The workplace under an Obama Administration

by: Judy Martin November 5, 2008

The jury is still out on this one. There is little word on how the workplace will be impacted by an Obama Administration other than some threads of concern that if business is footed with a bill of higher taxes, workers might feel the brunt of their annoyance.

Will President Elect Obama bridge the gap between business and the workforce?

by: Judy Martin November 4, 2008

Our work life scenario as a nation might have been plucked from the depths of stagnation. Perhaps. Either way, the chasm separating the interests of big business and labor desperately needs to be narrowed.

Work Life Watch: The final presidential debate

by: Judy Martin October 15, 2008

The countdown is on as chaos reigns throughout the financial markets and the nation awaits the third and final presidential debate. I’m here on Long Island where thousands of reporters have descended upon Hofstra University where Obama and McCain go head-to-head tonight.

Work life policy is election 2008′s pink elephant

by: Judy Martin October 14, 2008

It’ll be there in the middle of the debate hall wednesday night at Hofstra University, at the third and final presidential debate. It’s really big, and really pink and has everything to do with the economy. But we’re not likely to hear much about Senator Obama’s and Senator McCain’s work life policies.

Harvard University: Valuing WorkLife Change and Risk

by: Judy Martin September 7, 2008

Attending the opening exercises at Harvard University this weekend made me want to run to the admissions office and head back for my Masters. A number of themes weaved through the fabric of this day which tapped feelings of inner hope about this future generation’s capabilities to change the way we will work and live into the next decade.

We are living and working at the speed of light. But in order to succeed, Dean Michael D. Smith of the Arts and Sciences department at the nation’s oldest university,

Political Talk Heating up the Workplace

by: Judy Martin June 4, 2008

With Obama clinching the democratic nomination, you can be sure that water cooler talk is heating up in workplaces across America. It might go something like this:

Who are You@Work When Confronted with Stress? Presidential or Placater?

by: Judy Martin March 1, 2008

The persona of the presidential hopefuls was recently analyzed by The Slate’s, Emily Yoffe. She applied the principles of personality assessment (the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), based on theories of psychiatrist Carl Jung; to Clinton, Obama, and McCain. Yoffe’s article is insightful, a fun read, and well researched. All this presidential who-ha talk left me thinking about the rest of us little people. How do you show up in public, at work, in your career or in business?