You don’t have to work for Tony Hseih, rock­star CEO of Zappos.com and author of Deliv­er­ing Hap­pi­ness: A Path to Prof­its, Pas­sion, and Pur­pose (affil­i­ate link), to appre­ci­ate work­place well­ness. Yes, Hsieh has cre­ated an employee-centered busi­ness. Yes, Hsieh’s com­pany pro­vides decent health­care cov­er­age. Yes, he encour­ages wacky fun and cre­ativ­ity while on the job. And Yes, he actu­ally pays unin­spired employ­ees to leave. Hseih is a genius of cul­ture con­trol — a cul­ture of work­place wellness.

As most of you read­ers know, the work­place cul­ture is only one piece of the puz­zle. What really hap­pened is that Hseih’s efforts hap­pened to fall right in line with the ris­ing tide of well­ness and the need to focus busi­ness on envi­ron­men­tal respon­si­bil­ity, as well as rela­tion­ship & value-laden ser­vice. Through a model of prof­its, pas­sion and pur­pose, Hsieh, among other lead­ers, has proven that busi­nesses can enjoy prof­its while treat­ing employ­ees (and the envi­ron­ment) well too.