They are starting to prove what we've suspected all along: busy executives are more effective if they take the time to exercise.
A study by the Center for Creative Leadership has measured leadership effectiveness in two groups: those that regularly exercised and those that didn't.
You can read the newsletter article here.
Obviously, top leaders in organizations have little time for taking an hour out of their schedules for workouts. But they are now showing that several bouts of just 10 minute workouts during the day improves functioning.
Since mental clarity, energy and focus are so important to the people running organizations, it makes sense that they build into their daily routines some physical activity. Sometimes they can multi-task their workout, by using treadmill or bicycles for reading, or just reflecting on what really matters.
Here's a great quote I recently found on this very subject, several millenia ago...
"Every now and then go away, even briefly, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer; since to remain constantly at work will cause you to loose power.” Leonardo da Vinci
Of course, he was talking about relaxation, but exercise is a form of that, at least in my mind.
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