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Topic: Center for Work-Life Policy

  
Kenan Samms
GEN Y   |  Comment

Using CSR to Motivate Gen Y and Boomer Employees

Boomers and Gen Y, the largest cohorts in the workplace, both want to “contribute to society through their labor,” according to a new article in Harvard Business Review by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Laura Sherbin, and Karen Sumberg, of ...READ»

Supporting Actors

In the workplace, there are few bigger insults than being called a ‘part-timer’. Here in the UK we’ve just learned that there’s a hefty financial penalty to choosing part-time work. A report by the government-funded Women and ...READ»

Hazardous Road Ahead: the 'Scenic' Career Route

Can women who opt out of the workforce ever get back in? That's the great unanswered question lurking behind many of the past year's stories about women ditching their corporate jobs and heading home. Until now, there had been no ...READ»

CAREERS   |  Comment

Stress: What You and Your Boss Can Do About It

We all hear about how the fast pace of life today, and how economic pressures have increased stress levels. While the bad news about stress is familiar to most of us, the good news about stress is rarely heard.READ»

Kenan Samms

"Ageism"--Next Work+Life Fit Barrier to Break?

In the past few weeks, I’ve heard a lot about aging and ageism in the workplace.  But it took reading some comments on an article I found to doing research on the candidates in Politico.com entitled, “John McCain doesn’t work ...READ»

Brenda's Back. Others Won't Be So Lucky.

A report from the past.READ»

Timothy Ferriss

Seven Questions with the 4-Hour Workweek Evangelist

We've all heard it's better to work smarter, not harder. According to author Timothy Ferriss, the real secret is figuring out how to barely work at all.READ»

Extreme Jobs (and the people who love them)

Eighty-hour weeks. Relentless travel. Unpredictable schedules. High risk, high stress. Your worst nightmare, maybe -- but a dream for a group of elite workers.READ»