Monthly Archives: March 2009
Management Friday: Keeping Morale High After Layoffs
Every Friday I write about a topic of particular interest to working parents who manage people. Recent reports from TIME Magazine, MSNBC, and The Los Angeles Times among others are suggesting that “layoff survivors” experience as much or more stress than … Continue reading
Filed under Management, Work
Dinner Thursday: Penne with Broccoli and Sausage
Every Thursday I post a recipe I’ve successfully made during the week using non-processed, grocery store ingredients. On weeknights I like to spend as much “playtime: as possible with Baby Bee before bed. If I get home between 6:00 and … Continue reading
AAP and Others Respond to Hanna Rosin
Hanna Rosin’s breast-feeding article is getting a lot of play in the blogs. Without being too cynical about the media, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what The Atlantic was looking for when it chose to publish her piece. Nothing sells … Continue reading
Filed under Breastfeeding and Pumping, News, Politics, Working Mom Blogs
Are Breastfeeding and Working Really Mutually Exclusive?
On the heels of Jill Lepore’s anti-pumping article in The New Yorker comes a similar piece in The Atlantic by Hanna Rosin. While the conclusions drawn are somewhat different — Lepore is pro-breastfeeding, but anti-pumping; Rosin suggests that the benefits … Continue reading
Filed under Breastfeeding and Pumping, News, Work
Finding “Inner Balance”
Podcasting is one of my favorite new technologies; I listen to podcasts at the gym, on my commute, and while I’m cooking. I’ve recently discovered TED Talks, a series of free podcasts featuring notable speakers from the TED conference. Yesterday … Continue reading
Filed under Happiness
Helping the Economoms, And Everyone Else Too
TIME Magazine had an article this week about “economoms,” stay-at-home mothers who now have to look for work to keep their households afloat because their spouses were laid off or otherwise downsized. I had very mixed feelings reading this piece. … Continue reading
Management Friday: Innovation in Economic Crisis
Every Friday I write about a topic of particular interest to working parents who manage people. The other day I heard someone on the radio say that the companies that will be left standing after this economic crisis is over … Continue reading
Filed under Management, Work
Dinner Thursday: Sausage, Potato and Lentil Mash
Every Thursday I post a recipe I’ve successfully made during the week using non-processed, grocery store ingredients. Pre-made sausage is one of the few processed foods we have in our kitchen. You can now get high quality, minimally processed, no … Continue reading
Layoffs Good for Families?
This article in today’s Associated Press (and picked us by USA Today, MSNBC, the International Herald Tribune and scads of local news sources) talks about mothers who have been laid off using the opportunity to spend more time with their kids. … Continue reading
Response to Mandatory Part-Time Post
CV Harquail at Authentic Organizations wrote a terrific response to my post on companies that opt for “downtiming” rather than layoffs, and how this might affect working mothers. CV points out that my post considers the effects on individuals; if … Continue reading
Filed under Management, News, Politics, Work
