Wellbeing Intelligence: Building Better Mental Health at Work

With workplace stress and burnout at record levels, everyone needs to understand the mental health challenges we face at work. But these challenges can be hard to anticipate and manage, whether we're tackling our own sense of overwhelm or trying to help a colleague.

That matters, not just for individuals, but for organisational wellbeing too. Poor mental health is miserable for the people affected; it's also bad news for success more widely.

That's why we need to work on our Wellbeing Intelligence (WBQ), a first-aid kit of tried and tested tools to help us assess and manage mental wellbeing as individuals, in teams and as part of wider organisational cultures.

From self-care and self-assessment to how to help others and the right kinds of policies and support, Wellbeing Intelligence offers a practical guide to better mental wellbeing for everyone.

Review

This stands out as a timely guide equipping readers with insight and tools to make the workplace more human -- Leo Cremonezi ― FT

Wellbeing Intelligence is that rare thing: a practical but also incredibly clear and well-written book for individuals and managers in any workplace.. it deserves to be on every team leader's (and member's) bookshelf -- Isabel Berwick, Financial Times

The book we all need to develop mental health self-care. Full of practical, timely and science-based advice to foster healthier careers and organisations -- Dorie Clark, author of The Long Game

In this immensely practical, beyond-the-hype book, you have the guide you need to sustainably improve your own, your employees' and your organisation's wellbeing -- Herminia Ibarra, Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School

In Wellbeing Intelligence, Bhatti and Roulet offer a critical perspective on managing mental health at work. This book is an essential tool for anyone aiming to navigate the complexities of modern work environments with resilience and intentionality -- Hector D. Mujica, Head of Americas Philanthropy, Google.org

Authors Bhatti and Roulet provide a research-backed, critical perspective to help employers foster healthier work environments ― HR Magazine

About the Author

Kiran Bhatti is a Counselling Psychologist and Wellbeing Advisor at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. She has supported hundreds of patients in the NHS, at Addenbrookes Hospital and in the charity sector, and has been trained in key methods of counselling, including humanistic, cognitive behavioural therapy, and psychodynamic therapy.

Thomas Roulet is the Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His previous book, The Power of Being Divisive, was runner-up for the Academy of Management Best Book Award.