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The Making of a Corporate Athlete
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Binding: Digital
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Label: Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer: Harvard Business Review
Number Of Pages: 11
Publication Date: January 01, 2001
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
Release Date: January 05, 2008
Studio: Harvard Business Review
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Management theorists have long sought to identify precisely what makes some people flourish under pressure and others fold. But they have come up with only partial answers: rich material rewards, the right culture, management by objectives. The problem with most approaches is that they deal with people only from the neck up, connecting high performance primarily with cognitive capacity. Authors Loehr and Schwartz argue that a successful approach to sustained high performance must consider the person as a whole. Executives are, in effect, "corporate athletes." If they are to perform at high levels over the long haul, they must train in the systematic, multilevel way that athletes do. Rooted in two decades of work with world-class athletes, the integrated theory of performance management addresses the body, the emotions, the mind, and the spirit through a model the authors call the performance pyramid. At its foundation is physical well-being. Above that rest emotional health, then mental acuity, and, finally, a spiritual purpose. Each level profoundly influences the others, and all must be addressed together to avoid compromising performance. Rigorous exercise, for instance, can produce a sense of emotional well-being, clearing the way for peak mental performance. Rituals that promote oscillation--the rhythmic expenditure and recovery of energy--link the levels of the pyramid and lead to the ideal performance state. The authors offer case studies of executives who have used the model to increase professional performance and improve the quality of their lives.
Management theorists have long sought to identify precisely what makes some people flourish under pressure and others fold. But they have come up with only partial answers: rich material rewards, the right culture, management by objectives. The problem with most approaches is that they deal with people only from the neck up, connecting high performance primarily with cognitive capacity. Authors Loehr and Schwartz argue that a successful approach to sustained high performance must consider the person as a whole. Executives are, in effect, "corporate athletes." If they are to perform at high levels over the long haul, they must train in the systematic, multilevel way that athletes do. Rooted in two decades of work with world-class athletes, the integrated theory of performance management addresses the body, the emotions, the mind, and the spirit through a model the authors call the performance pyramid. At its foundation is physical well-being. Above that rest emotional health, then mental acuity, and, finally, a spiritual purpose. Each level profoundly influences the others, and all must be addressed together to avoid compromising performance. Rigorous exercise, for instance, can produce a sense of emotional well-being, clearing the way for peak mental performance. Rituals that promote oscillation--the rhythmic expenditure and recovery of energy--link the levels of the pyramid and lead to the ideal performance state. The authors offer case studies of executives who have used the model to increase professional performance and improve the quality of their lives.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Oscillation for Recovery; Rituals to Relax, gain Strength
I am not an expert on the subject. Therefore, I submit this review for your respective analysis. This is a condensed version of their book "The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal." The invaluable research completed by Loehr and Schwartz is remarkable!
An outrageously incredible coach will help build new skills, nourish changes, and reach goals for the corporate athlete; and remain with that person over an extended ... Read More
Rating:  - Nothing new...
I expected to see some new material here. This is nothing new. For example, some of the suggestions are: do healthy things to build capacity to handle stress...eat a balanced diet, get plenty of sleep, work-out etc.
This material is dull and pat. There is nothing new here. I have seen this material in tons of other sources. I feel like I wasted my money.
Rating: - A performance pyramid for Ideal Performance State (IPS)
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz are respectively co-founder/CEO and executive vice president of LGE Performance Systems, an Orlando-based consulting firm that applies training principals developed in sports to business executives. Loehr has worked with athletes such tennis-star Monica Seles (9 Grand Slam titles!), Olympic skate-champion Dan Jansen, and golfer Mark O'Meara. Schwartz is author of 'What Really Matters' (1996) and co-author, with Michael Eisner, of 'Work in Progress' (1998). This article ... Read More
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