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The Founders of FlexPaths, Guest Bloggers and Community Bloggers will share their ideas and thoughts on a regular basis. Make comments or drop them a line.
Taking the High Road
by Karol RoseI want to share another 'learning' from my training for the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. As I mentioned, getting ready to walk 26 miles in one day required a lot of time on the road. I found myself taking the same path every time I trained. After a while I wasn't even aware of my surroundings. I was on automatic pilot, just trying to get the miles in that I needed for training on a given day. Not unlike I can get in my day-to-day routine as I try to manage a hectic career and personal life. |
Do You Hide Your Inner Bruce Wayne?
by Stew FriedmanWith my sons and wife, I was among the teeming masses at the movies last night to view the most awaited film of the year, The Dark Knight. I promise not to give away the story here. I’ll just raise a few questions that might help us learn something about leadership and life from this version of Batman and his admirable quest to be a useful citizen, a savior, for dear Gotham. Like most great superheroes, Batman lives a dual life. Unlike others, whose powers are born of some quirk in the physical world (the alien Superman, the accidental Spiderman), Bruce Wayne (Batman’s alter ego) makes a deliberate—and painful—choice to cultivate his extraordinary skills for fighting evil-doers, and to sacrifice much in his life by doing so. |
Master the Art of Interruptibility
by Stew FriedmanSince the publication of my book a month ago, I've been speaking at companies and communities nationwide. There's one refrain I hear over and over: “I can't escape. Performance demands engulf continually. I feel like I'm permanently at work!” In my talks, I like to propose a small experiment that helps both to elucidate this problem and to think about practical solutions. Let's try it now. It's simple: Send your Blackberry to me at The Wharton School, and I'll send it back to you in 3 days. (No, I will not do your emails.) |
Google Child Care Challenges - Could Flex Help?
by Meryl RosenthalOver the holiday weekend, I noticed an interesting article in The New York Times, Talking Business, 'On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble.' So much of this discussion is top-of-mind for challenges in the workplace, and how Flexibility can provide more options to people facing child care issues. The article covered the classic tug of war about employer-provided child care: |
Whoever said this would be easy? But we have to try.
by Cali YostLast week I asked a friend who doesn’t have children her thoughts on Lisa Belkin’s article in The New York Times about equal parenting. She responded, “It made it look so hard, I can see why women choose to stay home. It seems easier” Then she asked what I thought, and I was somewhat surprised by my response, “I guess I wonder whoever told us this would be easy. The couples in the article are trying.” |