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Your Family Needs a “Board of Directors”
by Priscilla Claman
Quick Takes
- Assemble a team of people to help you think about family issues
- Include a diverse range of ages and viewpoints
- Stay in touch regularly
- Solicit their help when making tough decisions
- Return the favor
Many of the roles we play in our lives do not fit neatly into professional and personal categories. Work and family life are often eroding into each other and coping with life’s challenges in this ambiguous context can become a real challenge, but there’s an office practice that can help: mentoring.
Our thinking about professional mentoring has evolved in recent years. The traditional model involved a senior-level mentor who advised and actively promoted the careers of ...
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