The struggle many women who want to have children go through while trying to keep their careers on track fuels a robust industry of books, paid speeches, and symposiums. College-educated women, the frustrated consumers of these products, lurch from guru to guru, wondering why each new best-seller or TED Talk changes little.
After years of being told they can do anything they want while men still behave as if it’s the 1950s, women are ready to hear the truth: Nothing is going to change for professional women in the realm of work, life, and family demands until men get on board.
Everyone, male or female, parent or not, may at some point have caretaking obligations for another person. The assumption that there isn’t likely to be a “wife” at home to deal with it, should be built into the system.
If it were, you would have fewer promising women (and men) dropping out of the workforce after having children. And then you might see more female Fortune 500 CEOs, surgeons, and law firm partners.
Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, September 28, 2015
Books---Self-coaching guides for Career Women:
Pamela Stone: Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home
Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
When Doing It All Won't Do: A self-coaching guide for career women. (ebook edition $0.99, Workbook Edition in paperback $13.41)
When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition--Paperback $13.41
Every now and then a person runs across a great book that really helps improve the quality of life. This is such a book! Written by top coaches of executive women, Barb McEwen and John Agno, the goal of When Doing It All Won’t Do is to develop solutions and strategies to help women’s lives be easier, richer, happier, and saner.
It’s based on the premise that doing it all won’t do. If you are a woman who is weary and stressed and taking on too much and struggling to juggle it all, this book is dedicated to helping you find the enjoyment and satisfaction you expected with your success.
Well-organized with real solutions and a helpful workbook section, this book focuses on developing your signature talents to do what you do best, developing a formula for success, and prioritizing your values and goals. A great read!
