Work-Life Integration
Aligning Vision and Values – 3 strategies for growth and 1 test for success
Mika (a pseudonym) is loving her new place. She has just moved in and on the scale of change, this year has been a biggee. In addition to her move with her nearly-five-year-old daughter, she has also left her job as a senior executive at her firm. It’s scary but she’s owning it, driving through […]
Have We Lost the Ability to Give?
I’m wondering if we’ve lost the ability to give – because we spend so much time receiving. For many families today, children get whatever they want, whenever they want it. Adults do too, it seems. If they need something, they purchase it. If they see something they like, they take it home. If they have […]
The Alchemy of Abundance – 7 Lessons for Growth
Margot (not her real name) is someone whose journey is both inspiring and instructive. Margot is a senior associate for her firm. In addition, she is a part-time instructor with a university. She is based in Canada and despite the record cold and snow on the day we met over lunch, she was warm and […]
Reciprocity as Social Lubricant ~or~ How Receiving Can Be Just As Important as Giving
As Americans, we celebrate independence, rugged individualism, and the ability to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. I’m as independent and strong-willed to a fault so I’m all-in for that philosophy but lately I’ve been reflecting on the downside of our American penchant for independence. Unfortunately, the pendulum can swing too far and with the […]
Chipping Away: The Loss of Critical Skills ~or~ The Loving Act of Buying a Stamp
Every day, it seems I hear about critically important skills that we are losing because of changes around us. We are losing the ability to navigate for ourselves since GPS does it for us. A friend recently shared a story that her daughter who just arrived at her freshman year of college needed instruction on […]
Demanding Family-Friendly Work Practices: Rewriting the Script – A Response
In this idyllic example (see Gilmor’s full article), Gilmor, quits her job in order to spend more time with her family and in the process lands an ideal role that allows her to perfectly balance work and life. How would I rewrite this script? Infuse reality. Most men and women can’t quit their jobs. They […]
How my Husband and I Finally Achieved Equality at Home: The Myth of Equality – A Response
See article in The Guardian Equality is a myth. It is statistically true that women do more work at home than men. This is not true for all women or all men or all families, but according to statistics it is true for most. It is also statistically true that sharing of the demands at […]
Mindsets About Women Need a Reboot – A Response
See article by Galinsky Ellen Galinsky is a rock star, as far as I’m concerned. She has articulated mindsets that need to shift. Here they are: FROM stay at home mothers are June Cleaver TO stay at home mothers are diverse. FROM stay at home mothers remain stay at home mothers TO stay at home […]
What Marissa Mayer Doesn’t (and Does) Get About White-Collar Work – A Response
See Wired Magazine article From wired Magazine “When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer banned her employees from working at home earlier this year, she sparked a culture war over How We Work Today. “Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home,” the head of Yahoo HR wrote in a memo. “We need to […]