Reworking Parents

Yesterday, I spoke to a mom who described how her workplace transformed from a welcoming/challenging environment to something altogether different after having her daughter. On her return from maternity leave, she was given two options: join the “mommy track”or  the “baby, what baby?” team. She described the looks of disapproval she would get from colleagues [...]

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. -Martin Luther King Jr.

I came up with my first 2011 resolution on our way back to the pediatrician’s office from the car. Sonja and I had been back and forth three times that day. We couldn’t find a spot near the office, and had to park at a meter many blocks away, so we were ten minutes late, [...]

This week at the Focus on Workplace Flexibility conference in D.C., some brilliant minds discussed the realities of flexibility today. They continued the essential effort to envision how flexibility can become the norm in the workplace and for the workforce rather than the exception. In case it’s not obvious from previous posts,  I am a [...]