Andy speaks to Fast Company in an article published last week on ‘How leaders can Stop Working Weekends’.
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A recent Harvard Business School study found that CEOs work an average of 62.5 hours a week, with 79% working weekends. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics recently mandated a six-day workweek for leaders, to “inject a sense of crisis” after its weakest financial year in over a decade last year.
I speak about how Samsung’s move reflects a profoundly misguided understanding of effective leadership (akin to placing a bucket under a leaky roof instead of repairing the roof), the real cost of working weekends, and some practical solutions to help you switch off the emails over the weekend.
READ THE ARTICLE ON FAST COMPANY HERE
