Digg DiggWouldn’t it be great if you could wave a magic wand to create even an inkling of work-life balance. If it could give you that “special something” that makes the work-life merge just a little easier. If you were a starfish that could regenerate a limb of your life that has been burned-out to…
Every Monday here at Judy Martin’s WorkLifeNation.com I feature a guest post from a thought leader in the Work-Life Merge. Today, news you can use on work-life balance comes from my friend and work-life colleague Chrysula Winegar, an expert at the newly launched The Daily Thrive. It’s a community of learners focused on all of…
Every Monday here at Judy Martin’s WorkLifeNation.com I feature a guest post from a thought leader in the Work-Life Merge. Susan Steinbrecher is a corporate consultant and author of Kensho: A Modern Awakening, Instigating Change in an Era of Global Renewal. For the sake of transparency, Susan interviewed me for her book. I wanted to…
In the immortal words of Yoda, “Do or do not, there is no try.” #LeadershipChat celebrates a year on the planet and in the #twittesphere with great fanfare because those who engage, “do.” We hammer away at the keys, many of us bloggers trying to make a living while trying to make a difference in…
On a warm windy spring night in Chicago, a bunch of men and women who attended the social media conference known as #SobCon, waited impatiently for a cab. One of them, Lou Imbriano, whistled and broke the silence of frustration. Within seconds I was taxiing with this rebel rouser and the queen of entrepreneurship Carol…
Workplace 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 the…
We are scattered across the globe. Souls impacted so intensely by the events of 9/11 that our career paths took a right turn. By “right” I mean in the direction of more meaningful work or vocation.And it wasn’t just New Yorkers. For some it was a matter of survival because they lost their jobs and…
Blindsided in the work-life merge. That’s how a colleague expressed her feelings upon learning some critical information about her business which is undergoing a number of crises. The warnings were there as she was exhausted and there was no work-life balance to speak of. Phone calls and e-mails came from concerned friends who reached out…
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…
