Work + Life: Finding the Fit That's Right for You Finding the Fit That's Right for You

by Yost, Cali Williams

• ISBN13: 9781573222686
• ISBN10: 1573222682
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-12
• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover

Summary

Even though they had never seen anyone else do it, they asked. Two women bond traders on Wall Street now share one job. A young attorney works nights from home so that he can take a day off each week to drive his mother to the doctor's; the evening billable hours keep him on the partner track. An office manager goes to work a half-hour early each morning so that he can coach his daughter's soccer team on Thursday afternoons. It's a small change that makes a big difference. Do these sound like things only other people can do? Is the freedom to change how, when, why, and where you work something that a lucky few have achieved, rather than something within your grasp? In Work+Life, Cali Williams Yost shows how you can do it too. Over the last ten years, she's worked with thousands of employees and managers, helping facilitate arrangements like these. She has consulted to Fortune 500 companies, as well as coached individuals, and from this experience has developed the comprehensive 3 Step Work+Life process. Step 1 helps you get rid of such misconceptions as "I can only ask for the kind of flexibility that's listed in my company's work/life brochure," or "Flexible schedules are just for working mothers."

Author Biography

Cali Williams Yost earned her Master's in Business Administration at Columbia University, and then worked as a Senior Research Associate and Consultant for Fortune 500 companies with the Families and Work Institute. With ten years of work/life industry experience, she is currently the president and founder of Work/Life Visions, Inc. and conducts workshops as well as does individual work/life coaching.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction: How Do You Find a Better Way to Fit Work into Your Life?	p. 1
What Is Work+Life Fit?	p. 17
The Work+Life Fit Fundamentals
Taking the Initiative	p. 41
Seeing the Possibilities	p. 49
Asking and Getting to Yes	p. 58
Believing You Add Value	p. 64
Making the Business Case	p. 69
Knowing That Your Reason Is a Good Reason	p. 76
Being Flexible	p. 90
Being Patient and Persistent	p. 93
The Work+Life Fit Roadblocks
The Success Roadblock	p. 103
The Fear Roadblock	p. 145
The Resistance Roadblock	p. 159
The In-the-Box-Thinking Roadblock	p. 171
The Work+Life Fit Roadmap
Creating a Vision	p. 185
The Tools You Need	p. 190
Putting It All Together	p. 220
Making Your Vision a Reality	p. 230
Company Work/Life Policies	p. 242
Job Tasks, Workload, and Scheduling	p. 249
Corporate Culture	p. 262
Work Style	p. 270
Personal Finances	p. 277
Career and Personal Expectations	p. 287
Child Care and Elder Care	p. 299
Your Partner's Reality and Expectations	p. 305
Building Your Business Case	p. 315
Proposing Your Work+Life Fit	p. 327
Negotiating Your Work+Life Fit	p. 337
Implementing Your Work+Life Fit	p. 351
Work+Life Fit "Quick Fix" Checklist	p. 361
Resource Section	p. 363
Working Mother Magazine's Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers 2003	p. 371
Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2003	p. 373
Notes	p. 375
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