Monthly Archives: June 2009

Video blogging your wishes for the future of work life

By Morra | Published: June 30, 2009
At the Families and Work Institute’s Work Life Legacy Awards on June 15, we had the opportunity to pin down a number of the field’s leaders and ask them, “What’s your one wish for the future of work life?” We’ve highlighted a few thought provoking responses below. And we’re curious to hear from you- – [...]
Posted in FWI news, Flexible work, Work Life Integration | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Where in the news is FWI?

By FWInews | Published: June 29, 2009
Families and Work Institute media highlights for the week of June 22-26, 2009. Work & Fatherhood: Peaceful Revolution: Millennial Dads Bend Traditional Gender Roles In this Huffington Post article, Nanette Fondas uses Families and Work Institute research to show that traditional roles of men and women are shifting and that men’s attitudes towards this shift, more so than [...]
Posted in Early childhood, FWI news, Families, Flexible work, Men/Fathers | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Jumping back on the ladder- a conversation with Harvard’s Christine Heenan

By Morra | Published: June 25, 2009
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post Brenda Barnes, now CEO of Sara Lee, has gotten a lot of press because she left the corporate workforce for a decade to spend more time with her children, and recently returned to be CEO of a major company. Barnes is indeed a rare person, and women can make themselves feel [...]
Posted in Flexible work, Sloan Awards, Women/Mothers, Work Life Integration, Workforce/Workplace | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Where in the news is FWI?

By FWInews | Published: June 24, 2009
This is the debut of a weekly series highlighting where Families and Work Institute appears in the national media. Expecting Mothers: The New Normal: Maternity Leave This piece by ABC’s Good Morning America draws attention to current Maternity Leave policies in the United States and highlights the struggles of pregnant women throughout the workforce during the recession. [...]
Posted in FWI news, Generation and gender, Uncategorized, Women/Mothers, Work Life Integration, Workforce/Workplace | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Welcome to our 20th Anniversary

By Ellen Galinsky | Published: June 16, 2009
Welcome to our blog. I hope this website provides new resources and ideas for professionals who work in the work life field. I hope it will provide an online outlet for the vibrant discussions practitioners have each day. I also hope it provides inspiration, guidance, and empowering facts to those who are looking for different [...]
Posted in FWI news, Families, Flexible work, Research, Sloan Awards, Supporting Work Program, WhenWorkWorks, Workforce/Workplace | Leave a comment

Talking Womenomics with Claire Shipman and Katty Kay

By Morra | Published: June 14, 2009
Flexibility at work “isn’t like a favor you hand out at a children’s birthday party.” It’s good for business and good for people. “For the past 30 years [women] were happy to sit quietly at the boardroom table and that’s changed: the boardroom table has to change. We think that can finally happen now.” These were the [...]
Posted in Economy, FWI news, Flexible work, Women/Mothers, Work Life Integration, Workforce/Workplace | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Welcome

By ksakai | Published: June 11, 2009
Welcome to the blog of the Families and Work Institute. On this site you’ll hear from the Institute’s staff and research team, including President and co-Founder Ellen Galinsky. We will also feature special guest bloggers. We will discuss work, family, early childhood, work life integration (aka work life balance), business, workplace, telecommuting, career, research, statistics, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment