A CEO blocked surfing time on her calendar and shared it with all 100 employees instead of hiding it. The move models that joy and personal wellbeing aren't obstacles to leadership, they're essential to it.
How do I spend more time with my family? How do I cultivate and nurture my health and wellbeing more so that I can show up as a sustainable leader and show up as my highest and best self? So she said the thing that made her the happiest in the world is surfing. So she quite literally Tuesday and Thursday mornings, she blocked off 3 hours on her calendar and she said when she used to go surfing, she'd like try to hide it from her team as the CEO 'cause she was embarrassed about it. She put surfing right there on her calendar. And her calendar was open to all 100 employees. They could see that she was actually just going out and doing surfing.
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