Balancing work and family

How to assess your priorities in a job search.

“If you’re unhappy at work, you’re probably unhappy in life.”

An entrepreneur’s widow wonders whether to lean in to work or step back.

A new study shows how the act of caregiving helps people develop skills that positively impact culture, retention, and the bottom line.

Ask yourself: What isn’t serving me anymore?

Five steps you can take to manage a boss that’s making both of your lives harder.

We’ve all made choices we wish we could take back. These three research-backed strategies can help us process and move forward.

A multi-year study following more than 370 low-wage families found that children’s developmental outcomes were significantly affected by their parents’ work lives.

Small tweaks can make a big impact.

It can be draining — but it can also make us more likely to help our colleagues.

Myth #1: School and childcare are back to normal.

It’s a secret weapon for achieving organizational diversity.

Three strategies to help you make the judgment call.

Four research-backed strategies to help you balance going the extra mile at work and being a good partner at home.

A guide to the conversations that leaders, managers, and parents need to be having right now.

Women leaders tend to have more engaged teams and drive better job performance — and their departures can hurt organizations for years to come.

A career-supporting partner is a wonderful thing. But it’s not always an option.

Black women are often “the onlys” in their organizations, often leading to tremendous pressure and responsibility.

Most organizations approach flexibility either as an ad hoc work-life accommodation or as permission for employees to get their work done on their own...

Overworked? Overwhelmed? You're not alone. The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for their jobs,...

Salma Qarnain, daughter of Pakistani Muslim immigrants, is an engineer trained at Stanford and MIT. She began her career building spacecrafts but 30 years...

Deborah Lovich, Partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to join the firm's Executive Committee as...

Barry Sloane, second-generation Chairman, President, and CEO of his family's bank, Century Bank, weighed whether to sell to Eastern Bank. As a small regional...

You're only one person--but you're not alone. As a single parent, you know your life is different from the other working parents around you. With the...

Navigate work successfully as a first-time parent. Just when you're starting to figure out parenting, all of a sudden your leave time is over. You're...

Maryam and Sameer, brother and sister, were searching for an apartment in Hitech City, Hyderabad. Recent college graduates who were now starting jobs...

Build your careers, your family, and your life--together. When you're part of a two-career family, you manage the competing demands of your careers, child-rearing,...

This case provides updates on Deborah Lovich's decision and how she navigated her work and family responsibilities over the following decade.

Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,...

This case describes the rise of Cassius Clay, who later called himself Muhammad Ali, from the poor streets of Louisville, Kentucky to international fame....

Everything you need to have a successful career and be the dad you want to be. Finally, we've moved past the days when providing for your family meant...

George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the...

This case provides further updates on Deborah Lovich's decision, as well as reflections from her family and mentors on her path.

Ivan and Lana Kuznetsov are a dual-career couple and parents to four young children. Having immigrated to Canada from Russia in 2012, they are both in...

Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,...

Manage the competing demands of working motherhood. As a working mother, you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and...

In the spring of 2005, an exhausted Philip McCrea, president and CEO of software development company VitesseLearning, reflects on the demands of his successful...

This case describes how caregiving responsibilities influence American employees, firms, and the broader economy. It details how sociodemographic trends...

What does true flexibility look like? Most organizations approach it in one of two ways: as an ad hoc work-life accommodation available upon request,...

When we define what we need to feel secure, we can do wonders for our well-beings.

Ask yourself: What isn’t serving me anymore?

Successful partnerships sidestep predictable traps and master three challenging transitions.

Overworked? Overwhelmed? You're not alone. The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for their jobs,...

Interviews with 42 male consultants explore how prestige and earning power intertwine.

Supporting employees with children should be a long-term process.

Put on your oxygen mask before assisting others.

Assemble trusted advisors for every aspect of your life.

If you don't, you're leaving money (and your health) on the table.