The Wellbeing Paradox: Why workplace wellness isn’t working and what to do about it guides HR leaders and wellbeing professionals through the messy realities of creating healthier workplaces. Instead of top-down mandates, it invites leaders to co-create solutions with their people, acknowledging real tensions and systemic challenges. With compassion and insight, the book reveals why even well-intended efforts often fail, how best practices can backfire, and why balancing individual care with organizational priorities is so hard.
By uncovering hidden paradoxes, embracing meaningful dialogue, and adopting flexible, iterative approaches, “The Wellbeing Paradox” offers tools for cultivating truly resilient cultures. It presents a path beyond token gestures and unrealistic expectations—one that honors complexity and the human experience at work. Drawing on real-world examples and practical strategies, this empowering guide helps leaders shape thriving, adaptive workplaces amid unrelenting pressures, constant change, and competing demands.
Introduction
Part 1: The Way We Are Thinking About Working Place Wellbeing Isn’t Working
Chapter 1: The Real State of Workplace Wellbeing
Chapter 2: It’s Complex - Reframing Workplace Wellbeing as a Wicked Problem
Chapter 3: Embracing Tensions - The Power of Paradox Thinking
Part 2: Exploring A New Perspective of Common Workplace Wellbeing Paradoxes for Your People, Their Managers and….You!
Chapter 4: Another Box to Tick: When Wellness Feels Like Work
Chapter 5: Leading on Fumes: The Burned-Out Boss’s Burden to ‘Be Well’
Chapter 6: Whose Wellbeing Is It Anyway? When More Support Means Less Ownership
Part 3: A Wiser Way of Navigating Workplace Wellbeing Paradoxes
Chapter 7: Beyond Rigid Routines: Finding Your Flexible Wellbeing Flow
Chapter 8: Making Room for Real Conversations about Wellbeing
Chapter 9: Measuring the Unmeasurable: Tracking Wellbeing’s Conflicting Signals
Conclusion: The Future of Wellbeing
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