Author Archives: Carol Bryce Buchanan

Helping in the Face of Disaster

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: January 25, 2010
On January 14th, Ellen Galinsky, President of Families and Work Institute, sent an email to Institute friends and colleagues asking them to tell us in a sentence or two what they or their organizations were doing to: • send aid to Haiti; • support Haitian American employees and their families in the US and in the Caribbean; • support American and [...]
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Research highlights from Working Mother Congress 2009

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: January 4, 2010
On December 15th, FWI hosted an “encore” of the research panel “New Results/Next Steps” convened for the 2009 Working Mother WorkLife Congress. The panel gives an excellent perspective on why flexible work options are so important to companies and employees. You can download the presentation here, or listen to a podcast of the call. We were [...]
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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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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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