Business Chief Europe Magazine April 2015 | Page 15

Don ’ t leave your executives alienated at the top ; it can be a lonely place
Resilience and preparedness are qualities of growing significance . The field of sustainable high performance of pressurised executives is gaining credibility as an investment , partly due to the impact of 24 / 7 demands in a volatile climate on mental agility and stamina , but more so because leaders are hungry to employ any competitive advantage that sets them apart .
Take the parallel of high performance training in sports ; just 30 years ago it was in its infancy . Today it is a highly specialised and scientific field where winners and losers are separated by milliseconds . Just as in sports , top performers in business need more than the standard coaching and wellbeing programmes ; they need specific
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