Digg DiggWorkplace flexibility takes the concept of work-life balance from the perks of the gym to the spreadsheets of the boardroom bottom-line. In my experience, healthcare, education, the accounting industry and legal profession seem to be taking the lead on the idea. Albeit in bite sized pieces in most companies. But the legal profession takes…
It seems the earthquake and Hurricane Irene were the precursors for yet another emotional trigger for our collective psyche, the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. As we commemorate this historic event, it triggers the memories of that time of fear, stress and anxiety on top of already frayed nerves in our work-life scenario. So…
Our work-life balance took a hit in the wake of the debt-ceiling debate, U-S downgrade, earthquake and Hurricane Irene. The uncertainty seems to just build upon itself day by day as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches. Nerves are frayed and workplace stress is on the rise. Time to take a breath, but you have…
A surge of inspiration was running through me on Saturday at the Book Breakthrough NYC (#BBNYC) workshop. I was fortunate enough to have the gift of attending. There were many takeaways, for THIS (moi) aspiring trade book author, but the biggest ah-ha was that producing a book is not just an inside job. As Hillary…
In the PricewaterhouseCoopers 2011 CEO survey, innovation and creativity came out as top profit drivers in an uncertain 24/7 global marketplace. But if C-Suite leaders want that kind of performance from their employees, they need to pay more attention to employee wellness. That means better understanding the concept of work-life balance or what I term,…
Do you feel zapped of every time you open an e-mail? News gotcha down? How does your brain feel after a normal day of information overload and attention crash in an era of distraction? Seems our work life balance is colliding with the demands of the new economy. Being tethered to technology in a 24/7…
Work-life balance is not just a women’s issue in the legal profession, it’s a bottom-line issue. Just ask Deborah Epstein Henry, author of Law & Reorder: Legal Industry Solutions for Restructure, Retention, Promotion & Work-Life Balance. In this weeks episode of Work Life Nation with Judy Martin you’ll hear how Henry launched her research, designed…
And on the seventh day… God took a chill. Ok, not exactly any particular version of Genesis 2:2, but you get the idea. In what I refer to as the Work Life Merge, we often don’t take the time to just stop. But somehow Sundays has this sacredness attached to it, even in theory. Even…
Work life concerns trump most content here at WorkLifeNation.com, but you can’t have those conversations without looking deeply into the rocky economic waters we’ve been floating in. We’re coming out of a recession (we hope). The conventional wisdom is that most people feel fortunate to be employed and don’t want to rock the boat. Sometimes…
A few years back I stumbled upon the work of executive coach Susan Steinbrecher. There was a “heart” at the core of her work. That contemplative nature is apparent in her new book Kensho: A Modern Awakening – Instigating Change in an Era of Global Renewal. Change is often the byproduct of what Steinbrecher calls…
