Admiral John Richardson
When I was chief of naval operations, we gathered the senior leadership together to discuss the importance of taking a real break. The science is clear! Then we made it a policy that everybody would take 10–14 continuous days of vacation each year—off the grid. And we monitored that closely. So, come August, if a leader hadn’t taken their days, we had a pretty serious … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Admiral John Richardson | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior