Shake it Off: How Taylor Swift + Macroeconomics = Work-Life Integration

Shake it Off: How Taylor Swift + Macroeconomics = Work-Life Integration

Jeremy Blaney’s work right now is school. He is in a Master’s program for HR and international business at Tufts University in Boston. In addition, he has served in the Air Force. Through this experience, he recognizes that sometimes work-life integration requires a bit of light-heartedness in the face of all that stress we face. […]

Painting on Purpose: How Strengthening Our Creativity Muscles Makes Us Better at Everything

Painting on Purpose: How Strengthening Our Creativity Muscles Makes Us Better at Everything

Shawn Murphy loves to paint. He is also in the midst of a life shift. He is giving up the security of his previous role, moving in to the unknown, and starting something new. In the process, he is brilliantly integrating work and life. Until recently, Shawn was a principal consultant with Achieved Strategies, but […]

Mommy, Leadership is a Process, Isn’t It?

Mommy, Leadership is a Process, Isn’t It?

Some parenting gurus suggest playing foreign language recordings for children so their brains will be wired to learn new languages more readily. Kris Downing* played leadership books on tape for her toddler son. She wasn’t doing it for brain development though. Instead, for Kris, it was all about integrating work and life. And she’s succeeded […]

Work When it Works: The Wisdom of Working on Vacation

Work When it Works: The Wisdom of Working on Vacation

How does Cynthia Kay* define work-life integration? She doesn’t. As the founder and owner of Cynthia Kay & Co and the author of Small Business for Big Thinkers, she says work and life are all connected and there’s no separation. As a small business owner for 28 years in a highly technical field, she reinvents […]

A Family of One

A Family of One

When she was 27, a co-worker told Ginny Giles* that she should be the one to work late because she had no family (she was unmarried without children). Another co-worker said that Ginny should be paid less for doing the same work because she didn’t have children to support. (What???) Ginny knew these were fundamentally […]

Detergent for Dignity

Detergent for Dignity

Recently, we donated holiday gift baskets. These were laundry baskets filled with mundane suppliers like detergent, dryer sheets, and dish liquid. It turns out they were also rife with dignity. Here’s the thank you note I received from the agency (Good Samaritan Center) where we donated them: “Thank you again for the laundry baskets! They […]