Happy New Year, everyone! Back at Thanksgiving, I wrote a post about work-life-related progress in 2016. This week, like many of us, I’m thinking ahead. I’m not much of a believer in New Year’s resolutions, and, in any case, the kinds of things I’m thinking about aren’t in my (sole) power to bring about, so […]
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Employees Have Made Progress This Year, and For That (At Least) I’m Grateful
It’s been a tough year for this country in many ways. A highly divisive election campaign, culminating in a highly divisive election; sad tidings about the death of so many American icons, from Mohammad Ali to Prince; a seemingly endless parade of news about shootings and other senseless violence. So I wondered what there might […]
Seven Work-and-Life Advances I’m Grateful For This Thanksgiving
It’s been a tough year, both personally and for the country and for the world. And, to my amazement, it is already drawing to a close. Hanukkah just two weeks away? Is that possible? But before Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Festivus, etc., comes Thanksgiving. So once again this year, in honor of all the turkeys to […]