Balancing work and family

If your policies don’t accommodate their needs, they’ll go elsewhere.

Rather than enforcing a binary point of view — you’re either climbing up the ladder or stepping aside — skillful managers don’t equate pace with potential.

Working parenthood was hard enough before Covid-19 - and now it's an all-out crisis. But as we exit the pandemic, we don't want to return out of habit...

Ask yourself: What isn't serving me anymore?

Your most important work relationship is the one you have with your spouse.

Wives do more housework even when they're the breadwinner.

The five big challenges—and how to deal with them

Successful partnerships sidestep predictable traps and master three challenging transitions.

Organizations need to implement policies to address single-parent burnout.

Supporting employees with children should be a long-term process.

Consider family breakfast.

Think about yourself, your boss, and your company’s culture.

They're setting a new normal for their kids.

And how to do it.

It's up to employers to address the systemic causes of burnout at work. But in the meantime, here are four ways you can help yourself.

Even on a tight schedule, you can connect through shared experiences.

Outline your priorities and set limits.

Working longer hours may feel heroic, but you’ll be better off focusing your energy where it will have the biggest impact.

When you think you don’t have time for it is when you need it the most.

Shortly after the sudden death of her beloved husband, Priya Gowda learns that the company he built from a small dairy farm into a major Indian conglomerate...

Gabriela Santana Goldstein was pursuing her passion, working as the Head of Business for a telehealth startup, when her father went into sudden cardiac...

You're only one person--but you're not alone. As a single parent, you know your life is different from the other working parents around you. With the...

Barry Sloane, second-generation Chairman, President, and CEO of his family's bank, Century Bank, weighed whether to sell to Eastern Bank. As a small regional...

Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,...

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Fernando Scodro, a third-generation member of his family, mulled over the next step in integrating an ESG strategy into his family office's investment...

This case describes the rise of Cassius Clay, who later called himself Muhammad Ali, from the poor streets of Louisville, Kentucky to international fame....

Manage the competing demands of working motherhood. As a working mother, you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and...

Ivan and Lana Kuznetsov are a dual-career couple and parents to four young children. Having immigrated to Canada from Russia in 2012, they are both in...

Build your careers, your family, and your life--together. When you're part of a two-career family, you manage the competing demands of your careers, child-rearing,...

This case provides updates on Deborah Lovich's decision and how she navigated her work and family responsibilities over the following decade.

Navigate work successfully as a first-time parent. Just when you're starting to figure out parenting, all of a sudden your leave time is over. You're...

Salma Qarnain, daughter of Pakistani Muslim immigrants, is an engineer trained at Stanford and MIT. She began her career building spacecrafts but 30 years...

In the spring of 2005, an exhausted Philip McCrea, president and CEO of software development company VitesseLearning, reflects on the demands of his successful...

Maryam and Sameer, brother and sister, were searching for an apartment in Hitech City, Hyderabad. Recent college graduates who were now starting jobs...

George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the...

Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,...

Overworked? Overwhelmed? Protect yourself from burnout. The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for...

This case describes how caregiving responsibilities influence American employees, firms, and the broader economy. It details how sociodemographic trends...

If your policies don’t accommodate their needs, they’ll go elsewhere.

Gabriela Santana Goldstein was pursuing her passion, working as the Head of Business for a telehealth startup, when her father went into sudden cardiac...

Rather than enforcing a binary point of view — you’re either climbing up the ladder or stepping aside — skillful managers don’t equate pace with potential.

Working parenthood was hard enough before Covid-19 - and now it's an all-out crisis. But as we exit the pandemic, we don't want to return out of habit...

You're only one person--but you're not alone. As a single parent, you know your life is different from the other working parents around you. With the...

Ask yourself: What isn't serving me anymore?

Your most important work relationship is the one you have with your spouse.

Wives do more housework even when they're the breadwinner.

The five big challenges—and how to deal with them

Resources for parents, advice for managers, and realities we should all be aware of.