You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
-Juvenal, Satires, X. l. 356.
T oday's business executive is in a seemingly never- ending search for employees who are not only high performing, but are also willing to remain and grow with the organization. In addition, and consistent with Juvenal's quote, in today's business environment-plagued with the skyrocketing costs of healthcare-it is all the better when these high performers fit the bill of ''a sound mind in a sound body.'' To meet these tangible goals, many organizations continue to invest significant resources to select the best possible employees and provide them with a wide range of developmental growth opportunities. The objective of this approach is to promote optimal levels of productivity, retention and employee health. Surprisingly, the answer to finding high performing, healthy, and loyal employees may well lie in their psychological well-being (PWB). In the pages that follow, these ideas will be explored in greater detail. The central theme is that it is both reasonable and highly practical for both organizational scholars and business executives to realize that employee well-being is a valuable resource for maximizing employee health, job performance and retention. But first, as positive proof of the importance of this topic, consider the thoughts of John P. Rotella, scion to the family owned Rotella's Italian Bakery.