Who gets praised in your team?

Who gets praised in your team?

The one who replies at 1am? The one who "never stops"?

New HBR research by Els van der Helm: a survey of 1,009 US managers and executives says leaders' tiredness is less about personal sleep habits and more about workplace culture. What leaders allow and what they praise either protects sleep or teaches people to hide how tired they are.

So the hero story we tell on Monday might be part of the problem.

Rested or always on, which one do you reward?

More read here: https://hbr.org/2026/10/research-sleep-deprivation-is-a-leadership-problem