Harvard business review on work and life balance : [ideas with impact].

Leading Minds and Landmark Ideas In An Easily Accessible Format From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series delivers the fundamental information today's professionals need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. With articles ranging from an in-depth look at the "mommy-track" to perspectives on telecommuting, this book will help HR professionals and employees at all levels understand the oftentimes delicate balance between our professional and personal lives. 1. Work and Life: The End of the Zero-Sum Game by Stewart D. Friedman, Perry Christensen, and Jessica DeGroot 2. Must Success Cost So Much? by Fernando Bartolome and Paul A. Lee Evans 3. When Executives Burn Out by Harry Levinson 4. The Work Alibi: When It's Harder to Go Home by Fernando Bartolome 5. Management Women and the New Facts of Life by Felice N. Schwartz 6. What Do Men Want? By Michael S. Kimmel 7. The Alternative Workplace: Changing Where and How People Work by Mahlon Apgar IV 8. A Second Career: The Possible Dream by Harry Levinson Contents 6 Work and Life: The End of the Zero-Sum Game 8 Must Success Cost So Much? 38 When Executives Burn Out 68 The Work Alibi: When It’s Harder to Go Home 88 Management Women and the New Facts of Life 110 What Do Men Want? 134 The Alternative Workplace: Changing Where and How 162 A Second Career: The Possible Dream 204 About the Contributors 226 Index 230 Harvard,business,review,on,work,and,life,balance MOST COMPANIES VIEW work and personal life as competing priorities in a zero-sum game, in which a gain in one area means a loss in the other. Intends to help HR professionals and employees at various levels understand the balance between professional and personal lives.