Balancing Your Life

Executive Lessons for Work, Family and Self

Business & Finance, Career Planning & Job Hunting, Careers, Management & Leadership, Motivational

• Author: James G S Clawson
• ISBN: 9789814338479
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication: July 30, 2009
• Imprint: WSPC
• Language: English

The balance between work and family life is the single most commonly mentioned issue among senior executives worldwide. This book provides a framework for analyzing immediate and long-term balance. Using case studies of how twelve or more executives in various industries have handled the challenge, readers are invited throughout the volume to compare their current structures with those of the subjects in the cases presented.

Contents:

• The Symphony of Life
• Adult Life and Career Stages
• The Nature of Success: What Do You Want?
• A Week in the Life of an Investment Banking Intern (C Nelson)
• The Golden Boy (H Shahrasebi)
• The Life and Career of a Japanese Executive (T Iwakuni)
• The Life and Career of a Free Spirit (D D Fisher)
• The Life and Career of a Tenured Professor (E James)
• The Life and Career of a High Tech Entrepreneur (D Dubinsky)
• The Life and Career of a Senior Consultant (W Shill)
• The Life and Career of a Senior Executive Officer (T Curren)
• The Wife of a Senior Executive Officer (J M Curren)
• The Life and Career of a Company President (J Woods)
• The Life and Career of a Divisional Chief Executive Officer (B Johnson)
• The Life and Career of a Chief Executive Officer (J H Clawson)

Readership: Business students; managers, human resource personnel and employees of mid-sized corporations and organizations; individuals struggling with work/life balance and/or dissatisfied with their work experience; general population.
Key Features:

• Includes personal and engaging inspirational insights
• Written in an easy-to-understand personal conversational style with minimal academic jargon
• Contains short and easily readable chapters
• Written for employees, managers, executives, and performers of all levels in all professions
• Authored by a successful expert on leadership and a performance-oriented consultant to high performing individuals and organizations