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How to Convince Your Boss You Need Time Off
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Manage Your Time Like Jim Collins
Work-life balance Digital ArticleJim Collins is all about discipline. The man who described Level 5 Leadership not only understands the inner fortitude of the best-performing companies and leaders; he’s famously disciplined and enormously productive, as you can tell from his website (jimcollins.com). A runner and mountain-climber, he is the picture of fitness. How does he manage his time? […] -
Managers, Encourage Your Team to Take Time Off
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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the May 2013 Issue
Work-life balance Digital ArticleThis month’s cartoons and caption contest from Harvard Business Review. -
Dads, Commit to Your Family at Home and at Work
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Working Through a Personal Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleChoose what you'll share - and how you'll share it. -
The Free Market Has Failed U.S. Working Parents
Gender Big IdeaNew federal policies for paid leave, quality and affordable childcare, fair work schedules, and living wages are more important than ever. -
Can You Balance a Startup and a Baby?
Work-life balance Digital Article“To get married and have kids and have a family inspires success.” – Francis Ford Coppola Any day now, we’re going to have a baby. Our first baby. Could be tonight.** And I’m just one word: scared. The fear has crept up on me. A little bit each time someone patted me on the back […] -
Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOne study found that "passing" was the only way to get ahead. -
Return-to-Work Programs Come of Age
Organizational Development SpotlightMillions of American women left the workforce during the pandemic, mostly to provide care for families when schools and other support systems closed.... -
Losing Key Talent? Give Executive Women More Choices
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive of the current crop of Presidential contenders have small children. Brownback, Dodd, Edwards, Obama and Thompson collectively have 10 children under... -
What Working Parents Need from Their Managers
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Beyond Burned Out
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaIn our always-on world, burnout has long been a threat. But in 2020 burnout became rampant, seemingly overnight. Within weeks millions of people lost... -
Make Time for “Me Time”
Work-life balance Digital ArticleA five-step plan to help you let go. -
For Real Productivity, Less is Truly More
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhen I wrote a post on this site about The Myth of Productivity recently, a number of commentators argued productivity has gone up not because employees... -
Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
Gender Digital ArticleChanging demographics will change the demands on your workers. -
Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?
Work-life balance Magazine ArticleA manager considering an overseas assignment may have to conceal his sexual orientation. -
Goldman Sachs Decides Restructuring Work Is Possible, After All
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From Hands-Off to Helicopters
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Why The Hurt Locker Hurts
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe Hurt Locker is a gripping movie - enthusiastically and universally acclaimed - about an elite team of American soldiers in Iraq "who have one of the...
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Managing Your Anxiety (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Twenty Years Later: Memoirs of Life and Work two Decades after an MBA
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Beyond Collaboration Overload: Tools for Working Smarter, Getting Ahead, and Restoring Your Well-Being
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How to Convince Your Boss You Need Time Off
Communication Digital ArticleDon't be a work martyr. -
Manage Your Time Like Jim Collins
Work-life balance Digital ArticleJim Collins is all about discipline. The man who described Level 5 Leadership not only understands the inner fortitude of the best-performing companies and leaders; he’s famously disciplined and enormously productive, as you can tell from his website (jimcollins.com). A runner and mountain-climber, he is the picture of fitness. How does he manage his time? […] -
Managers, Encourage Your Team to Take Time Off
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey need it. -
Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the May 2013 Issue
Work-life balance Digital ArticleThis month’s cartoons and caption contest from Harvard Business Review. -
Dads, Commit to Your Family at Home and at Work
Work-life balance Big IdeaMen want to step up. Here are four places to start. -
Working Through a Personal Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleChoose what you'll share - and how you'll share it. -
The Free Market Has Failed U.S. Working Parents
Gender Big IdeaNew federal policies for paid leave, quality and affordable childcare, fair work schedules, and living wages are more important than ever. -
Can You Balance a Startup and a Baby?
Work-life balance Digital Article“To get married and have kids and have a family inspires success.” – Francis Ford Coppola Any day now, we’re going to have a baby. Our first baby. Could be tonight.** And I’m just one word: scared. The fear has crept up on me. A little bit each time someone patted me on the back […] -
Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOne study found that "passing" was the only way to get ahead. -
Return-to-Work Programs Come of Age
Organizational Development SpotlightMillions of American women left the workforce during the pandemic, mostly to provide care for families when schools and other support systems closed....