Mentoring business leaders has given executive coach Ray Williams a frontline look at America's corporate structure.

What he found is toxic.

Eye of the Storm: How Mindful Leaders Can Transform Chaotic Workplaces is a call to action for business and organizational leaders. Williams cites problems such as relentless demands and extreme pressure placed on both leaders and workers, explaining the harm that recurring waves of job cuts and globalization do to the corporate structure as they lower employee loyalty and job satisfaction.

But Williams doesn't just detail the problem-he...