Leadership Pillar 1: Fitness
Spartan CEO: Six Pillars of Executive Performance
Here’s what most people don’t realize. Since 1978, executive compensation has increased by 940%. At the same time, the number of CEO roles has declined by 25% with another 5% drop expected over the next eight years.
PAUSE ON THAT.
Organizations aren’t paying for titles anymore. They’re paying for capacity the ability to lead people, pressure, and performance when it matters most.
Which means leadership today isn’t about ambition. It’s about preparation.
Those who invest in the skills, discipline, and mindset required to lead at the highest level don’t compete with the crowd. They rise above it.
The question isn’t whether the opportunity exists. It’s whether you’re becoming the kind of leader it’s reserved for.
Because when the seats are fewer and the stakes are higher, only those who are ready are invited to the table.
Don’t take my word for it. Listen to the people who’ve lived it.
Joe De Sena
"Dr. Corrie Block reinforces a belief I’ve long held that prioritising the health and wellbeing of yourself and your people is the foundation of lasting success."
Meiraj Hussein
“Having worked closely with Dr. Corrie and seen our senior leaders trained by him, I can confidently recommend these courses. The depth of insight is exceptional, and the value far exceeds the investment.”
Mohammad bin Sulaiman
“A blueprint for executive growth. Drawing on two decades of leadership experience, Dr. Corrie Block elevates professional development beyond theory grounding it in real-world data and lived experience. This is a new standard for leadership development at the highest level.”
Toby from Pillar 6
“This work genuinely humbled me. Working alongside Corrie pushed me more than I realised—and while I always knew I’d never match his deadlift, what stood out far more was his perspective on leadership.
Throughout my career, health and wellbeing were rarely treated as priorities, despite all the evidence showing they should be. Spartan CEO reframes leadership through that lens, offering practical insights and tools that are easy to apply and deeply relatable.
Knowing Corrie personally, his wit, depth of knowledge, and real-world experience come through exactly as they would in a one-to-one conversation. It feels authentic because it is.”
Your Leadership Professor
Professor of Strategic Management Corrie J Block, PhD, DBA
Dr. Corrie Block has 25+ years of experience in 150+ companies across 30+ countries. He is a Tier 1 Executive Coach, best-selling author, and Professor of Strategic Management, holds Masters degrees in Business and Leadership, a UK PhD, a Swiss DBA, and certification in Artificial Intelligence from MIT. He's a Certified Executive Coach, Wellness Coach, NLP Level 2 Business Practitioner, Advanced Financial Statement Analyst, and a Board Certified Master Neuroplastician. Plus, he's a naturally engaging storyteller and an impact-focused instructor.
The Spartan CEO Series Pillar 1: Fitness
This course is intended for existing or aspiring managers, and leaders looking to get an edge in business and stand out from their peers. In this Pillar we will look at the relationship between physical and mental fitness and personal and organizational performance. You'll learn how you'll get paid more if you invest time in your physical, mental, and organizational fitness.
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Make more money using scientific and real-world drivers of high capacity executive performance.
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Learn how fight, flight, and feather behavior exhibits in lazy-minded leaders.
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Master the connection between physical and organizational fitness.
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Learn exercises for organizational fitness that profitably repurpose stored organizational energy.
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Improve your profit margin through science-based leadership.
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Earn an accredited 9 CPD points when you complete all 6 Pillars
In the first Spartan CEO Leadership Masterclass, you’ll learn:
- The impact of physical fitness on personal performance and business outcomes, and how to change your mind to get it done - ($345 value)
- How to recognize mental fat in yourself and others, and how to tell when someone else is outdated and hiding their insecurities. This will give you an unanticipated edge in interpersonal leadership - ($345 value)
- A deep dive into the impact of short-sighted net profit based organizational weight-loss strategies on employees, leaders, and the business. You’ll learn how to cut costs without harming the corporate community and organizational culture - ($345 value)
- Methods for creating disciplines to change your behavior. You’ll learn to translate goals into replicable activities that improve your lifestyle and lead you to success - ($345 value)
- A bootcamp approach to organizational fitness for sustainable growth and profitability. You’ll learn metrics for predicting your future success based on your organizational behaviors today - ($345 value)
So that’s $1,725 in high level leadership training, direct from a double doctorate Professor of Strategic Management and 7-time entrepreneur, for only $147 !
This is NOT...
- A feel-good self-help course
- An emotional cuddle or a pat on the back program
- A months-long MBA style academic program
- Another useless online leadership course
- A pile of motivational mumbo-jumbo based on minimum experience and education
- An empty promise of success
This is a proven strategy and framework for executive performance based on:
• 1,000’s of Executive interviews
• 100’s of companies
• 30+ countries
• 25 years of experience
• 30,000 hours of education
• 1 leadership strategy: Spartan CEO
Course curriculum
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1.1 Introduction to the Workout
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1.2 Mind–Body Connection
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1.3 Your Spartan Fitness Execution Board
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2.1 How Fitness Shapes Leadership
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2.2 The 21-Day Breakpoint - Rewiring the Brain for Discipline
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2.3 My 8 Year Old Self
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2.4 The Business Case for a Fit Leader
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3.1 Mental Obesity
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3.2 3 Things
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3.3 6 Things
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3.4 You Are Not What You Think
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3.5 Masking Incompetence
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3.6 The Aggression Mask
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3.7 Flight Response
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3.8 Feather
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3.9 Creating Disciplines
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3.10 Mental Fitness Reset
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4.1 The Bad Surgeon
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4.2 Shareholder Supremacy
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4.3 Trimming the Fat
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4.4 Organizational Fat Store
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4.5 127th Hours
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4.6 How to Perform an Amputation
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4.7 The Cost of redundancies on the Redundant
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4.8 Increased Hazzard of Death
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4.9 234:1
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4.10 The Cost of Redundancies on the Organization
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4.11 A Better Path to Lean
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4.12 A Bootcamp Approach to Organizational Fitness
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4.13 Quiz: Organizational Fitness
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4.14 A Quick Assignment
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Spartan Core Finisher
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Defining Moments
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Think, Reflect, Act
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Conclusion: The Next Pillar
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Pillar 1 Feedback Survey
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About this course
- $147.00
- 42 lessons
- 3.5 hours of video content
The Spartan CEO Story
After years of study and real-world execution
Founding seven companies and advising over a hundred I realised something uncomfortable.
The knowledge that creates exceptional leaders was reaching too few people.
I was working with executives one at a time, while thousands needed the same clarity, discipline, and edge.
So I took what decades of strategy, research, and leadership experience had proven and built a system to scale it.
That system became Spartan CEO.
It was a HUGE success
My client companies were totally transformed. I achieved:
My executive coaching delivered measurable results:
up to 27% stronger values-driven leadership, 23% higher empowerment, and a 788% return on investment.
But there was a problem.
Only a few could afford it. And I was still reaching only a few hundred executives each year.
That wasn’t good enough.
THERE WERE MILLIONS OF MANAGERS AND LEADERS OUT THERE WHO NEEDED THIS INFORMATION. NOT SOMEDAY. NOT EVENTUALLY. NOW.
And the gap between the high performers and the average performers was widening.
It became a moment of decision.
I could keep this knowledge exclusive reserved for the 1% who could afford private access.
Or I could scale it, systemize it, and put it into the hands of leaders everywhere.
I chose the second path.
I KNEW I HAD TO MAKE THIS KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. NO GATES. NO ELITISM. JUST LEADERSHIP - DONE RIGHT.
It was the only way I could be proud of myself as a strategy professor and leadership expert.
So I wrote my notes and stories down.
And I published a book and this masterclass series, to give the strategic advantage to EVERYONE that wanted it.
If you want to excel in leadership, don’t follow me, follow the science.
What This Training Gives You
Understand how physical fitness drives performance in life and in business and learn how to shift your mindset so execution actually happens. (Value: $345)
Identify mental fatigue yours and others’. Learn to recognize outdated thinking, hidden insecurity, and how these patterns quietly limit leadership effectiveness. This awareness gives you an unexpected edge in how you lead people. (Value: $345)
Rethink cost-cutting and performance pressure. Explore how short-term, profit-only strategies erode culture and learn how to make disciplined financial decisions without damaging trust, engagement, or long-term results. (Value: $345)
Build discipline that lasts. Translate goals into repeatable behaviours that reshape how you work, live, and lead one intentional action at a time. (Value: $345)
Adopt an organisational fitness mindset. Use practical metrics to assess today’s behaviors and predict tomorrow’s performance, growth, and profitability. (Value: $345)
That’s $1,725 in executive-level leadership training,
taught by a double-doctorate Professor of Strategic Management and seven-time entrepreneur available now for $147.
Not as a shortcut.
As an invitation.
Start with the ideas. The eBook is available for $7.99.
If you’re anything like Dr. Corrie, you may prefer a real book the kind you can hold, flip through, and live with for a while. That version is available wherever books are sold, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Because sometimes, the right place to begin is simply with a book.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
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“This book has earned a permanent place in my library and I know I’ll return to it for years to come.”
— Joey
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“You’ll find yourself wanting to go to work after reading this. Thoughtful, well written, and full of powerful ideas.”
— Magdolna
For years, this work has been shared in closed boardrooms and invitation-only executive retreats.
Not because it’s exclusive but because it demands commitment.
Now, it’s available to you.
This is your opportunity to learn the same principles trusted by leaders who take their responsibility seriously and who understand that leadership is personal.
Lead with intention. Train like a Spartan.