Work + Life: Finding the Fit That's Right for You : Finding the Fit That's Right for You
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000C4SZBU |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Discover, Plan, Sell, and Make Your Own Work-Life Balance (Fit) Work+Life is a well-written handbook which helps you to discover the work-life balance (she redefines it as "Fit") that is best for you and make it a reality step-by-step. The numerous examples of others who have dealt with and conquered this problem will inspire you to move forward with your own plan. For some reason this book wasn't easy to find at Amazon.com, but once I reviewed the table of contents and learned the qualifications of the author including her popular blog, I instantly downloaded it to my Kindle.This book is useful for a wide variety of. Inspiring! As an at-home mother who has slowly let her work-life fade out, this book was an inspiration. I knew I could bring work back into my life, I just wasn't sure of how to do it. Yost walks you through the steps of identifying how much or how little work you want at a given point in your life and how to attain that schedule. The personal stories throughout bring up the common fears of missing promotions or losing the all-important "edge". Yost knows her business. She realistically addresses both the benefits and compromises of identifying your wants and maki. This book changed my life! A Customer After the birth of my first child, I found that the corporate 8-to-6 grind was no longer for me. Cali Yost's practical, easy-to-follow and well-thought-out approach helped me to consider, not only my personal needs, but also the realities of my work when tailoring a work+life fit that works for me. As a result, I am now working as an independent consultant, which allows me to have the flexibility I want while continuing to do the work that I love. With all of the negative articles of recent months focusing on women "opting out", Cali Yost's message that
Filled with inspiring success stories, as well as thought-provoking exercises focused on finding answers to every individual's unique work/life dilemmas, this is the only book that can be used by anyone to achieve any kind of flexibility, in any industry, at any stage of their career. Work + Life presents a practical, step-by-step process that helps you to create, propose, negotiate, and successfully implement a flexible arrangement that meets not only your needs but also the needs of your employer. Step 3: Figure Out What You Really Want and How You'll Get It Analyze the specific demands of your job and your life to determine the adjustments you'll need to make; write a formal business proposal; negotiate it with your manager; and implement it.. Step 2: Identify and Bypass the Roadblocks Reevaluate your definitions of success; cope with your fears; overcome resistance from y
. Cali Williams Yost earned her Master's in Business Administration at Columbia University, and then worked as a Senior Research Associate and Consultant for Fortune 500 companies with the Families and Work Institute. With ten years of work/life industry experience, she is currently the president and founder of Work/Life Visions, Inc. and conducts workshops as well as does individual work/life coaching
. From Publishers Weekly Work is no longer necessarily a nine-to-five proposition: "Those external, company-mandated boundaries between your life and work disappeared; yet nothing replaced them," Yost writes. In this volume, the author argues that, in order to maintain a life outside work, one must think creatively and establish personal boundaries—what she calls the work+life fit. Illustrating each point with stories of real people who found a good work and life fit, Yost takes readers through the process of seeing the possibilities for a creating non-standard work schedule, asking for what they want, getting to yes with the professional powers-that-be, and practical, logistical tips for making a program that works for them. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. It’s a goal-oriented book: each chapter has a clearly defined objective, such as "to ensure that your work+life fit is compatible with the tasks