A Cure for the Common Company

A Well-Being Prescription for a Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient Workforce
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-119-89996-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

Make your workforce happier, healthier—and more productive—with strategies from a world-leader in company culture and health

In A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient Organization, health and well-being expert, Richard Safeer, M.D. delivers a step-by-step roadmap to creating a culture of health on your team and in your company that keeps your people happier and more engaged. In the book, you’ll discover the importance of shaping your well-being culture, challenging yourself, your team, and your workforce to live better lives by offering them new tools and methods to do just that. This book discusses:

- Bulletproof strategies to help leaders build a sound cultural foundation that supports their efforts at change
- A path forward that allows organizational leaders to step up and help their employees be the best versions of themselves
- Techniques to build a supportive culture that overcomes common obstacles to change, including positive social climates, norms, and peer supports

A can't-miss resource for business and human resource leaders at medium- to large-sized organizations, A Cure for the Common Company also belongs on the bookshelves of every professional interested in supporting employee health and well-being.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Safeer, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.