Even at the top of the pile a CEO needs to be on his game – in more ways than you would think.
When I’m at the gym, don’t laugh; yes, I go to the gym, but that’s a story for another day.
Getting back to what I was going to tell you. When I’m at the gym, I use the time wisely and listen to podcasts. I have several to choose from, and depending on the mood of the morning, I will pick one that I know will hold my interest long enough to make the time working out go faster.
The pods vary from sciencey style, animal activism, philosophy to comedy, wit and satire. Obviously, I have my favourites, and one is Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, and it was this that I was listening to that inspired me to write this post.
The episode title ‘A Good Walk Spoiled’ covers the elite sport of GOLF. I say ‘elite’ as one does need to have enough pennies in the bank to pay the membership, especially to the high-rolling courses around the USA.
It was a very captivating episode, and if you can get to listen to it, I suggest you do. But the one part that intrigued me the most was the amount of time that CEOs spend playing golf.
Surprisingly enough, if you know where to look, you can get the stats of different golfers’ scores. It appears they have high egos as they take great delight in posting their scorecards online. From this, statisticians have deduced that some CEOs can play 148 rounds of golf a year, which means, on average, they are out on the course one in every three days! (Some play even more).
Guess what? This puts golf into the addiction category. That’s right, this game, like many others, can and does become an addiction.
But another cool stat that showed up was the number of CEOs that get fired. The more golf they played, the more likely they were of getting the boot.
This doesn’t really surprise me because if the boss is out on the golf course, s/he is not at his/her desk running the show.
Mmmmm – this begs the question. How much golf did President Trump play when he was in office? Not at his desk running a country. I guess that’s why the majority of Americans yelled, “Your fired!”.
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