The High Cost (And Best Cures) For Dysfunctional Company Culture

As Forbes readers contemplate the signs of dysfunctional company cultures, it is interesting to consider the toll these negative environments enact on employees and leaders. Of the insights in Arianna Huffington’s new best-selling book, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success & Creating a Life of Well-Being, perhaps this statement is most compelling of all: “there is growing evidence that the long-term health of a company’s bottom line and the health of its employees are, in fact, very much aligned.” Yet only 35% of large and mid-sized U.S. companies provide stress-reduction programs of any kind.