Featured Profile:

LISA M. WEBER

President, Individual Business
MetLife, Inc.

Other people simply have gut feelings.  Lisa Weber has the guts to do something about them.  This 24-year corporate career veteran — and mother of two — has some advice for women on the executive journey.
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Feature Articles:

• Getting Ahead by Slowing Down
  Want to get ahead by slowing down?  Ten strategies to slowing down to get ahead in your career and your life.
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• Staying Balanced 
  Five balance strategies to help working moms.
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• Taking a Career Break?  Here’s What you Need to Know
  Taking a career break? Find out what you need to know about navigating the ins and outs.
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• At a Crossroads
  Stay in or step out of the workforce? Learn how these mothers made the balancing act work for them.
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Resources for Working Mothers

Sound advice for women juggling family with career as well as women who are thinking about getting back in the game.

• The Back-to-Work Toolkit: A Guide for Comeback Moms
  Everything You Need to Know to Get Motivated, Marketable and Land the Job You Really Want! Click here to purchase the toolkit.
• Blue Suit Moms
  Advice on parenting, career advancement, the balancing act, meal planning and family health and fitness, delivered in a format that nurtures respect for professional mothers.
• Club Mom
  Inspiration and advice for working mothers on topics such as flexible work arrangements, childcare solutions and more.
• Flexibility Alliance
  Organization whose mission is to encourage the full participation of highly skilled mothers in the workforce, and increase social and economic prosperity through programs that increase the number of flexible work situations for mothers and connect highly skilled mothers with flexible work.
• Jobs and Moms
  Resource for working mothers that gives advice on work/life balance.
• Mom Corps
  Website that links together companies looking to recruit top talent with experienced professionals looking for flexibility.
• Mom’s Refuge
  Online community of moms focusing on family, career, and health issues as they relate to working mothers.
• The http://www.womenatworknetwork.com/, LLC
  
  About Us
  Through national and international chapters, http://www.womenatworknetwork.com/ is a rapidly expanding network of exceptionally talented current and returning professional women who are seeking work-life balance and flexibility. We connect and serve two constituencies: women who are interested in permanent full-time and part-time positions, consulting engagements and temporary assignments and the employers who need their top-notch skills and expertise.
  
  The company was founded in 2002 to help women at every stage of the workforce reentry process. This continues to be an important focus for http://www.womenatworknetwork.com/, but we also have a large percentage of current professional women who are exploring traditional and non-traditional work options and are interested in the network of women helping other women.
  A women-owned business based in Wilton, CT, http://www.womenatworknetwork.com/ a contingency placement firm focused on a wide range of industries and job functions. We are consistently recognized in the national press as a leading resource for hard-to-find, highly skilled and diverse talent--and our recruiting services are enhanced by strong alliances with top business and undergraduate schools as well as prominent professional and women's organizations.
  http://www.womenatworknetwork.com/
  
• Work It, Mom!
  Work It, Mom!'s mission is to connect and empower professional moms to thrive in every aspect of their careers, family, and personal lives. We are working extremely hard to create and nurture a supportive community of fellow working moms and to provide you with useful resources that make your daily juggle a bit more manageable.
• YourOnRamp
  YourOnRamp is an online resource for talented professional women navigating career transitions. Whether OffRamping (taking a career break) or OnRamping (re-entering the workforce), YourOnRamp provides the social network, career resources, and job opportunities to succeed. The Job Board features full-time, part-time and project job postings from employers that are embracing flexibility in the workplace. Create your OnRamp plan, connect with online career coaches, read blogs from inspiring OnRampers, stay current with developing business trends, or share your story. Connect, Learn and Discover at YourOnRamp.com.
• Briefcase Moms:  10 Proven Practices to Balance Working Mothers’ Lives
  by Lisa Martin
• Harriet Steps Off the Wheel:  A Modern Day Fable About Work/Life Balance
  by Cathleen O’Connor

General Work/Life Balance Resources

Just because you don’t have children, doesn’t mean you don’t have a life!  And — children or not — who couldn’t use a little a little less stress and lot more calm in their day?  These resources can help give you both.

• Deloitte Women’s Initiative Blog
  The Deloitte Women's Initiative blog is moderated by Cathy Benko, High Technology Industry Leader for Deloitte Consulting and National Managing Director of the Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP ("Deloitte"). The Women’s Initiative Blog is the first blog to help define the next generation workplace and workforce—out there in the world, as well at Deloitte. This is an ongoing community conversation about life, work, and everything in between.
• MayoClinic.com:  Tools for Healthier Lives
  Work-life balance:  Ways to restore harmony and reduce stress.  If your work life and personal life are out of balance, your stress may be running high.  Here’s how to reclaim control.
• Work + Life Fit Inc
  Blogging website whose mission is to positively change the cultural conversation to show that work and life can fit together in a way that benefits both the individual and the organization.
• Life is Not Work, Work is Not Life:  Simple Reminders for Finding Balance in a 24/7 World
  by Robert K. Johnston and J. Walker Smith
• Stop Living Your Job, Start Living Your Life:  85 Simple Strategies to Achieve Work/Life Balance
  by Andrea Molloy
• Seeking Joy:  The Real Truth About Work/Life Blance:  Inner Peace for Busy Women
  by Joan Z. Borysenko
• Z.B.A.:  Zen of Business Administration — How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work and Your Life
  by Marc Lesser
• Build the Life You Want and Still Have the Time To Enjoy It!  How Busy People Can Maximize their Time in the Real World
  by Jim Claitor and Colleen Contreras
• Work + Life:  Finding the Fit that’s Right for You
  by Cali Williams Yost
• The Goddess of Happiness:  A Down-to-Earth Guide for Heavenly Balance and Bliss
  by Debbie Gisonni