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::Improving Work-Life Balance—What Are Other Countries Doing?
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
This detailed governmental report conducted by the Canadian department of labour sheds light on work-life balance issues in a wide array of countries, including New Zealand, The Netherlands, the U.K. and France.
::Is Work-Life Balance a Global Issue—or has the U.S. Culture Simply Exported the Issue?
Ted Childs
Ted Childs, vice president of global workforce diversity for IBM, describes how his company, along with many others, ensure a healthy work-life balance by prioritizing the issue in their business communities around the world.
::A Work-Life Balance for All?
Will Hutton
Will Hutton, chief executive of the Work Foundation, argues that our focus on work-life balance is more than just a passing fad, and predicts that it will be a prominent issue well into the future.
::Work-Life Balance Quiz
Randall S. Hansen
Take this quiz to find out how well you balance life outside the workplace with your professional career.
::Balance: The new workplace perk
S. Brent Ridge
When a healthy work-life balance becomes a top concern for desirable candidates, businesses quickly take note. Dr. Ridge, executive health columnist for Forbes.com, provides insight on how companies are adapting to the needs of their high-level employees.
::The Work Life Balance Sheet So Far
John Lewison
Lewison looks at the successes and failures of the various work-life programs offered in today’s workplace, including flextime, telecommuting and job sharing.
::Americans Demand Better Work-Life Balance
Nic Paton
Two new polls show that in the face of gloomy economic forecasts, workers continue to rate work-life balance as their top priority.
::Five Tips for Better Work-Life Balance
Sherry Rauh
Five quick and easy steps that can help you reassess and recognize your most important priorities.
::Work-Home Balance? It’s called a life
Kurt Ronn
With today’s multigenerational workforce and growing diversity in the work place, a single solution for the dilemma of work-life balance just won’t do. The answer may lie in abandoning the notion of separating work from life and instead finding a way to combine them harmoniously.
::When the Work-Life Balance Becomes a See-Saw
Paul Rubens
Have developments in communication technology and an increasingly demanding work environment translated into longer work days, with many workers putting in unpaid hours while working from home?
::Workplace Flexibility Revives Employees, In and Out of the Office
Work-life balance may be as beneficial to the employer as it is to the employee. This CNN article explores practicle examples of work-life balance and their real-life applications.
::Work-Life Balance Boosts Workplace Ethics
Ellen Wolfhorst
A recent poll suggests that a healthy work-life balance leads employees to partake in more ethical behavior at the workplace. However, the inverse also holds true.
::Work-Life Balance
Ellen Galinksy, co-founder and president of Families and Work Institute, has been involved with the work-life balance issue for over 15 years and continues to be a leading expert. In this interview, Galinsky answers a wide spectrum of questions and shares her knowledge on the subject.
::Work-Life Balance: A different cut
Stephen R. Covey
Dr. Covey gives advice on establishing a healthy personal and professional balance and provides enlightening, if not outright surprising, figures culled from a recent poll of 23,000 U.S. employees.
::Is Your Work-Life Balance Killing Your Chances of Freelancing Success?
Lea Woodward
These tips will ensure that you strike the right balance between your freelancing life and your other life.
