ServiceNow CFO says leaders working 14 hours and getting 4 hours of sleep set a ‘terrible example’ for their employees
Source: Fortune ·
“Recovery is part of the performance,” ServiceNow president and CFO Gina Mastantuono said.
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Leaders in the corporate world are familiar with a sports metaphor: They want to get a project across the finish line or make sure workplace standards are up to par. But many seemingly fail to carry forward the value athletes have in rest. ServiceNow president and Chief Financial Officer Gina Mastantuono, who has espoused the benefits of fitness in both individual health and leadership, said that while the importance of recovery has broken into culture outside of athletics, it hasn’t fully permeated the vocabulary or habits of business leaders. Speaking at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Tuesday, Mastantuono said many senior employees still embody toxic ideas about overworking. “There’s always been this—if you have to work 14-hour days and you get four hours sleep, and that shows that you’re working the hardest and you deserve the most,” she told Alicia Hatch, U.S. Sports chief commercial officer and women’s sports leader at Deloitte. “And in fact,…