Wellbeing at Work ─ How to Design, Implement and Evaluate an Effective Strategy

Stress at work is rising year-on-year, long hours are becoming the norm and presenteeism is increasing across all industries. This is not only having a detrimental effect on employee health, happiness and productivity, but also impacting the organization's bottom line. HR professionals are uniquely placed to manage this modern workplace crisis by implementing a wellbeing strategy. Wellbeing at Work is an essential, practical guide to designing and implementing an effective strategy which will reduce employee anxiety, increase staff engagement and improve overall performance.

Written by leading experts in the field, Wellbeing at Work takes readers through the entire process, from explaining why a wellbeing strategy is necessary and building momentum around it to monitoring, measuring and evaluating its impact. Full of advice, tools and insights, this is the only book you'll need to create a happier, more productive and more profitable organization.

Professor Sir Cary L. Cooper CBE is the president of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster and Manchester Universities. In 2015 was voted the most influential HR thinker by HR Magazine.

Ian Hesketh is an honorary researcher at Lancaster University Management School and a visiting fellow at the Open University Business School. He is a member of the Society for Education and Training, a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and regularly lectures at colleges and universities throughout the UK and overseas.