{"id":12952,"date":"2018-08-27T21:29:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2018-08-27T21:29:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:29:29","slug":"where-high-level-executives-go-to-recharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12952","title":{"rendered":"Where high-level executives go to recharge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether they admit it or not, everyone needs to de-stress and recharge occasionally.<\/h2>\n

For CEOs and other high-level executives, that can mean spending a few days at a retreat that caters to their physical, mental and emotional well-being. <\/p>\n

The getaways range from the seriously luxurious to the rugged and soul-baring. And in many cases, an executive’s company may foot the bill. <\/p>\n

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Getting a full work-up, workout or both<\/h2>\n

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For CEOs, an annual getaway may even be included in their contract. <\/p>\n

“These senior leaders are looked at as assets, so you want to make sure that asset is healthy,” said Dr. Richard Carmona, a former U.S. surgeon general who is now the chief of health innovation at Canyon Ranch. <\/p>\n

Canyon Ranch<\/a> offers a four-day executive health program at its branches in Lenox, Massachusetts, and Tucson, Arizona. <\/p>\n

The program offers an integrative health experience, including a battery of medical tests and <\/strong>consultations with doctors along with other physical or mental health specialists —- from exercise physiologists and nutritionists to psychologists and bodywork therapists. <\/p>\n

The executive health program costs a minimum of $5,615, which is on top of the cost of your regular package to stay at Canyon Ranch. That underlying package can run about $1,000 per person per night and covers your meals, room, unlimited access to the facilities and a $160 daily credit toward spa services. <\/p>\n

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Canyon Ranch’s Tucson branch offers executives not only a full medical work-up but opportunities for better fitness and nutrition. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other resorts offer similar high-end medical and holistic retreats aimed at C-suiters and senior level executives. <\/p>\n

The executive health program at Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa<\/a> in Miami, for instance, offers two days of extensive medical tests, nutritional counseling and private exercise training. That program can be incorporated into the spa’s all-inclusive, “fully immersive” one-week core program that focuses on improving a guest’s overall health and existing medical conditions through better nutrition and exercise. <\/p>\n

Combined, the cost of the core program and executive health program at Pritikin is generally north of $6,000, depending on the season. But if an executive simply opts for the two days of testing and training, the cost is $3,900. <\/p>\n

Cal-A-Vie<\/a>, a small destination health spa near San Diego, offers more of a traditional indulgent spa experience for captains of industry who either come on their own or with their spouses. <\/p>\n

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Cal-A-Vie outside of San Diego offers garden-fresh gourmet cuisine to fuel you through days of fitness classes and spa treatments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beyond a luxurious room and meals, the all-inclusive packages cover a high number of spa treatments, unlimited fitness classes, nutritional lectures, cooking demonstrations and a fitness evaluation. <\/p>\n

A seven-day stay will cost north of $9,500 and a three-day stay will set you back $4,800. <\/p>\n

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Getting real about who you are as a leader<\/h2>\n

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Other executive getaways focus more on unveiling your true nature. <\/p>\n

Reboot<\/a>, based in Colorado, offers boot camps to CEOs, founders and venture capitalists, who primarily hail from Silicon Valley. The goal is “radical self-inquiry,” designed to make them better, more self-aware leaders. <\/p>\n

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The rustic Devil’s Thumb Ranch, site of many Reboot boot camps, offers stunning views of the Colorado landscape. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The camps can last anywhere from a long weekend to nine days. Some are held at the Devil’s Thumb Ranch in Tabernash, Colorado. Others are held in Boulder. Costs range between $7,000 and <\/strong>$10,000. <\/p>\n

Participants spend the days talking with each other in facilitated groups and individually about their challenges and the pressures they feel from investors, from their families and from themselves. <\/p>\n

They arrive thinking they’re alone in their struggles only to learn that many of their peers <\/strong>share similar stresses and issues, <\/strong>said Allison Schultz, a coach and facilitator at Reboot. <\/p>\n

Related: Depression in the C-suite<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n

One former participant who took part in the same boot camp as his competitor put it this way in a blog post<\/a>: “It’s amazing how letting your fears, pains and humanity into the open turns down the volume. … By the end of our conversation, I felt I was walking through the field with someone very much like me. … Someone I wanted to support, encourage, and care for. What a shift.” <\/p>\n

Be Legendary<\/a> is a company that also promises to <\/strong>help you see your best qualities as a leader. But it uses a more physically challenging approach. <\/p>\n

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Outdoor adventures are a key part of the transformative experience promised by Be Legendary’s leader retreats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of its programs, called Shakubuku<\/a>, takes leaders on a “multi-day transformational experience.” That may mean, for example, going on an off-road adventure or a winter survival immersion retreat. <\/p>\n

The company keeps a lot of the details about the adventures a mystery, since the point is for guests to encounter situations that push them past their comfort zone and require them to figure out how to handle unexpected situations. <\/p>\n

Its founder and CEO, James Carter, says that trips are staffed as needed with safety experts, executive coaches, psychologists, strategic interventionists and others. <\/p>\n

Depending on the location and how extreme the adventure, the cost can range from roughly $7,500 to $25,000 a person, Carter said. <\/p>\n

CNNMoney (New York) <\/span> First published August 27, 2018: 12:40 PM ET<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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