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Why Women Still Can't Have it All →

by Ann Marie Slaughter, The Atlantic June 13, 2012

The best hope for improving the lot of all women, and for closing what Wolfers and Stevenson call a “new gender gap”—measured by well-being rather than wages—is to close the leadership gap: to elect a woman president and 50 women senators; to ensure that women are equally represented in the ranks of corporate executives and judicial leaders. Only when women wield power in sufficient numbers will we create a society that genuinely works for all women. That will be a society that works for everyone.

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Redefining Success: What’s Flex Got To Do With It →

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, via Linked In (7/24/13)

A slew of recent studies, including the recent LifeTwist study commissioned by American Express, find that rather than traditional measures of material wealth, intangibles, such as a good marriage, having a good balance between work and personal life, and being able to take a day off when desired, have soared in importance.  The fact is, flex time can boost a business’s bottom line. CTI research finds that companies that actively endorse flex work are talent magnets for the best and brightest who ultimately boost the bottom line.
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