Gethin Nadin

Member Since: 31st Jul 2019
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 two decades. The last 10 years have been spent working as part of the senior leadership team here at Benefex where Gethin leads our thought leadership in the market.
As a frequent writer and speaker on employee experience and employee wellbeing, Gethin has been featured in Forbes, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and The Financial Times as well as all major HR, Reward and Pensions publications. Gethin has been listed as one of the world’s top 101 Global Employee Experience Influencers for the last two years running, is listed on the Employee Engagement Powerlist, is one of LinkedIn’s top global contributors and an Inspiring Leader 2021. Gethin is also a regular keynote speaker, Chair of the UK Government-backed Engage for Success Wellbeing Thought Action Group, a Key Stakeholder in UK Government Transport Employee Wellbeing KPI’s and a Fellow at the RSA.
In 2018, Gethin published his first book - the 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 2022, Gethin co-authored his second book ‘Das Menschliche Büro - The Human(e) Office’ a collaboration between leading academics and workplace professionals from across Europe.
Chief Innovation Officer Benefex
17th Mar 2023
Why a return-to-office mandate will not fix productivity and collaboration woes
At the time of writing, Activision Blizzard, Amazon, Disney, and Apple are just some of the names that have forced office workers to return...
Change
8th Feb 2023
AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT are set to revolutionise HR
The world of HR is constantly evolving, and with each new development, HR professionals must be equipped with the latest tools to help them...
Future
4th Jan 2023
If you don’t support financial wellbeing in 2023, you’re not supporting employee wellbeing at all
Since 2019 I’ve been writing in HRZone.com about financial wellbeing. At the start of 2022, I began an annual breakdown of the issues that...
Employees
5th Dec 2022
2022 in review: HR reflections on a turbulent twelve months
By the time I wrote my last 'year in review' back in December 2021 , the theme was very much a reflection on the turbulent year we’d all...
People
13th Oct 2022
Book excerpt: 'A work in progress' by Gethin Nadin
Although I’ve been speaking, researching, and consulting on employee wellbeing for years, it's only since the pandemic took hold that most...
Employees
2nd Sep 2022
Quiet quitting: More employees should do it and fewer businesses should care
The term ‘quiet quitting’ was originally coined last year by TikTok career coach Bryan Creely, who by his own admission came up with it...
Employees
14th Apr 2022
Employee experience and the rise of compassionate capitalism
I recently finished the book There are places in the world where rules are less important than kindness by Italian theoretical physicist,...
Employees
24th Jan 2022
Financial wellbeing in 2022: Employers must step up to support the huge cost of living
In 2019 I wrote for HRZone about the growing importance of financial wellbeing to the employee experience. A stagnant savings habit and...
Employees
30th Dec 2021
Diversity and inclusion: How to build more inclusive wellbeing strategies
Workplace wellbeing is set to be a priority of the boardroom agenda again. As CEOs are now familiar with the huge positive impact that...
Employees
13th Dec 2021
HR’s highs and lows in 2021: The year in review
Undoubtedly, this year has been a busy and challenging one for anyone working in HR; from policy changes to employee support, our function...
Strategy