A Cure for the Common Company A Well-Being Prescription for a Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient Workforce

The author have assessed cultures, trained leaders, and conducted and explored research on the intersection of individual and organizational behavior. In his work, what he hears again and again is that leaders genuinely care about the people on their teams: they want them to have lower stress levels, they want them to feel healthy and happy, and they want them to be excited to come to work! But they dont know how to make that happen. Culture is complicated and culture change is not something you necessarily learn in business school or when youre promoted to a leadership position. Its especially hard when it comes to health. Its a challenging and potentially uncomfortable topic, and leaders may project their own experiences onto others, which gets the organization and the culture into trouble. Leaders need help in their efforts to help employees, and that is the practical promise of this book. The missing piece is a method and framework for influencing and shaping a culture of health. Its the heart of the work the authors do, and this book will give readers the knowledge and tools to do the same.

RICHARD SAFEER, MD, is Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He works to help leaders understand how to build cultures of health in their own organization. He holds faculty appointments in both the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Inspiration from a Fire Truck: The Case for Building a Well-Being Workplace Culture

Chapter 2: Getting Personal: How Our Subcultures Influence Our Well-Being

Chapter 3: Best Companies Value Well-Being: Shared Values

Chapter 4: Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful: Social Climate

Chapter 5: Norms: All the Cool Kids Are Doing It (or Thinking It)

Chapter 6: More than My Love Handles: Culture Connection Points

Chapter 7: The Friends and Family Plan: Peer Support

Chapter 8: How to Be the Best Boss: Lead with Well-Being

Chapter 9: Culture Killers: Watch Out for the Speed Bumps

Chapter 10: Counting Culture: Assessing Your Progress

Chapter 11: Dinner is Served

About the Author(s)

Index