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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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 […]
The Quiet Epidemic That’s Ravaging U.S. Workers
One of the most entertaining things I learned at World at Work’s “Future of Work” forum in Nashville a couple weeks ago is that March 31 is now officially national Vacation Commitment Day. Citing an “epidemic of vacation deprivation,” a nonprofit advocacy group called Take Back Your Time has devised the special day to launch […]
The Lie Employers Tell Themselves (and You)
Here’s some news from the American Ostrich Association: ostriches do not really bury their heads in the sand. But I know a species that does. It’s homo corporatus. Although the concept of work-life tension has become commonplace, many employers still operate mostly under the pretense that nobody has a life outside of work. Even in […]
Changing Demographics, Nifty Ideas, Surprising and Unsurprising Facts: What I Learned in Baltimore
I spent the second half of last week at the annual Alliance for Work Life Progress (AWLP) “Forum” in Baltimore. I love this conference, because it’s small enough to be intimate—attendees numbered about nine-dozen-and-change, by my count—but big enough that there’s always someone new to meet. The crowd is a diverse mix of HR, work-life and […]
