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Researchers have produced convincing evidence that physical well-being is critical to sustainable leadership effectiveness. What feedback can you give on the relationship between stress, physical well-being, and leadership effectiveness. Do you agree with example below?

The relationship between stress, physical well-being, and leadership effectiveness is relatively complicated. There are benefits from a small level of stress, Lundqvist et al., (2012) explained that when the stress is manageable it makes the individual feel helpful to the company. One individual of Lundqvist et al's., study said, "Well I kind of like these adrenalin rushes and it’s probably, sometimes it’s kind of positive, it’s a bit enjoyable also so I’m not hurt by it in that sense, it’s rather that it can be healthy sometimes to have a bit of an emergency ( laughter) it can be quite stimulating" (2012). Once the stress becomes unmanageable, the benefits disappear and the leaders start to be negatively impacted. Ting & Scisco (2006) explained that stress can lead to smoking, alcohol consumption, and poor dietary habits which affects the individuals' health even more. The more stress a leader undergoes leads to poor leadership due to not having the energy to pay full attention to the task at hand. Exercise has been found to reduce stress and improve leadership efficiency (Ting & Scisco, 2006). The habit of exercising, no matter the amount, has shown to have a positive correlation with effective leadership (Ting & Scisco, 2006).  

Ting & Scisco (2006) supplied Exhibit 9.2 which gives three reasons why physical exercise will be elevated to be a coaching emphasis. The three reasons are: if a coachee expresses interest in fitness, if there are subtle or not so subtle ways that the leaders' health is affecting their performance, and if their health is affecting the way individuals look at the coachee (Ting & Scisco, 2006). Green et al., (2018) looked at four different ways to measure health: initial test, smoking habits, Body Mass Index (BMI) ratio, and a blood pressure reading. The four assessments show where the coachee is at physically and will be coached accordingly (Green et al., 2018).