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October, 2004

 

Job and Family: Tipping the Balance Australian Financial Review, October 26, 2004 By Catherine Fox
	Work/life balance is rapidly becoming more than a misnomer. It is misleading, frustrating and has done little more than encourage tinkering at the edges rather than addressing the more structural issues around workplace change. One of the [other] traps in aiming for "balance" is the risk of applying workplace standards to other parts of life. Researcher and author Laura Nash, quoted in Fast Company, explains the success formula in paid work is about achievement, but in non-work arenas, which often involve caring responsibilities, the same equation simply doesn't apply, and can be destructive, she said.
Business Success? Juggle and Follow the Four Principles ; Speaking at a USM Forum, Consultant Laura Nash Explained the Need for Balanced Ambition. Portland Press Herald, October 20, 2004 By Tux Turkel
	Laura Nash happened to be driving out of Maine shortly after the ice storm in 1998, when she stopped in a local diner. Nash, a senior research fellow at Harvard Business School, was surprised as she sat listening to the chatter. Much of the discussion was coming from small-business people, talking about ethics. Nash realized she was getting an insight into the beliefs and values of local businesspeople, and that they reflected the values needed to succeed at all levels of business. A consultant and speaker on corporate values, Nash told this story Tuesday to a large gathering of Portland-area managers at the University of Southern Maine's School of Business Executive Forum 2004.
Nation's Top Women Business Leaders Convene in Boston to Discuss the Personal, Intellectual, Psychological and Community Ramifications of Economic Power Business Wire, October 14, 2004
	The Committee of 200 Annual Conference of Women Business Leaders to Focus on "Making Connections" Between Economic and Personal Power Leading women entrepreneurs and corporate officers will examine the multiple levels of connections between economic and personal power, and their impact on communities and society at large, at the 22nd Annual Conference of The Committee of 200 (C200). More than 150 influential women in business are expected to participate in the conference, "Making Connections," which will feature workshops, roundtables and insights of leading thinkers on business, science and contemporary society. Among the speakers will be Laura Nash, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Business School.
Boardroom Buzz -- Ethics Update: Tighter Rules, Sharper Focus Corporate Board Member Magazine, October 13, 2004 By Randy Myers
	In a recent survey of CEOs by the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics, respondents said an important goal for companies is to embed ethical behavior in the corporate culture. Should shareholders withhold votes for directors who have family or business relationships with the company? Survey Says: Yes - 49.7% No - 50.3%. Three years after Enron and two and a half years after Sarbanes-Oxley, public scrutiny of companies’ behavior continues to build. Director interest in ethics “is higher than I’ve ever seen it,” says R. Edward Freeman, academic adviser to the newly formed Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.
Open Letter to President Bush on U.S. Economic Policy YubaNet.com, October 13, 2004
	[The headlined link] is an open letter to President George W. Bush about U.S. economic policy issued by 169 professors of business and economics at U.S. business schools. The letter represents the signers' own views, not those of the institutions with which they are affiliated. - David M. Messick, Kaplan Professor of Ethics and Decision in Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and - Patricia H. Werhane, Ruffin Professor of Business Ethics, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.
Survival Tactics Fast Company, October 1, 2004  By Keith H. Hammonds
	MOST HIGH ACHIEVERS DON'T PRETEND TO HAVE BALANCED LIVES. BUT SOME ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR WORKAHOLIC WAYS. Harvard professors Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson say some high-performing executives can switch their focus "with lightning speed" among activities that provide happiness, significance, achievement and legacy. That can mean taking a break to celebrate a staff win - or leaving your cell phone behind on your vacation.  (Also appeared  in Australian CPA.)
Religious Groups and Employers Try a New Approach to Faith at Work Workforce Management, October 1, 2004 By Todd Henneman
	Requests to form religious groups should be reviewed by "well-intentioned people with diverse religious backgrounds," says Laura Nash, a Harvard Business School expert on religion in the workplace and co-author of Church on Sunday, Work on Monday. "Often the request will come from people trying to sell a certain kind of membership in a religion," Nash says.

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