'Level up' | CEO says leaders should hire an exec assistant - is he right?

Undoubtedly, one of the biggest constraints that leaders face in their careers is that of time. To put it plainly, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to complete the tasks that most leaders deem essential.

In fact, Harvard University data stated that the average leader works nearly two hours of overtime each day, along with 79% of weekend days and 70% of their annual leave. “We found that, indeed, time is the scarcest resource for CEOs,” Harvard Professor Michael Porter told CNBC, commenting on the shocking, but not surprising research.