Many CEOs think about work-life balance in terms of employee retention, the reality is being a workaholic can have the effect of negatively affecting their own job performance. In today’s world, it’s not uncommon to hear business leaders’ brag about the fact that they are dedicated workaholics. However, numerous medical studies have proven that doing things like never taking time off, spending practically all of your waking hours at the office and obsessing about work 24/7 can lead to the development of things like anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug abuse and an increased risk factor for heart attack, hypertension and cancer.
Fast Company recently took on the topic of workaholism in the C-suite via an article that included interviews with the heads of four different companies who have found greater professional success by stepping back from work. One of the lessons the reformed workaholics learned was that turning down some client requests is essential to being a high performance CEO.
If you say yes to every request a client makes no matter how many other projects are on your plate at the time, you’ll ultimately end up burning the candle at both ends and making mistakes that will threaten the integrity of the client relationship. Follow link below to learn more about firm work-life boundaries can make you a better leader.
Read the full article here: http://www.fastcompany.com/3060824/your-most-productive-self/how-to-work-less-and-still-get-ahead
