Whereas some CEOs dismiss work-life steadiness as a delusion, others, like Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong, consider it is essential for achievement. Having risen from Vice President of Product in 2015 to steer the corporate in 2020, Sutherland-Wong emphasizes the significance of limiting work outdoors of standard hours, notably when together with his younger youngsters.
“I need to set an instance for my youngsters by not having digital distractions all over the place or continually being caught up in emails and textual content messages,” Mr Sutherland-Wong, 44 informed CNBC Make It in an interplay. He works remotely 5 days every week, utilizing that flexibility “to be current when my youngsters come house from faculty, disconnect, spend high quality time with them, put them to mattress, after which get again on-line.”
If one thing pressing arises, Mr Sutherland-Wong makes a acutely aware effort to go to his house workplace, which is extra handy than driving to an organization workplace, to deal with the problem. He avoids responding to emails and calls whereas spending time together with his youngsters. “I’ve executed that earlier than, and the youngsters discover,” he says, emphasizing the significance of protecting a transparent distinction between his roles as CEO and father.
Nearer to house, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, who sparked a debate final yr by suggesting that younger individuals in India ought to work 70 hours every week for the nation’s progress, has expressed remorse over India’s transition from a six-day to a five-day workweek in 1986-a change he has constantly criticized and rejected.