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...company's high-end gift baskets. But that isn't enough for CEO Cynthia McKay. She believes that good sleep means good business, and she has made it part of her company's workplace culture. In one of two designated sleep areas in Le Gourmet's offices, employees can nap for 15 or 30 minutes on a foldout couch or single cot. If the alarm clock doesn't rouse them, McKay will, to make sure they're getting the short naps she thinks will do the most for productivity. "I consider my staff irreplaceable," she says, "and I want...
...Napping has had the hardest time gaining traction, despite the scientific evidence in its favor. A study by NASA found, for example, that a 26-minute nap increased pilots' performance 34%. "What other management strategy will improve people's performance 34% in 26 minutes?" asks Mark Rosekind, president of Alertness Solutions, a fatigue-management consultancy, and the former NASA scientist who conducted the research. Yet most businesses still reject public napping. According to a survey by William Anthony, a Boston University professor of rehabilitation counseling who created National Napping Day, 70% of respondents who sleep at work do so secretly...
...Where nap facilities are provided, sleep experts say, most employers offer them mainly as a perk to retain workers; the productivity and health benefits are often an afterthought. In the offices of Kaye/Bassman, a corporate headhunting firm in Dallas, a spiffy new relaxation room features $4,500 massage chairs, headphones and a four-way dimmer for the lights. CEO Jeff Kaye says he installed the room primarily as a fun reward for his employees, but he also sees the benefits for productivity. "After a stressful negotiation, people need to unplug," he says...
...register. Once the movies start playing, the lobby empties, and the staff is free to read, chat, or goof off until the next set of shows. Few jobs pay for pleasure reading. It’s as if the mind can finally shut off for a much needed nap. But the nagging voice of general opinion lingers, still telling the butter-drenched popped-collar crowd to go do what we’re supposed to be doing. Maybe that’s why my Dartmouth friend volunteers for an archeological organization. Or why I found myself at a publicity event...
Three years ago, I did not want to pick the reference room over a nice long nap, or a nice long chat over coffee. But three years later, I am glad somebody forced me to do it. And I can’t be sure, but I bet I am a more interesting friend—and maybe even a better dance partner—because...