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Product details
- ISBN 9781646872435
- Weight: 429g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Ideapress Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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What if your people didn’t just tolerate Mondays—but actually looked forward to them?
In Sunday Night Factor, Sean Moran shares a leadership philosophy built not on performance metrics or corporate playbooks, but on something more telling: how people feel on Sunday night. Drawing from years of leading fast-moving teams and navigating complex industries, Moran explores what it takes to build workplaces people genuinely want to be part of—places where they feel trusted, seen, and able to show up fully.
At its core, Sunday Night Factor is a deceptively simple measure of leadership: How do your people feel about themselves on Sunday night? Hopeful or hollow? Motivated or numb?
This book explores what happens when leaders take that question seriously. Through candid stories, quiet revelations, and moments of hard-earned clarity, Moran makes the case for a different kind of leadership—one rooted in trust, clarity, and emotional safety. It’s not about slogans or systems. It’s about what kind of culture you’re actually building—and how it shows up in the emotional lives of your team.
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.
In Sunday Night Factor, Sean Moran shares a leadership philosophy built not on performance metrics or corporate playbooks, but on something more telling: how people feel on Sunday night. Drawing from years of leading fast-moving teams and navigating complex industries, Moran explores what it takes to build workplaces people genuinely want to be part of—places where they feel trusted, seen, and able to show up fully.
At its core, Sunday Night Factor is a deceptively simple measure of leadership: How do your people feel about themselves on Sunday night? Hopeful or hollow? Motivated or numb?
This book explores what happens when leaders take that question seriously. Through candid stories, quiet revelations, and moments of hard-earned clarity, Moran makes the case for a different kind of leadership—one rooted in trust, clarity, and emotional safety. It’s not about slogans or systems. It’s about what kind of culture you’re actually building—and how it shows up in the emotional lives of your team.
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.
SEAN MORAN is a media and marketing executive with a track record of building high-performing teams and driving growth across some of the most iconic brands in entertainment. As the former President of Sales at Paramount/Viacom, he led a $3.6B ad sales business and oversaw brand innovation for properties including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, and Pluto TV. Today, he advises and invests in a range of early-stage ventures through Carpe Diem Holdings, LLC, and supports companies in media, tech, and consumer products—including Religion of Sports, Brightland, RYFF, and Home From College. He is a founding investor in Lunch Partners, a private network of leading marketers, and speaks regularly to Fortune 100 companies and top universities on leadership and innovation. A graduate of Brown University and a former professional basketball player in Europe, Sean lives in New Jersey with his wife and four sons.
