenteeism, absenteeism and early-career wellbeing effectively
- Support employees returning after absence with empathy and structure
- Embed kindness, compassion and psychological safety into leadership culture
- Monitor and evaluate wellbeing programs using proven frameworks and tools
With practical models, step-by-step guidance and the latest research insights, Wellbeing at Work helps mid-career HR professionals and managers create sustainable, measurable and people-centered wellbeing strategies that deliver lasting value.
Themes include: workplace wellbeing, hybrid work, employee engagement, resilience, psychological safety, HR strategy, leadership compassion
Cary L Cooper
Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare. He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management, now in its’ 3rd Edition. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) (then served for 5 years on the Global Agenda Council for mental health of the WEF) and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010. Professor Cooper is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (comprised of 40 global companies eg BP, Microsoft, NHS Executive, UK government (wellbeing lead) , Rolls Royce, John Lewis Partnership, etc.). Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 books in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work, and occupational stress. He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
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