You may have seen him or her: the strong, well-built, self-assured business leader strutting onto the stage to deliver a dynamic keynote to a packed conference hall. Beneath that well-cut suit is a person who clearly works out.
Why is it that many of the people who lead top companies appear to be in great physical shape? Perhaps the question should be: why do many successful business leaders also exude physical prowess and health?
It’s not just coincidence.
The connections between how you take care of your body and the way you nurture your business are too close and too important to ignore. The physical entity we call a human body and the legal entity we call a company are both vehicles that allow you to reach an end result. They are both cohesive networks of systems with rules and optimum conditions for success (read: health). And they both respond to your leadership.
So how can you leverage information gleaned from your body to improve your businesses?
1. Strategy
Like companies, bodies vary by shape and size, strengths and weaknesses, and overall health and vigor. It’s critical for you to be aware of your body’s — and company’s — unique characteristics and needs, and to use strategy in thought and action to achieve the results you seek.
When you approach your body from the point of view of strategy, you’re thinking about the best moves to strengthen it and avoid injury as well as the most nutritious foods for nourishment and health. You want results without side effects.
When you approach your business strategically, you’re considering the optimal ways to position it as unique and valuable, the most effective tools and systems to drive innovation and support vital processes, and the best ways to avoid problems.
In both cases, it’s important to be creative and nimble.
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