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
Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s come in all shapes and sizes but what matters is what something is, not what someone calls it. You might be labeled the Soccer
May 11, 2007
Remotely Controlling Life’s Little Distractions
How much time away from work do you take? Probably not enough as most of us don’t! If you aren’t sure Tim Ferriss, author of
May 11, 2007
The WORKPLACE SURVIVAL Dialog
Today’s workplace is weighed down by jerks, bullies, tyrants, and despots is what Robert Sutton author of The No Assholes Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace
May 8, 2007
The Test of a Good Partner
What makes a good partner? I’m referring to partner in a business sense here. When I refer to “partner” here I’m referring to how I
May 7, 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
Have We Heard the Last About Outsourcing?
How would you feel about working two days a week and having the other five off? According to The Five Day Weekend Movement that’s exactly
May 4, 2007
Outsource Your Life Balance? – Revisited
I needed to revisit the topic of outsource your life balance because I don’t think I was clear in my first post, Outsource Your Life
May 2, 2007
Outsource Your Life Balance?
I wrote a couple of weeks ago back about personal concierge services and how some have billed themselves as an answer to work-life balance. They’re pitching busy people – business owners, executives, working parents, and stay-at-home mothers – on their services.
Their premise isn’t difficult to relate to. We’re all struggling to maintain a balance between our work, family time, personal time, and hours spent with friends and in the community.
The latest pitch I read really got me thinking, however. The promotional copy suggested that we outsource our time. Apparently this would suggest farming out tasks or projects to others to make time for what we like to do, instead of what we have to do. In our instant-gratification society, this may make sense, but it may prove detrimental in the long run.
April 27, 2007
Work-Life Balance and Productivity
Rebel Dad drew my attention to a recent study conducted by researchers at three Ontario universities that found that people whose family commitments impact on their work life are given fewer career-advancing opportunities and have poorer relationships with their superiors.
Unfortunately, in making their assumptions, the authors have misused the term “work-family balance.”
April 26, 2007
A Day to Balance Work and Family
Did you know that this Thursday, April 26th, is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day? Are you planning to participate?
According to the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day program was founded to create an opportunity for girls and boys to share and communicate their expectations for the future.
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
How are You doing on your New Year’s Resolution?
According to ACNielson, a global provider of marketing research information services, 56% of people around the world made New Year’s resolutions for 2007.
Of that fifty-six percent, 51% were seeking a better work and life balance (second only to those who wanted to exercise more at 62%).
That means that a full 28% of people around the world are aspiring to lead a more balanced life.
Astonishing, isn’t it?
April 19, 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:
April 18, 2007
Virginia Tech – In Our Thoughts
My PDA phone cashed it in the other day and I had to purchase a new one. I’ve spent several hours over the past 3 days getting up to speed and ensuring that all my data has transfered to the new one. I also played around a bit, much to my wife’s amusement, importing some pictures so that when my wife and kids called, I’d see their smiling faces on my phone’s display.
My daughter is a bit finicky about her photos and didn’t like the one that I chose, so I went to her MySpace page to download one that she had posted, reasoning that she’d obviously given it the thumbs up, and here’s what I found instead:
April 17, 2007
Family Friendly Workplaces for Fathers
Fact: When we talk about “family friendly” companies, we’re usually thinking about working mothers, not working fathers.
Family friendly workplaces are usually characterized by discussions surrounding flexible hours, telecommuting, time off and leaves, child care support and assistance, and company culture – and company culture involves all of the aforementioned.
April 17, 2007
Does Top Management Understand Work-Life Balance?
I’ve made several posts to this blog opining about the work-life discussion as it relates to corporations and employees. The way the debate is being shaped today, there are two conflicting formulas at work here:
For the company, Work-Life Balance boils down to this: Company = Good, Family = Bad For the employee, it looks like this: Family and Personal Time = Good, Company = Bad.
April 16, 2007
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