Work-life balance

Two facts matter to business: only women have babies and only men make rules.

How to figure it out for yourself — and convince your boss.

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

Don’t undervalue the networks you forged in school.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy, lost her job and her babies in the same year.

You won't win the race until you learn to pace yourself.

It takes more than a home office.

But if you’re young, gay, black, or a man, the odds are higher that you do.

A disturbing new study reveals that, 30 years into the women’s movement, female executives still don’t have what they want—and probably never will.

Having quit my full-time job and redirected my career nine months ago, I now meet lots of people who have done the same or are on the verge of it. Music is a common refuge among this restless group — the songs we listen to as we struggle with life-changing decisions, with lyrics that offer […]

A step-by-step guide to pare down your to-do list.

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.

You’re not paying attention to your family, your community, your private self? All you have time for is your career? You’re making a big mistake. How things are going at home, in your community, and in your interior life all influence whether you perform well at work. Over 20 years of research and practice on […]

I often begin talks by asking my audience three questions: “How many of you would say that demand in your lives has increased significantly during the past several years?” “How many of you,” I ask next, “expect that demand in your lives is going to get even greater during the next several years?” For both, […]

Four strategies to stay focused on the future when you have to prioritize the present.

Management experts have long predicted the demise of the standard 9-to-5 workday. Thanks to internet and mobile technology, we can now work where and when we want, they argue. So, why are so many people still sticking to those traditional hours, or more likely an extended version of them? The reality is that while flexible […]

It's not healthy, even if you love your job.

Don't let it burn you out.

To usher in the new year, we took our video cameras to the streets of Boston and asked managers to share their management resolutions for 2008. After talking with more than 30 managers (on a very cold day in Boston!), we gleaned several themes from their workplace resolutions. Managers want to find a better work/life […]

Setting boundaries is especially tricky.