Sustainable Performance: The Corporate Athlete Playbook
05/19/24 • 8 min
In this episode of The Balanced Leader Podcast, we explore the "Corporate Athlete" model which applies training principles from elite athletes to help leaders maintain high performance over the long run without burning out. Just like professional athletes, leaders need to strategically invest in renewing their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy through specific rituals and practices. Too often, leaders neglect self-care and run in a perpetual state of energy depletion, stress and overwhelm.
The podcast examines the contrasts between how athletes train and recover versus the unsustainable pace of the typical office worker. It details a famous leader's wake-up call from collapsing due to exhaustion as an example of the need for renewal.
The core idea is to embrace a realistic, cyclical approach of expenditure followed by strategic recovery, rather than constant overdrive. Specific tips are provided for building a sustainable leadership practice through relaxation, sleep, exercise, nutrition, mindfulness and passion rejuvenation. The path to sustainable leadership requires bucking cultural norms around endless productivity in order to show up at your best year after year.
For the full show notes and transcript, click here.
Find out more about Rob Hills: www.robhills.com.au
Rob Hills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robhills_
Rob Hills Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/iamrobhills
Rob Hills LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-hills/
In this episode of The Balanced Leader Podcast, we explore the "Corporate Athlete" model which applies training principles from elite athletes to help leaders maintain high performance over the long run without burning out. Just like professional athletes, leaders need to strategically invest in renewing their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy through specific rituals and practices. Too often, leaders neglect self-care and run in a perpetual state of energy depletion, stress and overwhelm.
The podcast examines the contrasts between how athletes train and recover versus the unsustainable pace of the typical office worker. It details a famous leader's wake-up call from collapsing due to exhaustion as an example of the need for renewal.
The core idea is to embrace a realistic, cyclical approach of expenditure followed by strategic recovery, rather than constant overdrive. Specific tips are provided for building a sustainable leadership practice through relaxation, sleep, exercise, nutrition, mindfulness and passion rejuvenation. The path to sustainable leadership requires bucking cultural norms around endless productivity in order to show up at your best year after year.
For the full show notes and transcript, click here.
Find out more about Rob Hills: www.robhills.com.au
Rob Hills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robhills_
Rob Hills Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/iamrobhills
Rob Hills LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-hills/
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The Balanced Leader Podcast - Sustainable Performance: The Corporate Athlete Playbook
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[00:00:00] This is The Balanced Leader Podcast, the podcast that helps leaders elevate their wellbeing and create healthier workplaces. My name is Rob Hills, and I am your leadership and wellbeing coach. If you're a leader who feels like you're constantly running on fumes, battling burnout, and struggling to show up at your best, then this episode is for you.
[00:00:27] Today, we're taking a page from the playbook of elite athletes and examining how their training principles can help lea
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