Saturday July 19, 2008

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2007 Work+Life Fit Reality Check Reports on Prez Election and More

EMPLOYEES WANT THE NEXT PRESIDENT’S AGENDA TO MAKE
WORK LIFE FLEXIBILITY EASIER FOR COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2007 WORK+LIFE FIT REALITY CHECK INCLUDE:
• More want to work differently than work less; only 5 percent favor reducing work schedule by more than 10 hours
• Almost 9 out of 10 believe work life flexibility would have […]

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Congress Perpetuates Outdated “Face Time” Culture

Blogs and links: Check out my weekly Fast Company blog, and monthly Management Issues posting AND my updated Bloglinks in the lower left hand column (finally!). It’s a pleasure to share the “blog” love with other thought-provoking bloggers on a variety of subjects…
Last Call! AWLP Work-Life Rising Star Award This is […]

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Flexibility Get Traction in the “C-Suite”

The “C-Suite” positions composing the most senior levels in organizations—CEO, CFO, CIO, and President—are beginning to discover work+life flexibility as a strategic business imperative. This linkage to broader organizational growth objectives will ultimately transform the way we work and live. Where’s the evidence?
First, I was interviewed for an article in this month’s CIO […]

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Work+Life in BusinessWeek’s Future of Work? Yes, and No

First, I want to thank everyone for their inspiring and supportive comments and emails in response to my blog posting last week, “Mom’s Peaceful Passing—Eldercare True Confessions.” I promise to use my experience to keep the dialogue going. Now back to this week’s posting….
Imagine my excitement when BusinessWeek arrived with the cover story, […]

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Critical Grad Career Strategy– Managing Work+Life “Fit”

If new graduates want to succeed in today’s 24/7, high-tech, global work reality, managing their work+life fit needs to be added to their list of critical career strategies. But unfortunately few colleges are making this part of their career services curriculum. Hopefully, with the publication of a new book called Getting from College […]

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Winter’s Challenges–Illness and Weather–and Flexibility

The other day I was on the phone with a colleague who obviously had a terrible cold. She said, “I sound worse than I feel. You know if I had gone into an office today, I would have gotten everyone else sick. Instead I am working from home because I […]

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Breaking Down Stereotype #1–Work/Life Balance is the Goal

Be sure to scroll down and check out the final Holiday Work+Life “Fit” Tip–Start Planning for Next Year Now!
“Work/Life balance” is the concept we’ll tackle first. It’s the phrase most often used to describe the work+life outcome we are all striving for. In fact, one of my terrific readers who is […]

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Holiday Work+Life “Fit” Tip #2 — Don’t Let Technology Be the Grinch that Stole Christmas!

You’ve decided what you want your holiday work+life fit (or work/life balance) to look like — what activities you’d like to try to participate in, what days you’d like to try to take off, etc. Now, it’s time to figure out in advance how you are going to manage technology to help you achieve […]

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Daddy “Wars” — Defining It? Why not just forget it altogther and focus on the real issues…

Oh, no! I continue to pray that dads resist the rabbit hole of “daddy wars” that have distracted moms from real work+life issues for too many years. My desire to get all of us–men and women in all stages of life–to focus on the real issues prompted me to start writing my book […]

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Vacation/Work Quandary Part 2: Are We Our Own Worst Enemy?

Because of the response I received to the posting about my personal struggle not work during July vacation, I decided to analyze recent research findings and commentary related to the vacation+work quandary to see if I could find common themes and solutions. And, as I suspected, in many ways, we are indeed our own […]

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