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"Rest deficit" is compromising energy, productivity and wellbeing
One of the most "high-impact productivity tools" available to employees is sleep, according to a global executive who successfully shifted from being sleep-deprived and "always on" to sleeping for longer and being "intentionally on".
"The science is clear: when you sleep well, you work better, feel better, and think better," says Penelope Barr, who spent 25 years leading transformation initiatives across 10 countries prior to coaching people and organisations.
Sleep aids performance, focus, and resilience, she says in her new book, Win the night to win the day.
But Barr didn't always prioritise it herself; instead, she "bought into the 'hero' mentality of skipping sleep to get more done, to fix a problem, to get ahead", before realising something had to change...
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