The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership

How topped-up are your batteries?

This is a five point test:

Stress

Time and stress are cyclists on the same tandem. Bad management

of one pushes the other out of control.

You should alwayswatch out for signs of stress in yourself and

others... and take corrective action.

Sleep are you getting enough

(Guide – eight hours or slightly less with age)

Eating habits

• are

you being sensible?

(Guide

• moderation in all things)

Exercise

• honestly what

(Guide are you doing each week?

week – even brisk walks – is a reasonable aim)– three sessions of 20 minutes per

Holidays

• do you take

and enjoy your full entitlement?

Thinking time

• do you think about

what you are doing in life and in work, even for a few minutes each day?

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