On May 19, LinkedIn’s “The Insider” posed a question sparked by a Wall Street Journal article that highlighted the growing tension between executives and managers. The WSJ piece referenced Skims co-founder and CEO Emma Grede’s infamous “work-life balance is your problem” quote from last week’s issue. It also called out JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s apparent…
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EDITORIAL If you’re new to Unscripted Strategy, you’ll quickly learn that work-life balance is a huge deal for the Strategic Stacey team. We’ve been tracking this topic since it really gained traction during the dot-com boom in the 90s, and the term has definitely evolved. Back then, dot-com companies were famous for perks – think…
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There’s a benefit when you step into a new environment for the first time. Really, you experience it until the newness wears off of a new situation. Most people don’t recognize that feeling as a benefit, so I’m here today to say we should embrace it! When you’re early in your career or starting out…
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My project manager friends had differing reactions to my personal use of stakeholder management. One had an ‘aha!’ moment: “Of course I could have used it this way!” Another found applying a business practice personally unconventional. My philosophy: use what works. I was a smart 20-year-old hitting the pavement with a college degree and less-than-stellar…
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Each week on Monday, we’re going to publish a photo of something relaxing, inspiring, beautiful, or otherwise transformative. Our objective is for you to leverage the pic as a way to give yourself a break from the chaos of the day as needed — this will serve as a “treat yourself” moment.
It’s June 13, and the team at Avail Inspiration is buzzing with excitement and nerves about our Top 10 launch on Thursday. We’re not ready, but it’s time. We are unsure whether the audience reading about the Top 10 Balance Trends will understand what we’re trying to get at with the listing. Why does the…
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This collection from Avail Inspiration is focused on the part of you that wants to climb the career ladder, even though you’re probably exhausted keeping up with all the stuff that’s going on in rest of your life. You may be moving along great in your current path, or you might find yourself at a…
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The second collection in our Avail Inspiration journey is focused on the organized chaos that most of us are familiar with as we work to keep all the balls in the air – maintain the place we live, take care of ourselves/children/pets, keep up with deadlines at work, and progress our social and professional lives…
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What do we mean, when we say define your balance? Ultimately, our goal as a company is to recognize and celebrate the individualism that we all bring to the table. We believe that in-office norms have been standardized away from choice, reason, and flexibility throughout most of our lives. Yes, we saw many exceptions over the pandemic, but companies…
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