Matt Comyn: The Performance Routine Behind Running CommBank

Most CEOs guard their routines. Matt Comyn opens his up: the wearable data, the sleep habits, the mental skills he leans on to run Australia's second biggest company without burning out. Matt has led Commonwealth Bank for 6 years, through some of the most turbulent conditions in Australian corporate history. What sets this conversation apart is the lens: Andrew May speaks with Matt not as a banking analyst but as a mental skills coach, unpacking how a leader at this level actually sustains performance day after day. Matt shares the five wearable metrics Andrew asks every executive client to track, why sleep sits at the top of his list, and the techniques he uses to shift state between meetings so bad news from one room never contaminates the next. He also reflects on the hardest moments of his tenure, why corporate life is more fragile than it looks, and the lessons he has taken from his mum, from Manly coach Anthony Seibold and from boxer Tim Tszyu. A rare look at the human being behind one of the toughest jobs in Australian business, and a practical playbook for anyone leading under sustained pressure. 0:00 Start 4:00 What Matt was like growing up 7:25 His biggest inspiration: his mum 8:10 Reflecting on the journey so far 10:00 Shifting from a deficit model to a skills model 11:40 Not top of the food chain at home 12:55 The early days of Matt's career 16:30 The 5 wearable metrics Andrew asks every executive to track 17:00 Why sleep matters so much to Matt 20:35 Finding the metrics and tools that work for you 22:00 Learning to shift state and attention 23:40 Never carrying bad news from one meeting into the next 26:25 Positive thinking through negative times 28:55 Matt's weekly fitness routine 32:00 Lessons from 6 years running CommBank 33:55 The hardest moments of his tenure as CEO 37:40 Enjoying the problems when they arrive 39:25 Corporate life is fragile and can change fast 41:45 Balancing the seesaw of ambivalence 42:50 10 years of Can4Cancer 45:45 Watching Can4Cancer grow 50:30 What drives Matt's curiosity 51:20 Lessons from Manly coach Anthony Seibold 55:40 Lessons from boxer Tim Tszyu 56:05 Tim's dedication and work ethic 57:10 Banking and life, 10 to 15 years from now Learn more about Andrew May and Performance Intelligence: https://www.performanceintelligence.com Follow Andrew: LinkedIn:   / andrewmay2   Instagram:   / andrewmay   Facebook:   / andrewmayspeaker   Get Andrew's book MatchFit: https://www.amazon.com.au/MatchFit-An...