 "Gym alert: Overweight execs don't become CEOs")
Are you aiming for that corner office? If yes, it’s time to skip those cheeseburst Domino’s pizzas, office samosas and head straight to the Gym or start preparing for those marathons as fitness has become the new imperative for executives.
According to a research conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership, a few extra kilos will hurt your chances for a promotion since it impacts both perceived leadership ability and stamina both in performance and interpersonal relationships, reports the Wall Street Journal.
[caption id=“attachment_592145” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The report goes on to suggest that companies prefer executives with physical endurance to better manage global operations rather than CEOs who just wine and dine! Cherry Point/Flickr[/caption]
“Executives with larger waistlines and higher body-mass-index readings tend to be perceived as less effective in the workplace,” the CLL study said, which arrived at the conclusion after combining data from peer performance reviews and health-screening results from the 750 CEOs and other senior-level managers who participate in their leadership programmes.
The report goes on to suggest that companies prefer executives with physical endurance to better manage global operations rather than CEOs who just wine and dine!
Impact Shorts
More ShortsThe executives with BMIs under 25 were ranked more favorably by their peers in both interpersonal skills and task performance. One leadership professor is quoted as saying he can’t name a single Fortune 500 CEO who’s overweight. “We have stereotypes about fat,” he says, “so when we see a senior executive who’s overweight, our initial reaction isn’t positive.”
What’s worse is that the stigma against being overweight has now extended to the courtroom too. Reuters quotes a new study by researchers at the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, which says male jurors found the obese female defendant to be significantly guiltier than the thin female defendant, while female jurors judged both women equally, regardless of weight.
Given the stereotype’s associated with weight gain, it’s time those Indian CEOs start shedding the extra kilos!
You can read the full WSJ report here.
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