Monthly Archives: November 2009

Time Management- a Perfect Holiday Coping Tool

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: November 25, 2009
I listened to Sue Shellenbarger, the work life columnist from The Wall Street Journal, being interviewed by Brian Lehrer of NY Public Radio last week. In her November 18th column, Sue wrote about her experiments with three well-respected time management systems. As we are heading into the holidays, and I am grappling with end of [...]
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H1N1and Seasonal Flu Preparedness: What Are Companies Doing?

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: November 23, 2009
As we have done in other times of national emergency or concern, Families and Work Institute is sharing “best practices” from our corporate network regarding preparedness for H1N1 and seasonal flu. Collecting and sharing examples of what organizations like yours are doing will benefit employees, employers and the public at large. To read how companies are [...]
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What does it mean to provide for your family?

By Morra | Published: November 19, 2009
Two stories, on the flip side of parenting, each moving and sad and familiar to all too many: 21-year old Alexis Hutchinson is the parent of a 10 month old boy. She is a single parent. She is a cook in the Army, and she had orders to deploy to Afghanistan on Nov. 5, but she [...]
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The importance of leaders with perspective

By Morra | Published: November 18, 2009
One of my favorite bloggers, The Mama Bee, writes A few years ago in a board of directors meeting, the president of my company was in the middle of a presentation when her cell phone rang; she looked at the display and saw that her son was calling.  Concerned that there might be an emergency, she [...]
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Relaunching your career: notes from the iRelaunch Forum

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: November 11, 2009
On October 29th, I represented the Families and Work Institute at the Career Relaunch Forum at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. I am a relauncher myself, having returned to work after a 14 year hiatus raising my children and organizing community programs, so the Forum was of particular interest to me. I wish these [...]
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TGI…Thursday?

By FWInews | Published: November 9, 2009
A piece in New York magazine by Jennifer Senior asks, “Can Albany help solve the state-budget crisis by taking Fridays off? “Two Augusts ago, the state of Utah mandated a four-day workweek for most employees of the executive branch, on the theory that closing government offices on Fridays would save about $3 million in gas and [...]
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Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu Pandemic

By FWInews | Published: November 3, 2009
From the New York Times: Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness. “We were sending 12 and [...]
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Gen Y Women Are Influential

By Morra | Published: November 1, 2009
A new study of 1,018 women ages 18-49 finds Gen Y or Millennial women are highly influential to women of other generations, especially when it comes to word of mouth recommendations: Gen Y women are a major force in determining cultural trends and setting the pace for style. The survey found that 92% of Gen Y [...]
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