Learning from Competitive Sports
| Hi-performers in the Sports World | Hi-performers in the Corporate World |
| Active career of ~ 10 Years | Active Career of ~ 40 years |
| Train 90% & Perform 10% of the time. | Perform >90% & Train <10% of the time. |
| Training is systematic, focused, customized & precise | Training is sporadic and rarely focused or customized or precise. |
| Manage their “Energy” | Manage their “Time” |
| A planned approach to “Recover Energy” | No plan to “Recover Energy” |
| World Class nutrition, exercise, sleep & rest | Poor diet, little exercise or sleep or rest |
They then go on to suggest that leaders like you, see your high potentials, as Athletes in the Corporate World and provide the following inputs.
1. Train them systematically the way World Class Athletes are trained.
2. Encourage them to Manage their energy, not just time. Give due importance to recovering & renewing energy, too.
3. Get them to focus on all four levels of the Performance Pyramid; Physical, Emotional, Mental & Spiritual. (Remarkably similar to Lord Krishna, coaching & energizing a physically worn out, emotionally upset and mentally exhausted Arjuna in The Bhagwad Geeta)
How is your organization helping your hi-potentials train and perform as World Class Corporate Athletes? What more would you like your organization does for them?
– by Ravi Santhanam for Zeus
For more:
https://hbr.org/2001/01/the-making-of-a-corporate-athlete
https: //www.amazon.de/Power-Full-Engagement-Managing-Performance/dp/0743226755
https://www.amazon.in/Holy-Geeta-1-Swami-Chinmayananda/dp/817597074X
3 Comments
MAHESH NANDURKAR
August 8, 2018 at 7:20 amExcellent step by step process to identify Hipots within the organisation. useful and implementable. Mahesh
Ravi Santhanam
August 24, 2018 at 3:19 pmGood to learn that you find the proposed approach useful. Do let us know when you implement a similar approach as appropriate for your organization. Will be great learning for all of us!
Ravi Santhanam
August 24, 2018 at 3:10 pmThanks Mahesh! Wonderful to know that the proportion of time on training, improves as you go up the ladder. Could you please describe this pattern a little more. Useful to all of us!