Get A Life!

Are executives, male and female alike, finally saying enough is enough and making career decisions that will improve their work-life balance? Has corporate America created top management jobs that are impossible for one person to do? A recent Fortune magazine survey of top-level Fortune 500 male executives indicated that 71% would choose more time over career advancement and 98% say they're sympathetic to requests from their own reports for a better work-life balance. However, 44% also indicated that an effort for more of a work-life balance by employees would have some negative impact on their careers. What trends are you seeing in your company relative to work-life balance? Have you personally felt the need to make a choice between career advancement and better work-life balance? Are the days of 24/7 executives coming to an end?

To read the complete article, Get A Life! by Jody Miller and Matt Miller as it appeared in the November 28, 2005 issue of Fortune magazine, click here: Get A Life!

Posted by Denise Knutson, Senior Consultant, The H.S. Group.