Your work and your workouts shouldn't have to fight for your attention.
We get it: you're busy. Whether you're acting as the CEO of a company, a family, or a career, it's easy to make excuses for why you don't have time to focus on your health. But getting fit doesn't have to be another chore added to your already packed schedule.
In this smart, snappy book, former Citigroup executive and CEO consultant Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann teams up with personal trainer and life coach Lilian So to introduce simple, fun habits for total health and well-being. Short, down-to-earth stories from Macieira-Kaufmann's life and lauded career show you how staying healthy as an in-demand CEO is not only possible but can feel almost effortless-with the right strategies. So's simple and practical exercises will have you making changes to your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health right away.
You'll discover:
A simple exercise program that can be done anywhere
How to manageably schedule workouts into your hectic life
Immediate, easy actions you can take for better health
Tips for staying healthy and balanced when you travel
How to eat well and enjoyably at events and beyond
The benefits of taking breaks-from five minutes between meetings to regular vacations
Leadership insights that free up your time and boost productivity
This isn't about layering on another demanding routine onto your already ambitious schedule. Instead, it's about learning how to manageably introduce simple, easy, fun habits for total fitness that will not only transform your body, but also your life. It's about being the boss of the most important job you have-the boss of you.
Macieira-Kaufmann, Rebecca: - Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann is a seasoned CEO with broad leadership experience in sales and marketing, risk management, and international business operations. She spent more than a decade at Citigroup, serving in a range of CEO, president, and general-manager roles, and previously was with Wells Fargo for thirteen years, culminating in her role as head of the small-business segment, where she built a multibillion-dollar P&L (profit and loss) division. Rebecca is known for leading highly successful business turnarounds, scaling new businesses, and expanding operations globally, along with her strong background in governance through corporate and nonprofit board experiences. She is a frequently sought-after speaker on leadership and business transformation, culture change, and building high-performing teams. Rebecca has received numerous awards, including being named by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the Bay Area's 100 Most Influential Women in Business for twelve years. In 2018, she was honored with the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Award, having studied at the University of Helsinki, Finland, as a postgraduate Fulbright scholar. She has a BA in semiotics from Brown University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.In 2020, Rebecca started RMK Group, LLC (rmkgroupllc.com) to advise CEOs of start-ups in all phases of growth. She helps her clients in the same way that she achieved success in the corporate world-by devising and implementing strategies based on the philosophy of four pillars of management: operational excellence, customer centricity, employee engagement, and shareholder return. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and children.
So, Lillian: - Lillian So is an integrator and facilitator of transformation. She has more than twenty years of industry experience in creating psychological safety, group facilitation, and compassionate communication. The founder of SOfit SF Inc. and the SO method, she is also a passionate community builder and entrepreneur. Lillian has a BSc in kinesiology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and is a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor, yoga educator and therapist, non-violent communication facilitator, life coach, integrative healer, and mystic. She has received over a dozen certifications in fitness and various mind-body modalities, and she has studied Jungian psychology at the International School of Analytical Psychology Zurich. She has been featured in various publications and other media for her unique methods and transformation programs. In 2018, she received an award from the Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco for creating a holistic program aimed at alleviating the mental health problems affecting Korean Americans in the Bay Area. Lillian's signature fitness and yoga programs have helped people all over the world transform their relationship with their bodies through intentional movement, music, and community. Her coaching programs, which attract an international audience, have helped people transform every aspect of their lives through the five pillars of the SO method: biology, programming, inner compass, communication, and manifesting.
