Leading
the Life you Want: skills for integrating work and life is a “how-to”
manual for all of us, describing ways to give “our projects the attention they
require and our people the care they deserve.”
Friedman, a best-selling author (Total Leadership) and professor
at the Wharton School of Business, draws on 30 years of research experience to
lay out three principles:
- Be real – decide what’s important to you;
- Be whole – review how your needs mesh;
- Be innovative – be creative to improve performance at work, at home, in the community and for your private self (mind, body, spirit).
He then provides a self-reflection survey and profiles of six individuals whose
lives model key traits. After sharing insights about these diverse entertainers
(Bruce Springsteen is included), public servants and athletes, Friedman shares
practical steps for the reader to use in developing these skills and ideas.
I
think that this work will have a wide appeal to our faculty based on their
interests and titles that they have actually been recommending to each other
recently:
·
Overwhelmed:
Work, Love and Play when No One has the Time by Brigid Schulte
·
All
Joy No Fun by Jennifer Senior and Maxed
Out by Katrina Alcorn
·
Mashable on The ‘Work-Life
Balance Misnomer’
Looking
for additional resources and ideas? Explore Thinkers
50 for profiles on thought leaders, including Friedman. Plus try another recent title from
Harvard Business Review Press: Leading
Digital. It discusses where to invest in digital capabilities and
how to lead the transformation, all of which should be if interest as we move forward
with our own Mobile Learning Initiative. Finally, I hope to shortly be posting a list
of books recommended by our Business teachers.
