April 2019
Beginner
272 pages
3h 58m
English
book
HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance
by Harvard Business Review, Stewart D. Friedman, Elizabeth Grace Saunders, Peter Bregman, Daisy Wademan Dowling
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Contents
1. Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
Integrate the four domains of your life: work, home, community, self.
BY STEWART D. FRIEDMAN
2. Assessment: Are You Focusing on What’s Important to You?
Where are you actually spending your time and attention?
BY STEWART D. FRIEDMAN
SECTION TWO: Make Decisions and Manage Your Time
A framework for managing your toughest trade-offs.
BY ERIC C. SINOWAY
4. Make Room in Your Work Life for the Rest of Your Self
Manage your portfolio of identities.
BY BRIANNA CAZA, LAKSHMI RAMARAJAN, ERIN REID, AND STEPHANIE CREARY
5. Before You Agree to Take on New Work, Ask Three Questions
Shed your “shoulds.”
BY REGAN WALSH
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