Sunday Night Factor

What if your people didn’t just tolerate Mondays—but actually looked forward to them? In The Sunday Night Factor, Sean Moran shares a leadership philosophy built not on performance metrics or corporate playbooks, but on something far more telling: how people feel on Sunday night. Drawing from decades of leading high-stakes teams across the media landscape, Moran explores what it takes to build organizations where people feel trusted, seen, and genuinely motivated to show up. At its core, the Sunday Night Factor is a deceptively simple measure of leadership: How do your people feel as the weekend ends? Hopeful or hollow? Driven or drained? Woven throughout the book are candid stories, quiet revelations, and real-world insights from iconic leaders, culture builders, and performance minds, including: Tom Freston, former CEO of Viacom and founding executive of MTV Mark Donovan, President of the Kansas City Chiefs George Pyne, Founder & CEO of Bruin Capital Lisa Sherman, President & CEO of the Ad Council Ross Martin, President & Co-Founder of Known Alex Okosi, Managing Director of Google / YouTube (EMEA) Dr. Bob Rotella, world-renowned sport psychologist and performance author The Sunday Night Factor isn’t about pretending every Monday will be joyful. It’s about creating the kind of environment where people want to show up—even when the work is hard. It’s a book for anyone who’s ever felt that creeping Sunday dread and wondered if there’s a better way to lead, live, or both.