I'm an executive coach. I tell clients not to spend Sunday night preparing for work.
Executive Take
Leaders who protect their own transition time model better boundaries for everyone below them. Blocking two hours a week costs almost nothing and changes how a whole team works.
Executive Summary
Executive coach Shane Arthur advises clients against working on Sundays to prep for the week. He blocks Monday mornings and Friday afternoons from meetings to ease in and wind down. Arthur says a well-organized 35-hour week beats a rushed 45-hour one, and encourages leaders to extend this freedom to their teams.
Why It Matters
HR and people leaders should care because always-on culture keeps burning out top performers even senior ones. This is a low-cost, high-visibility policy change any executive can adopt and signal downward.
Bizquad Perspective
The real barrier isn't lack of time, it's that executives fear looking less committed if they protect two hours a week nobody asked them to protect.