Jada Pinkett Smith is on this month’s cover of Redbook magazine talking about the career sacrifices she’s made to support her family and their ambitions. Posh (Victoria Beckham), who in her current incarnation is a designer and soon to be mother to her fourth child was recently quoted saying, “Maternity leave? What’s that?” These days celebrity working…

Is it true that no man is an island entirely of itself? Mark Bezos, a volunteer firefighter in New York, would seem to agree. In this short video at TED he recounts a simple act of kindness that left behind a lasting impact. Quoting again John Donne, we are each a piece of the continent….

Here is a quick anecdote of how to put family first by defining “do-not-miss events” in your life at home. The advice is from Bill Thomas, married father of three, who is also the CEO of the Canadian division of KPMG. He was interviewed recently by the Globe and Mail for a story about the…

Tralee Pearce’s Globe and Mail story on the secret to work-life balance  has sparked quite an interest. We commented on it in our blog when it came out last week. Here are two more features of the story that I found interesting. One is Tralee’s invitation for families to share their insights on how they…

Leo Tolstoy’s opening line for his masterpiece Ana Karenina was “All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Parents in happy families give pride of place to their relationship and to the upbringing of their children. We speak of work-family balance, but only in the sense that work…