Unfinished business
My review of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s new book, Unfinished Business, ran in today’s Wall Street Journal. (If you are not a WSJ subscriber, you can try …Read More
Category Archives: Career
Conquer the world in 40 hours a week
I’ve been somewhat obsessed lately with the idea of “maximum sustainable progress.” Some people’s careers are not just productive but prolific. How do they structure …Read More
The Working Dad’s Survival Guide: An interview with Scott Behson
Today I'm excited to turn this blog over to Scott Behson, author of The Working Dad's Survival Guide: How to Succeed at Work and at …Read More
Using time in the car
I drove up to Bristol, CT on Wednesday in order to speak at an ESPN Women event Thursday morning. I was interviewed by the wonderful …Read More
To Daycare On Time – Working Mother Sticky Situations Videos
Back in April, I recorded several videos with Working Mother magazine about “sticky situations” working parents face. I’m happy to be able to share them …Read More
Guilt: my least favorite interview question
As I’ve done interviews about I Know How She Does It, I get asked a lot about guilt. I have worked out an answer because …Read More
The art of the mini-retreat
I wrote a post for Fast Company recently on how to create a mini retreat. I realized it had been a while since I’d done …Read More
Work from Home – Working Mother Sticky Situations Videos
Back in April, I recorded several videos with Working Mother magazine about “sticky situations” working parents face. I’m happy to be able to share them …Read More
The internship skill I use daily
It’s intern season, which means that offices everywhere are filled with an uncharacteristic number of young people seeing what office life is all about. No …Read More
Do kids make you more productive?
Several alert readers sent me KJ Dell’Antonia’s Motherlode post on a study finding that academic economists with 2+ children were more productive than those without …Read More