The Same, but Completely Different
Managing your career when hundreds of hopes and pressures and intentions are attached to every sphere of your life.
by Daisy Dowling, Series Editor
Take Stock and Set Your Vision
1. How to Build a Meaningful Career
Do legacy and freedom trump salary and prestige for you?
by Amy Gallo
2. Work + Home + Community + Self
Don’t balance. Integrate.
by Stewart D. Friedman
Check your perception to learn and grow.
by Carolyn O’Hara
Find new ways to connect and communicate.
by Scott Edinger
Set Goals and Make Career Choices
5. Increase the Odds of Achieving Your Goals by Setting Them with Your Family
A different type of family planning.
by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman
6. Flex Work, Part-Time, and Laterals, Oh My!
Adventures in alternative work arrangements.
by Michele Benton
7. Winning Support for Flexible Work
Propose something that works for you—and your org.
by Amy Gallo
8. Make Part-Time Work for You
One mom’s story of juggling a career with three kids.
An Interview with Kristin McElderry by Amy Gallo
9. How to Decide Whether to Relocate for a Job
Assess the impact on your family.
by Rebecca Knight
Navigate on and off the Career Ramp
10. When You’re Leaving Your Job Because of Your Kids
Transition from one role to the next with grace.
by Daisy Dowling
11. Ramp Up Your Career After Parental Leave
First, decide what you want.
by Lisa Quest
12. Bring All of Your Identities to Work
CEO, mentor, partner, parent, child (and personal chef, party planner, mediator).
by Carrie Kerpen
13. How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work
Curiosity, communication, and initiation.
by Jennifer Petriglieri
14. Being a Two-Career Couple Requires a Long-Term Plan
Design your vision together.
by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
15. A Guide to Balancing Eldercare and Career
When no one throws you a “your mom broke her hip” party.
by Liz O’Donnell
16. Working Parents Need a “Parenting Posse”
Find your tribe.
by Alison Beard
17. Create Your Own Personal Board of Directors
Assemble trusted advisers for every aspect of your life.
by Priscilla Claman
18. Making Time for Networking as a Working Parent
Maintain connections.
by David Burkus
19. What I Learned About Working Parenthood After My Kids Grew Up
It happens just as fast as people say.
by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox