Ripples of Influence: How to Thrive Together

Ripples of Influence: How to Thrive Together

Disher is a very special company. It is 15 years old and 120 people strong. The workLIFEstory of its founder, Jeff Disher is really the story of the organization the entire team has built. I recently met with Jeff and Dayna Beal. Dayna is an original board member and now leads Discovery and Marketing. Together, […]

7 Steps to Talk to Your Manager about Flexibility in Your Work – Asked and Answered

7 Steps to Talk to Your Manager about Flexibility in Your Work – Asked and Answered

This question was submitted as part of the Limeade Summer Reading Club where the group is reading Bring Work to Life! and (virtually) discussing work-life. Here’s the detail: How should I talk to my manager about flexibility and autonomy to choose where and how I work? What steps should I take? This is a common question and […]

Drinking the Limeade: How One Company Creates Engagement, Well-Being, and Performance

Drinking the Limeade: How One Company Creates Engagement, Well-Being, and Performance

Limeade (don’t you love the name?) is a brilliant employee engagement platform that inspires people and companies to improve their health, well-being, and performance. It’s a great mission, but really, it’s a great company too. Why? Because Limeade connects engagement and health. Their fresh approach is Bringing Work to Life for their customers and also […]

How Work-Life is Really About Marriage and Other Lessons from Oprah

How Work-Life is Really About Marriage and Other Lessons from Oprah

Rob Pasick* is an expert on work-life, leadership, men, and marriage. He’s been researching, writing, and living these topics since the early 90s – you’ve probably even seen him on Oprah. He’s also been married for 45 years which surely makes him an something of an expert. People congratulate Rob on 45 years of marriage […]

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: How to Find Happiness

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: How to Find Happiness

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and indeed, images can be very inspiring. When he was less than 10 years old, Craig Donaldson saw an image that has stuck with him for more than 20 years. It was a black and white cartoon – a small army of men in grey business suits […]

The Things They Carried (or) How to Hear Your Own Eulogy

The Things They Carried (or) How to Hear Your Own Eulogy

In ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Augustus is dying and he asks his friends Hazel and Isaac to do their eulogies for him while he is still alive. I cry at sad movies, but this scene had me weeping even more than usual. If you’re not moved by this, your heart is surely made of […]

Shine On: How to Be Brave

Shine On: How to Be Brave

“You playing small does not serve the world,” says Marian Hodges. She believes that when you let your own light shine, you give others permission to do the same. As the VP of Operations for her company, Data Reality, Marian is doing just that. She shines with some brilliant lessons and insights: Harmony and Bravery. […]

Play Ball! What Softball Has to Teach Us About Work-Life

Play Ball! What Softball Has to Teach Us About Work-Life

  Amy Sink is the CEO of Interra Credit Union and at the top of her game. She loves sports and it’s a good thing. As a wife and mother of two teenagers, she’s been attending sporting events as a ‘soccer mom’ for many, many years. When Amy writes her book (each chapter will be […]

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 […]

First Among Equals: Primus Inter Pares

First Among Equals: Primus Inter Pares

Andrew McClain* is creating his own work-life fulfillment and as the VP of HR for one of the largest companies in the world, he’s also creating it for others. What makes Andrews’s story unique is all that he’s learned from living and working in lots of places – and how he leads as a result. […]