Does wellness lead to productivity? Cait Murphy of Fortune Magazine asked that question as she participated recently in the full engagement training for executives at the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, FL. (Performance Programs operates the Full Engagement Self Profile for the Institute.) Murphy’s independent report, titled “The CEO Workout,” appears in the July 10, 2006 edition of Fortune. Murphy spent two-and-one-half days immersed in this mind-body approach to energy management for business people, during which she reports a number of perspective-shifting insights:
1. Embrace stress and learn to manage it
2. Eat every two or three hours
3. Incorporate rituals for rest and recovery
4. For optimal sustained performance, manage energy, not time.
To answer the question of employee productivity, she solicited the observations of executives Steve Altmiller, CEO of the San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, NM, Kirk Perry, a VP at Procter and Gamble, and Brent Hayward, a participant from Starbucks. Each discusses his experiences with the techniques taught in the program and gives his perspective on the positive impact of energy management training on the employees who participate.
To learn of their reactions, see the story online.
