United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby lies on his office floor and takes 20-minute naps—and he says it doesn’t mean he’s accomplished any less

CEOs have their own quirks when it comes to running their companies, from shoes off policies to meeting-free afternoons. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said an office nap is his trick to staying sharp over his decades-long career in business.

“A thing I do that people have thought is weird is that, throughout my whole career, when I’m in the office, I’ll close the door and take a 20-minute nap,” Kirby recently said in an interview with McKinsey and Company. 

“When I first got to United, people were, like, ‘Oh my God, where do you take a nap?’ I said, ‘I lay on the floor,’” he continued. “They said, ‘We’ve got to get a couch in here!’ They were all stressed out.”

Kirby’s habit may come as a surprise, but the leader says taking a break keeps him fueled to run the $30.1 billion airline giant. 

“If I take a 20-minute nap, I’ve accomplished more than anything else I would have accomplished in that time,” the CEO explained. “When you’re tired, your brain is not 100 percent. If you’re not 100 percent, you shouldn’t be making decisions.”

And he’s stuck by his routine break throughout his entire career—from serving as the president of U.S. Airways and American Airlines for years, to his current six-year CEO stint at United. And research shows the U.S. Air Force Academy alum may have picked up on a leadership hack; a “power nap” of 30........

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