Category Archives: Work/Life Balance
Radical Resiliency in Turbulent Times
Join me for a quick look at just what is RADICAL resiliency. You’ll get a brief overview of the four components that make up this critical skill. Who knows, perhaps it will set your own wheels spinning. Now more than ever, we need to become RADICALLY RESILIENT. Too many outmoded behaviors (like entrenched Congressional and [...]
Work For A Living & Still Be Free To Live Now Available On Kindle
I am proud to announce that Work For A Living & Still Be Free To Live is now available on Kindle via Amazon.com. Work For A Living & Still Be Free To Live (Revised for the New Millennium) is for overworked executives, entrepreneurs, stressed-out employees or anyone who knows that there is more to life [...]
Work for a Living & Still Be Free to Live Now On Kindle
I am proud to announce that my book Work for a Living & Still Be Free to Live (the first about work/life balance) is now available on Kindle at http://ow.ly/4LoqW.
Get Up And Move!
We all knew sitting at your desk for hours without a break is bad for your health but we didn’t know it correlates to the size of your waist! The European Heart Journal published a study by Genevieve N. Healy, MPH, of the School of Population Health at University of Queensland, Australia measured cardio-metabolic and [...]
Is Your Family a Barrier to a Senior Leadership Position?
I get daily updates on any news that comes out related to leadership and women. Today, this release caused more than a pause. According to research from Opportunity Now, balancing work and family responsibilities is the biggest barrier women face to getting senior jobs. The study, which questioned over 850 line managers about female progression [...]
The original wellness plan
Employers who are serious about work/life balance can now offer employees discounted vacation packages through a company called Rovia. Rovia puts together a wide variety of vacations ranging from weekend getaways to luxury vacations hosted by a Rovia employee who coordinates activities on the trip. To learn more read this article. As my soon-to-be-published book [...]
Small stuff matters- in life and death
Dr.Richard Carlson hit international fame with his Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series. But on December 13,2006, a pulmonary embolism took Richard’s life and plunged his wife Kristine and two daughters into shock, heartbreak and a journey through grief. Not everything is small stuff. Kristine Carlson’s new book, Heartbroken Open, sits on my desk, waiting [...]
When Employers Make Room For Work-Life Balance
Jennifer Ludden of NPR has written a fascinating three part article about work/life balance. You can read the first installment at NPR.
Work-life balance: Tips to reclaim control
There was a time when the boundaries between work and home were fairly clear. Today, however, work is likely to invade your personal life — and maintaining work-life balance is no simple task. Still, work-life balance isn’t out of reach. Start by evaluating your relationship to work. Then apply specific strategies to help you strike [...]
Headline: Employee Engagement: Work-Life Balance!
Latest research on employee engagement suggests employees are becoming more disengaged and unhappy. According to a study by the Corporate Executive Board among more than 50,000 global workers, work-life balance now ranks second only to compensation as one of the most important workplace attributes. And, employees who feel they have a better work-life balance tend [...]