Retirement: An Unexpected Work/Life Challenge

Posted by Karen on Apr 12, 2018 in Community Groups, Corporations, Employee Resource Group, Virtual Café | 0 comments

I started my career in the age of “you can have it all” in the late 1970’s. Over the next 40 years, my husband and I had four children while we both worked. I enjoyed my career and loved my family. But, like others, I struggled to find the trade-offs to create a manageable work/life blend. “You can have it all” was impossibly stressful! (Most likely jump starting the work/life balance movement.)...

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How has Work/Life changed for Boomers? Then vs Now.

Posted by Karen on Jul 25, 2015 in Community Groups, Corporations, Employee Resource Group | 0 comments

The Traditionalist generation had a cultural norm that “men worked and women stayed home with the children.”  But then, a work/life shift occurred in the 1970’s. Boomer generation women joined the workforce at increasingly higher levels. I entered the workforce as a chemical engineer in 1979 at the steepest part of the curve. Boomer women in the 1970’s and 80’s experienced a time of...

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Do hawks have work/life issues?

Posted by Karen on Mar 8, 2015 in Corporations, Employee Resource Group | 0 comments

I had the pleasure of speaking on my favorite topic – work/life pursuit – with the members of the Scotts Women’s Network at their HQ situated in the rural beauty of Marysville, Ohio.  The venue was a Lunch & Learn sponsored by WELD (Women for Economic Leadership & Development). In the middle of the Lunch & Learn we had a visitor come join us.  A hawk swooped down next to the...

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Inspired by Walla Walla

Posted by Karen on Jan 19, 2015 in Corporations | 0 comments

One can’t help but to be inspired looking out at the rolling hills in Walla Walla WA.  I was in Walla Walla and in the mood for inspiration.  I conducted a Work Life Pursuit workshop for the Corps of Engineers. The workshop was enriched by the diversity of the participants. Occupations: Park Ranger, Budget Analyst, Accountant, Environmental Compliance, Fish/Water Quality Assurance,...

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Book Review: “You Raised Us – Now Work With Us” – A Fresh Look at Millennials in the Multigenerational WorkForce

Posted by Karen on Nov 2, 2014 in Corporations, Employee Resource Group, Virtual Café | 0 comments

You Raised Us – Now Work With Us by Lauren Stiller Rikleen will appeal to all generations who work in today’s multigenerational workforce.  The book focuses on Millennials as they march forward to becoming 75% of the workforce in 2025. As a mom of four Millennials, a former corporate executive and now a speaker on the topic of work/life, the title alone attracted me to this book. Although...

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