New leadership book blends sports psychology, neuroscience, and coaching to help professionals thrive—not just survive.
In an era of relentless deadlines, hybrid work cultures, and constant digital disruption, professionals are expected to perform at elite levels every day. Yet, unlike athletes, most are never trained to manage energy, recover from pressure, or lead with clarity and purpose. Addressing this gap, executive coach and leadership facilitator Kishore Kumar Thakur introduces his new book, Corporate Athletes! You Are the Player, You Are the Captain, You Are the Coach.
Designed as a practical, science-backed leadership playbook, Corporate Athletes! positions modern professionals as elite performers capable of sustained excellence without burnout. Drawing from sports psychology, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, leadership coaching, and peak-performance research, the book presents a breakthrough self-leadership framework for today’s complex workplaces.
“Corporate professionals are elite performers—we just haven’t trained them like athletes,” says Thakur. “This book helps people build resilience, lead consciously, and perform at their best without sacrificing well-being.”
Three Roles. One Powerful Framework.
At the heart of the book is a simple yet profound model:
You are the Player. You are the Captain. You are the Coach.
Each role represents a critical dimension of mastery:
- The Player builds focus, discipline, energy, and high-performance habits
- The Captain leads with clarity, courage, empathy, and communication
- The Coach cultivates awareness, deep listening, trust, and transformation
Through this integrated approach, readers learn to manage energy—not time— across four dimensions: physical stamina, emotional resilience, mental clarity, and spiritual purpose.
From Burnout to Balanced Excellence
Moving beyond motivation, Corporate Athletes! offers practical tools, guided reflections, science-based strategies, and real-world workplace stories that reveal the root causes of burnout and show how to build sustainable resilience.
A key highlight is its exploration of Ikigai—the intersection of passion, strengths, purpose, and contribution—helping professionals align their careers with deeper meaning and long-term fulfillment.
A Must-Read for Leaders and High Performers
Whether you are a team leader, entrepreneur, manager, or CXO, Corporate Athletes! serves as a roadmap to leadership excellence and holistic growth. It empowers readers to perform at their best, feel their best, and bring out the best in others—every single day.
For anyone seeking a transformational guide to peak performance, workplace resilience, mindful leadership, and purpose-driven success, this book is an essential read.
About the Author
Kishore Kumar Thakur is an ICF-credentialed executive coach, facilitator, and leadership development professional with over two decades of experience across industries.
Blending coaching, mindfulness, and leadership insights, he developed the Corporate Athletes Framework—a holistic model integrating performance, leadership, and personal growth through the roles of the Player, the Captain, and the Coach. His work emphasizes that sustainable success requires not just skill, but energy management, reflection, and purpose alignment.
Corporate Athletes! is his invitation to professionals everywhere to redefine success—not as constant effort, but as balanced excellence rooted in awareness and meaning.
About the Publisher – Clever Fox Publishing
Clever Fox Publishing is an author-focused publishing house committed to bringing impactful ideas and meaningful stories to readers worldwide. With a strong emphasis on quality, innovation, and strategic reach, it supports authors across every stage of their publishing journey.
