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Another major unseen cost of impaired performance and ‘unwellness’ relates to missed opportunities. When vitality is depleted, fewer calls are made and emails sent, and less creative thinking and planning may go into, say, product development or service improvement. The acquisition and retention of clients and customers can be similarly neglected.

If you pitch for business, not being fully on top of your game or appearing ‘spent’ will do little to inspire confidence in your prospective customers. The inability to be mentally agile and spontaneous in your thinking won’t help matters, either. The winning or losing of work can sometimes come down to very small margins, and if a client does not have complete confidence in those doing the selling, it can cost you (and your business) dearly.

Also, if you are in a position of some seniority, then it’s inevitable that some will look to you as a role model. If you appear ‘bent out of shape’ to your junior colleagues, what sort of message might they take from that? I’ve worked with human resource professionals who tell me they have serious sustainability issues in their organization because increasing numbers of staff look at the sort of lives senior colleagues lead and decide it’s just not for them.

Of course, in the age of the internet, word is out about the organizations that are best avoided if one wants to enjoy a rewarding career and a decent quality of life. If an organization gains a reputation for driving its people ever harder, without giving much back, this can make recruiting top talent that more challenging (and costly).