Craig*, a VP of inventory for a food packaging company, had always been a high performer. He had been with the company three years, had a reputation for taking an innovative approach, and had good relationships with his team. Craig’s boss, Louise*, had come to...
The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory lists divorce as the number two stress in life, right below the death of a spouse, but above jail and serious personal illness or injury. This probably doesn’t come as a surprise for those of us who’ve had to go through it. Divorce wreaks havoc...
Is there a hidden war going on in the workplace between employees with children and employees without? In a recent New York Times article about flextime (“When the Work-Life Scales Are Unequal”), child-free workers are pitted against those who are parents, haggling over who does more...