I think it’s important to note when you see a trend. At this moment, every corporate client we’re working with has at least one group transitioning from high-walled private cubicles and closed-door offices to open, collaborative work configurations. While the business case for this open office shift is well-defined—increased employee density equals lower overhead […]
A combined priority list helps reestablish solid boundaries around what you need and want to get done […]
I thought I’d give you a preview of some of the lessons learned that will make my list for 2015. There were many, but these three stick out as particularly important […]
To kick off 2015, I thought we needed a new logo that more accurately depicts the modern, everyday reality of work and life. The “balance” scales don’t work. The one-dimensional pie chart is inadequate. The new image needed to show the flexible, 3-D, always-changing, multifaceted fit between our work, personal lives and careers. So, I […]
For many of us, another new year means another new calendar; however, if you’re like a majority of all U.S. full-time workers, you’ll start several new calendars or have no calendar at all. This could be one reason why your work-life balance New Year’s resolution usually fails. […]
I was honored when the The Boston Globe asked me to contribute an OpEd to “The Work Issue” they published this past weekend in honor of Labor Day. The article, “Work-life does not imply age, gender, or parenthood,” included the above graphics highlighting results from the recent national study we conducted in partnership with ORC International […]
For those of you who follow the weekly Tweak It Practice, you know that step #1 every seven days is to sit down and celebrate what you DID get done the previous week. That means if you scheduled 10 “tweaks” or small, meaningful actions into your work+life fit and only accomplished 5, give yourself credit […]
Carlos Slim and the founders of Google have identified very real challenges. They should be applauded for starting an important conversation. But any wholesale reduction or reconfiguration of the workweek will require new approaches to compensation, updated employment legislation, and revised team management processes, benefits calculations and internal cost accounting rules to succeed. That will be a heavy lift.
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Until now, technology has made only modest contributions to supporting caregivers. Can technology play a more meaningful role in helping caregivers? And how can we accelerate innovation in developing new applications to support caregivers? […]
“Ambivalence” is defined as the coexistence of positive and negative feelings toward the same object or action simultaneously drawing you in opposite directions. According to our new research, full-time U.S. workers see ambivalence when asked about employer commitment to work life flexibility — 46% say their employer’s commitment is strong, while the other 45% aren’t […]
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