Recently, Wellpoint dismissed its CFO, David Colby. Wellpoint cites personal reasons. The LA Times tells us that it's the numerous mistresses he was leading supposedly exclusive relationships with. The problem here is not that executives cheat on their wives. They do it all the time. What we can take from the Wellpoint dismissal is that [...]
ParentingBlending my kids and my career (ugh)
Posted to: Parenting
June 7th, 2007
Here's what it looks like to have a flexible schedule for kids and work all day: A computer with a broken K key. Coachology: Finally, the men place high value on personal life. Get on the bandwagon
May 18th, 2007
The biggest difference between the workplace today and the workplace twenty years ago is where the friction is. It used to be that the frontier of workplace change was feminism. Today it is time. Yahoo column: The worst career advice parents give their kids
Posted to: College and grad school | Parenting
May 17th, 2007
For many young people today, the most trusted source of career advice is their parents. Unfortunately, a lot of parents are giving a lot of misguided advice to their kids. New agenda for workplace activism: Keep marriages together
May 14th, 2007
The topic of should women work or should they stay home is a baby boomer fetish topic, with Leslie Bennetts being the current poster girl. Helicopter parents challenge our assumptions about rank and class
May 8th, 2007
I loved Ryan's post about helicopter parents because, like many changes generation Y brings to the workplace, helicopter parents force me to see how much the dynamics of the workplace have changed and how what's appropriate at work today is different than what was appropriate only two or three years ago. Twentysomething: In praise of the helicopter parent
May 8th, 2007
By Ryan Healy — Recently, I have seen a slew of articles about helicopter parents. Parents of millennials are becoming very involved in the job search process. These parents feel they have the right to call their child's company to discuss benefits and relocation packages and even negotiate salary. I think this [...] Happy Passover from my blended life
Posted to: Finding a career | Parenting
April 3rd, 2007
Yesterday Ryan posted about creating a blended life. His post makes me think a lot about my own set up. I am pretty sure people would say I have a blended life: CEOs can learn from job hoppers about personal responsibility
Posted to: Management | Parenting
March 26th, 2007
Climbing to the top of corporate America requires near complete abnegation of one's personal life, not in a sacrificial way, but in a child-like way. In most cases, when there are children, there is a wife at home taking care of the executive's life in the same way she takes care of the children's lives. Don't tell me about admirable moms
Posted to: Parenting
March 1st, 2007
A couple of months ago, two people sent me the same thing: A womens' magazine was looking to interview a woman who was doing a good job balancing kids and a freelance career. My study of the six-figure pom-pom girl
Posted to: Management | Parenting
January 25th, 2007
Most of my girlfriends who make more than $100K a year were cheerleaders in school. We are from all over the United States. We are from all different types of companies. Only a few of us can do the splits. Yet we all bounced in short skirts and cheered for boys. Babysitter drama in the opt-out arena
Posted to: Parenting
December 18th, 2006
I moved to Madison without knowing anyone here. So I found a babysitter through the University of Wisconsin graduate program in early education. The woman I found was great. But she said that she was really busy, and could her boyfriend babysit instead. Harvard Business Review hides behind data about extreme jobs
December 12th, 2006
This month the Harvard Business Review has an article titled Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek (subscription required). This article presents all the research to show that the destruction of the family comes faster in situations where both parents work long hours, but the authors, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce, [...] Game plan for peaceful coexistence of kids and career
Posted to: Finding a career | Parenting
November 17th, 2006
When Carin Rosenberg and Erik Lawrence got married, they had already done a lot of planning. They had a plan for a baby (lots of hands-on parenting) and careers (no out-of-control hours), and while each were earning advanced degrees, they had no plans for high-powered jobs. Save what matters by delegating what doesn't
Posted to: Parenting | Productivity
October 13th, 2006
I am a huge fan of delegating. Part of what makes me good is that I love time management advice, and I'm constantly asking myself what is most important to me. I keep my list to about five things, and everything else is fair game for delegation. Also, I am lucky to have many traits [...] A peek at the office of the future
Posted to: Parenting
October 7th, 2006
I was checking out the information about the upcoming conference Office 2.0. I wanted to get a sense of what the future workplace would look like. There's not much information there, but I got a bit from the list of speakers: Why I like seeing women at war with each other
September 24th, 2006
Jenn Satterwhite has been ranting in my comments section, which has made me very happy. She is bringing up difficult issues and she is making me nervous about posting responses. This seems good. Friday smorgasbord
September 15th, 2006
Here are three tidbits I've collected that haven't fit in other places over the week. 9/11: Digging myself out of the debris
September 10th, 2006
I was at the World Trade Center when it fell. At each anniversary that passes I write my story, and each year it changes a little. This year, I have been thinking about that moment when I accepted death. Taking good care of a family is relative
September 7th, 2006
In response to my musings about what it means to be a blogger who is just a blogger, Alexandra Levit sent me an article about bloggers who support themselves blogging. I read it twice. Then I started checking out all the blogs, trying to uncover the secret of the million-dollar blog. |
Super Bowl Sunday coup: Times Sqare is empty, which inspires me to try to get last-minute tickets to The Lion King. Orchestra seats! Score! 2 days ago
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