Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged lunch, networking, working from home on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had trouble finding time to blog lately. To help myself get a bit more disciplined, I’m succuming to a tried and true blogger tactic - the weekly column.
A lot of folks who juggle work and family life have the amazing opportunity of doing them both in the same place - working from home. I’ve [...]
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged ideas, work/life on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My company is in the business of helping our clients generate insights and ideas. Finding out what really matters to people in the world, recognizing what it is and how it can impact the creation of new products, services, new businesses or new directions for a brand, and identifying what those new ideas and directions [...]
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged committing to work, expectation setting, work/life, working moms on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I had a chance to have dinner with an old friend the other night. Once we got through the stories about how cute our kids are and the stories about what our mutual friends are now doing, we started comparing notes on the whole part-time working mom thing.
We both love working part time and really value the time [...]
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged engagement, learning on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I bought two great 3 piece puzzles by Melissa & Doug over a year ago. Both have animals that are easy for the monkeys to recognize and really big pieces with big knobs to hold onto. The monkeys started playing with them when they were about 12 months old, and could do them by 18 months. Today, I was organizing the toys and put [...]
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged childcare, committing to work, guilt, Parenting Wisdom, sick kids, work/life, working moms on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been working part time since the monkeys were born. When I first went back to work it was two days a week and over the last two years it’s slowly inched up to four days a week. That actually seems like the right amount for me to be able to feel somewhat successful in my career [...]
Posted in Career Satisfaction on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
I love my job, most of the time. But I’ve been doing it for a long time, and I’m also interested in pushing the boundaries, trying on new roles, and learning new things.
The other day, a colleague called me and asked me to participate in a meeting I’d really like to participate in, playing a [...]
Posted in Career Satisfaction, Managing Talent, tagged career planning, committing to work, Millenials, work/life on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I read Marci Alboher’s Shifting Careers blog in the New York Times on Saturday, and have been thinking about her Friday post it all weekend.
She pointed to Marc Andreessen’s posts about creating a successful career. He makes some interesting points in the entries. I especially like what he has to say about making sure that you expose [...]
