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…
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,…
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…
Welcome back to Sanctum Sundays where you’ll get a little nudge to create your own Work Life Bliss as you head into the workweek, whether you’re an entrepreneur or have a corporate career. I was inspired by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter of CareerTrend.net who posted at 3PlusInternational last week. In her article, Marching Through Change, she talks…
