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Fulfillment and Leadership

If your definition of living a happier life includes fulfillment, and a big part of that fulfillment is learning and growing, you may find a new book by Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, very interesting.

In her latest book, Mind-set: The New Psychology of Success, Professor Dweck discusses the issue of leadership, but not in the traditional sense – she doesn’t debate whether leaders are born or made. Dweck looks at precisely how you think about issues like this one to determine what makes you a better or a worse leader.

July 5, 2007

Predicting Happiness

Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert, University of Virginia psychologist Tim Wilson, Carnegie-Mellon economist George Loewenstein, and Princeton Psychologist Dan Kahneman have been studying the question: “What

July 3, 2007

The Greatest Generations?

Generation Xers and Yers are being recognized for changing traditional views of the workplace. The new generations of workers are standing up for “The American

June 13, 2007

The End of the 40 – Hour Work Week

According to a Gartner Research Report, by the year 2015 most Americans will be working shorter work weeks. The way society views the 40 –

June 4, 2007

Company Perks – Do They Assist With Life Balance?

In order to keep employees and attract new candidates, many employers are now offering new perks to their employee packages. In a BusinessWeek Online article,

June 1, 2007

Mothers and Work-Family Balance

Four-in-Ten working moms would take a pay cut to spend more time with their kids, according to the annual mother’s day survey put out by

May 14, 2007

I Can’t Get No … Satisfaction

Are you one of the many people walking around singing the Rolling Stones song Satisfaction? You know the one – I can’t get no satisfaction,

May 10, 2007

Executive Downshifting

So you’ve finally come to the point in your life, after years and years, that you’ve had enough of the corporate rat race and you

May 7, 2007

Five Day Weekends an Answer to Work Life Balance

Are the Friends of the Five Day Weekend carrying this work-life balance thing a bit too far? The stated goal of The Five Day Weekend

May 4, 2007

Stay-At-Home Moms are, Not Surprisingly, Underpaid

clipped from news.yahoo.com NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper,

May 3, 2007

A Perfectly Balanced Life

Is there a formula to figure out what your ideal work-life balance is? Dr. David Lewis a British Neuropsychologist has devised one. As of right

May 1, 2007

Truth in Posting about Work-Life Balance

The gang over at Trulia Blog get a big thumbs up when it comes to Truth in Posting about their company, its culture, and job opportunities within their company.

Take this declaration for instance, from the “Benefits” section of their “Trulia is Hiring” post:

“We’re big on balance, so we offer a really competitive and comprehensive benefit package – full health coverage… options… European style vacation packages (well…not really European, but better than most start ups)…and, of course, our BOFFI culture.

April 25, 2007

Workaholics vs. Prisoners of Success

Conde Nast, a self-described publisher of several “lifestyle” magazines that include Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue, Wired, Bon Appetit, Architectural Digest, and GQ, recently launched a new business magazine titled Portfolio.

It doesn’t take long to get a feel for the magazine – we’re reminded immediately, and at every turn, that business is about wealth, power, and status, and that we’re expected to aspire to those things.

April 24, 2007

How Does Your Firm’s Work-Life Culture Compare?

Many companies today have recognized their employees’ needs to balance their personal and work lives.

Many employers have responded by creating initiatives that support this awareness by not only offering time off and leaves, as well as child care support and assistance, but making it known that utilizing this time will in no way jeopardize one’s standing at one’s firm.

April 23, 2007

Freelancing as a Way to Achieve Life Balance

Many people who have sought alternatives to the corporate world have pursued professions as freelancers. Working independently on a job-by-job basis does allow freedom and variety to choose one’s projects and hours, but it is not without its risks.

Chief among these hazards are the uncertainty of work (and income)and lack of company infrastructure and benefits.

Wired & Hired blog, a blog written by job recruiters, has two posts on this topic:

April 23, 2007

Work-Family Balance and Gender Lines

Courtney E. Martin has an interesting article over at The American Prospect titled “Fighting Apart for Time Together: Why is all the activism for work/life balance split along gender lines?”

Ms. Martin takes the very complicated issue of work-family balance activism and makes it understandable. Here is how the discussion shakes out:

April 18, 2007

How Important is Work-Life in Recruitment?

I spent a little time perusing several of the larger job boards recently and noticed that, no matter the job, there’s an increasing trend to offer a statement about the employer’s dedication to work-life and work-family support of its employees.

This statement sometimes comes in the job description, or is often included in the “about the company” section of the posting, but generally reads like this: