Contributed by Jacqueline Harounian, Esquire of Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C.
As a mother of four and partner of a leading matrimonial law firm on Long Island, I have some inspirational anecdotes and advice related to the challenges of balancing professional and personal choices.
I married my husband during college and by graduation day, we were expecting […]

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By Sophie Fletcher (Chicago)
As Jenna Porter drops her four-month old son, Milo, off at the McGaw YMCA in Evanston, she  thinks to herself how much easier it is to say goodbye to this son compared to her 12 year old; he is still too young to hang on her leg and ask, ‘Mommy, do you have […]

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by Anna T. Collins, Esquire (Portland, Maine)
Today’s workplace is a multi-generation melting pot.  While Generation Xers step into positions formerly held by Baby Boomers, members of the Millennial generation, also called Generation Y, are filling entry-level positions while also competing for more coveted opportunities.  The entrance of the Millennials is infusing a new perspective into […]

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In Part I of this article this morning, writer Paige Churchman wrote: “How wide is the gap between how you live and your ideal? Does your work feed or drain you? How do you give your career everything it needs and still know who you are? The Glass Hammer took these questions out into the […]

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 by Paige Churchman (New York City)
How many times have you and friends, equally frazzled, fantasized about a three-day (or shorter) workweek? Something’s wrong with this picture because maybe like me, you actually love to work. Maybe throwing yourself into a project invigorates you, makes you feel important, connected to the world and happy.
So what’s wrong? A […]

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by Sima Matthes (New York City) 
Balanced gender representation on teams means a proportionate increase in innovation, and a company’s commitment to work/life balance is the key to ensuring such balanced gender representation. So says a report entitled Innovative Potential: Men and Women in Teams by the Lehman Brothers Center for Women in Business.  The report […]

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by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
Mentoring, flextime arrangements, networking, and opportunities for frank discussions about issues women face are all essential components in the programs KPMG has put in place to increase retention of women in their ranks.  Through its Women’s Advisory Board, KPMG has created and rolled out over 300 programs designed to increase […]

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by Elizabeth Harrin (London) 
It’s not easy balancing work and a home life.  Throw in clients who need you to be available at all hours, managers who don’t believe in vacations and court dates that change at the drop of a hat and you have to wonder why anyone  chooses the legal profession at all.

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by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
 
As the firm at the top of Consulting magazine’s “10 Best Firms to Work For” for the sixth year in a row, Bain & Company knows a thing or two about keeping their employees happy and engaged.  “The most important thing to understand about consulting is that the retention of […]

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Contributed by Alicia Anderson of AttacheServices.com
 
Usually, when we think of work-life balance we automatically picture examples of work encroaching upon our personal time and space.  But now, the tables are turning – the scale is tipping.  The pressures and stresses of our personal lives are overshadowing our ability to be productive and focused while at […]

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Contributed by Donna Deming

While at work, is your mind distracted by all the things you need to do when you get home?  When you’re home do you think about things you need to do at work?  Our minds travel at light speed jumping from one thing to another.  Think back to your early school days […]

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by Elizabeth Harrin (London)
Social networking is big business: Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Twitter, Viadeo - there are plenty of sites waiting for you to upload your photos and tell all about your escapades on a Friday night.  But how do you separate work life from personal life, especially when you do socialise with work colleagues as […]

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by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
 
According to the groundbreaking 2005 article, Off Ramps and On Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success, authored by Sylvia Ann Hewlett of the Center for Work-Life Policy, nearly four in ten highly qualified women report that they have left work voluntarily at some point in their careers. […]

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Contributed by Alicia Anderson of AttacheServices.com
The key to work-life balance for female professionals is a holistic, comprehensive, trustworthy, and reliable support system.
As a woman in a key leadership role you must remain alert and sober minded, capable of making good decisions for your organization and clients.  People are depending on you.  Maybe you are the primary […]

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by Elizabeth Harrin (London)
Think you work a long week? Spare a thought for the Koreans, who work the longest hours, around 2357 a year: that’s over 45 hours a week, every week. The UK and Ireland have the longest working week of the EU states and the Japanese only take an average of […]

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by Heather Chapman (New York City) 
The hot topic these days is the quest for work/life balance. It’s something that everyone – man or woman - struggles with, more so now that technology has gotten us to the point where we are eternally connected to our work obligations.
When people talk about work/life balance, they generally talk […]

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by Erin Abrams (New York City)
The question on everyone’s lips this week is about Sarah Palin, the 44-year-old governor of Alaska (formerly mayor of the town of Wasilla, AK), who was recently chosen as Senator John McCain’s vice presidential running mate on the Republican ticket.

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by  S. W. Bari (New York City)
Sarah Palin’s nomination to the vice presidential spot on the Republican ticket has provoked emotional reactions from almost everyone I’ve spoken to.  Regardless of people’s political affiliations, she’s certainly rekindled interest in the electoral process in a way other better known politicians could not.    
 

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by Caroline Shannon (Pittsburg)
Joyce DeLucca is a mom of two living in the Big Apple, where she works as the managing principal of Kingsland Capital Management LLC .  When she first started out, she struggled on a daily basis with balancing the competing demands of her family life and work life until finding a creative way to […]

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Contributed by Sylvia Warren of SimplytheBestCoaching.com
Busy professionals and executives execute complex strategies, lead wildly divergent teams, meet ambitious goals, and deliver on their commitment to the success of their organizations. Yet often they feel like professional and personal success still eludes them.
Why? It’s not just because the pace of work and life keeps accelerating.  Smart […]

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