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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
audience, which included several previous Goldman employees. One former Goldman analyst asked how work-life balance — which Paulson urged his audience to seek — can be achieved when a job demands more than... View Details
- July–August 2020
- Article
Make the Most of Your Relocation
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
Although the COVID-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Geographic mobility can pay off... View Details
Keywords: Relocation; Mobility; Personal Development and Career; Geographic Location; Work-Life Balance
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Make the Most of Your Relocation." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 4 (July–August 2020): 104–113.
- September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Compilation
Time Distribution and Interaction Patterns for PEARL Project Team: Work Patterns at Ditto (D)
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Provides data to enable students to analyze how software engineers spend their time. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Perlow, Leslie A. "Time Distribution and Interaction Patterns for PEARL Project Team: Work Patterns at Ditto (D)." Harvard Business School Compilation 404-058, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 2004
- Book
Having It All...And Making It Work: Six Steps for Putting Both Your Career and Your Family First
By: D. Quinn Mills, Sasha Mattu and Kirstin Hornby
Mills, D. Quinn, Sasha Mattu, and Kirstin Hornby. Having It All...And Making It Work: Six Steps for Putting Both Your Career and Your Family First. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004.
- 1977
- Book
Work and Family in the United States: A Critical Review and Policy Agenda
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. Work and Family in the United States: A Critical Review and Policy Agenda. Social Science Frontiers. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1977. (Reprintings: Chapters 1-3 in Family Business Review (featured classic), vol. 2, spring 1989, pp. 77-114.)
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
that your survey found that 70% of working parents call work-life balance a "non-negotiable" when they're job hunting. So are you seeing businesses respond to the pressure that their employees are feeling?... View Details
- September 2012
- Case
Getting Back to Your Roots: Rose Carpenter's Story
By: John A. Davis, Janet Kraus and Lisa Strope
Rose Carpenter is a successful entrepreneur who is considering the personal implications of leaving the business she created to pursue her own interests. View Details
Keywords: Career Planning; Entrepreneurs; Life Planning; Work-Life Balance; Entrepreneurship; Decisions
Davis, John A., Janet Kraus, and Lisa Strope. "Getting Back to Your Roots: Rose Carpenter's Story." Harvard Business School Case 813-077, September 2012.
- 10 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
COVID-19 is claiming an unexpected career toll among scientific researchers, and particularly on women, new research shows. If you are female, have young children, or work in a lab, you are more likely to feel the career-crunching effects dealt by the pandemic,... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room
of family members, taking care of bills, managing personal relationships, balancing work-life with family. You've got a lot of players who are married, that have children. And spend a lot of time away from... View Details
- February 2014
- Article
Toward a Model of Work Redesign for Better Work and Better Life
By: Leslie A. Perlow and Erin L. Kelly
Flexible work accommodations provided by employers purport to help individuals struggling to manage work and family demands. The underlying model for change is accommodation—helping individuals accommodate their work demands with no changes in the structure of work or... View Details
Perlow, Leslie A., and Erin L. Kelly. "Toward a Model of Work Redesign for Better Work and Better Life." Work and Occupations 41, no. 1 (February 2014): 111–134.
- May 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Robin J. Ely and Susan Wojewoda
Explores the career challenges facing highly successful women who leave the full-time workforce for several years to manage family commitments. Carol Cohen is a 1985 Harvard MBA who has professional line experience in a manufacturing environment, followed by a... View Details
Hart, Myra M., Robin J. Ely, and Susan Wojewoda. "Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-185, May 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
"Success has always been an American preoccupation, but the definition of success takes on a new urgency today, when every conventional measure of success seems to have a faster burn rate than ever before," say Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson. The HBS faculty... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- November 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments
By: Francesca Gino and Lakshmi Ramarajan
In 2018, Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments, the largest minority-owned investment firm in the United States, was considering how best to divide her time and use her position and personal characteristics to push for positive change at her firm and in... View Details
Keywords: Female Protagonist; African-American Protagonist; Investment Management; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Financial Services Industry; Chicago
Gino, Francesca, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments." Harvard Business School Case 419-041, November 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- Web
Collections | Working Knowledge
Collections Featured Topics Economics and Global Commerce Insights on global economics: debt, trade with China, microfinance, and politics' impact on commerce and growth. Career and Workplace Get expert insights on workplace challenges and career growth—from AI hiring... View Details
- Career Coach
Doug Lester
expertise in helping the people he coaches craft a work-life narrative that is relevant and compelling to networks, future colleagues and key decision-makers. He coaches students and alumni with a wide variety of interests, with an... View Details
- August 11, 2023
- Article
How CEOs Can Navigate the Emotional Labor of Leadership
By: Nitin Nohria
Although the CEO role comes with power, pay, and privilege, it also involves emotional labor, as leaders feel the toll of making divisive and unpopular decisions. This aspect of the job has become more challenging the last few years. This article offers leaders four... View Details
Nohria, Nitin. "How CEOs Can Navigate the Emotional Labor of Leadership." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 11, 2023).
- 22 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense against the 24/7 Work Culture
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
Editor's note:When it comes to improving your leadership abilities, Professor Robert Steven Kaplan is a big believer in starting with a look in the mirror. In fact, he wrote a book on that subject: What To Ask The Person In The Mirror: Critical Questions For Becoming A... View Details
- January–February 2024
- Article
The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work over Time: A Daily Perspective on Passion and Emotional Exhaustion
By: Joy Bredehorst, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through a... View Details
Bredehorst, Joy, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work over Time: A Daily Perspective on Passion and Emotional Exhaustion." Organization Science 35, no. 1 (January–February 2024): 364–386.