#187 | The Always-On Leader: You Can't Contract Boundaries You Don't Practice

#187 | The Always-On Leader: You Can't Contract Boundaries You Don't Practice

Published: August 18, 2026

Duration: 19:54

▶︎ #187 | The Always-On Leader: You Can't Contract Boundaries You Don't Practice

In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska tackles a conversation she's had for years, in corporate hallways, mentoring sessions, and now with leaders across the globe: being always on.

The episode opens with a moment from one of Alex's own mentoring sessions: a VP of Engineering spent forty minutes describing the ground rules he'd built to protect his team's focus time, then answered a Slack message at nine at night mid-session. Alex names the gap directly: it's not what...