Work and Relaxation for Road Warrior CEOs

The life of a CEO can seem unceasing in its demands for time, energy and productivity. From wearing several management hats without the ease of the office environment, to traveling to new cities several times a year, the life of a road-warrior CEO can be a hard one to live, especially without the necessary tools to stay informed and productive on the road.

We’ve compiled a list of the best technologies, from apps to portable gadgets, to help make the mobile CEO’s life on the road more productive and more enjoyable.

Best Technologies for Work

When it comes to the best apps for road-warrior CEOs, there are few that can’t be beat. One of our favorite apps for productivity is Basecamp, which helps busy CEOs efficiently manage tasks and projects from afar. From creating lists, event milestones and task itineraries, Basecamp helps a mobile CEO stay connected to his or her most pressing professional concerns, even when he or she cannot be in the office.

For the CEOs looking for a mammoth project manager, look to OmniFocus, an app that allows cross-device project management, meaning you can sync your iPad, iPhone, iMac, or PC to OmniFocus and manage your tasks from any portal. Although it carries a price tag, OmniFocus’s advanced and streamlined task management features are an excellent asset to CEOs who are constantly traveling.

If management of their travel itinerary is important to a CEO, then TripIt has everything they need. In addition to keeping track of all of a mobile CEO’s flight, hotel and car service information, it organizes the schedules of each into an accessible and easy-to-read itinerary so they can manage every arrival and departure down to the last second.

If a CEO is concerned with streamlining the networking process during their travel, one way to do so is by using CardMunch, an app which allows a CEO to simply snap pictures of the business cards they collect during their meetings and events and automatically save the cards’ information to their phone’s contact list.

Best Technologies for Relaxation

Just because life on the road is fraught with deadlines, meetings and suit-and-tie events doesn’t mean CEOs don’t deserve to unwind just like any normal person. In fact, stress relief and relaxation are essential to the health of all people, and finding ways to relieve stress while traveling for business might be the secret to more effective and enjoyable business trips, not just for CEOs but for all executive road-warriors.

Hotel rooms can be notoriously difficult places to get quality sleep, as any CEO can probably attest. But there are a few technologies that can help improve a road-warrior’s quality of sleep, and thus his or her quality of work, as well.

If hotel noises wake you up at odd hours, consider investing in a sound machine like the Sound+Sleep Nomad Adaptive Sound Machine, which is barely 2.5 inches tall, but packs an alarmingly powerful sound. Not only does the sound machine come preloaded with six different specialized soundtracks to promote deeper sleep and relaxation, but it also offers adaptive sounds according to the noise levels of a listener’s environment. If you prefer your own travel sounds, there is also a placce for you to plug in and listen to your own music.

When all else fails, having an app that can locate the best spas in a CEO’s destination city is one way to use technology for relaxation. Spa Finder is an app that can help CEOs locate over 20,000 spas and wellness centers wherever they are, as well as finding discounts for services and reviews to help narrow down the search for the right spa.

Productivity and relaxation are equally important in the life of a road-warrior CEO, and we’re lucky to live in an age where technology can encourage that equilibrium.  

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