Whenever you have one of those inevitable ego moments, think­ing to yourself what you could have achieved, how much you might be earning, whose former office and job title you could be brandishing, you should stop yourself and hit the ego reboot button. Ego is a natural and healthy thing, but to make sure the […]

There is one little hitch in this process of redefining success on our own terms. Or for some of us, one stubborn, out-size hitch. Our egos. Even if you feel the satisfaction and clarity of knowing what you really want, and you understand it won’t mean the end of your professional life, your ego, well […]

• Imagine the face your boss will make if you take yourself out of the running for that big job. Will he look at you like you are speaking Swahili, as he wonders to himself why he ever invested in you? • You tell your supervisor you want to cut your time at the office. […]

Linda Brooks is a true pioneer. She’s a super-brainiac, an honors graduate of an elite law school, and a partner at a top New York law firm. But she’s a new kind of partner—an “80 percent” partner. After years of slogging through her work-to-the-max schedule, Linda now has every Friday off. It might not sound […]

professional achievement 1. How important is your career to you? 2. The above is hard to answer in isolation, right? So think about how important your career is compared to other aspects of your life. Make a pie chart, a numbered list, a graph—whatever works—and see how it rates compared to family, hobbies, or other […]

You give yourself a confidence-boosting pep talk that runs something like this: I’ve already done everything that I needed to do, and more. I’ve come through on a project when the odds were against me. I’m not adding any value to the com­pany sitting here. Anything extra can be handled by e-mail later. I not […]

You’re sitting in your office after a long day of work and somehow you managed to get everything done, and done well. You’re tired, hungry, and just aching to go home. But you can’t: your boss is still there, and to leave while she (or he) is still sitting in the office feels like some […]

omenomics in your own life begins by taking all of the groundbreaking information from chapters 1 and 2—our busi­ness clout and our mass frustration at being boxed in—and using it to redefine success. We want to show you how to see your value through a whole different lens. We want you to work less but […]

You might be thinking: these are great statistics on women, fas­cinating new trends going on in the workplace, and inspiring examples of a whole lot of individual women who are making concrete changes. But how can I really benefit from all of that? The demographics, trends, statistics, and stories certainly don’t amount to much if […]

Here’s the bottom-line bonus about all of these changes. Bowing to our demands makes business sense not just because compa­nies need to keep us, but also because we become more produc­tive employees. The unintended consequence took Capitol One by surprise. “People in the workforce have specific needs, and if they feel like you’re going to […]