ServiceNow CFO: Overwork doesn’t make you a better leader
Source: Fortune ·
Gina Mastantuono joined Olympic champion Janet Evans and Deloitte’s Alicia Hatch to discuss how rest, resilience and decision-making under pressure can help leaders sustain performance.
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Good morning. Being a CFO today can require the stamina of an elite athlete. Yet many corporate leaders fail to apply one of the most important lessons athletes learn: recovery is essential to sustained performance. Gina Mastantuono, president and CFO of ServiceNow, a Fortune 500 company, has spoken about the benefits of fitness for both personal health and leadership, while pointing to a workplace culture in which senior employees still equate overwork with commitment. “There’s always been this idea that if you have to work 14-hour days and get four hours of sleep, that shows you’re working the hardest and deserve the most,” she said. “That is such a terrible example for the people around us.” Mastantuono spoke during a panel at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit with Olympic champion Janet Evans, chief athlete officer for the LA28 organizing committee, and Alicia Hatch, Deloitte’s U.S. sports chief commercial officer and women’s sports leader. For Mastantuono, recovery isn’t a…