HBR Working Moms Collection (6 Books)

HBR Working Moms Collection (6 Books)

by Harvard Business Review, Daisy Dowling
Released November 2022
Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN: 9781647825331

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Book description

Manage the competing demands of working motherhood.

As a working mother, you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and household chores, and your career can suffer because of it. Bosses and coworkers assume that since you're focused on your family, you don't prioritize work. But when you choose your job over quality time with your kids, it feels like you're letting down the people you love most.

The HBR Working Moms Collection can help you alleviate this tension. Drawing on the wisdom of world-class experts and parents alike, it will help you strike the right balance between family and work so you can prioritize what matters most and feel fulfilled in all areas of your life. The six books in this set—Advice for Working Moms, Getting It All Done, Managing Your Career, Taking Care of Yourself, Communicate Better with Everyone, and Two-Career Families—will teach you how to transition back to work effectively, eliminate working-mom guilt, balance being a caregiver with being an employee, prioritize time to address your personal needs, communicate successfully with your employer and with your family, and navigate being part of a two-career family. There's no one simple answer or foolproof tip to make working motherhood easy, but the strategies in this collection can help set you on a path toward finding success, both in your career and as a mom.

The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Advice for Working Moms
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Introduction: Managing the Working-Mom Job
    6. Section 1: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Acknowledge Your Emotions and Stress Points
      1. 1. Overwhelmed? How to Deal with “Doing It All”
      2. 2. Let Go of Working-Mom Guilt
      3. 3. Understanding Identity as a (New) Working Mother
    7. Section 2: Mommy-Tracked: Keep Your Career in Check
      1. 4. How to Identify a Family-Friendly Employer
      2. 5. How to Build a Meaningful Career
      3. 6. “Office Housework” Gets in Women’s Way
      4. 7. Questions for Navigating the Second Half of Your Career
    8. Section 3: Give Me a Break: Navigate Your Maternity Leave and Professional Breaks
      1. 8. Planning Maternity or Family Leave: A Guide
      2. 9. What You Need to Know About Pumping During Work Travel
      3. 10. How to Transition into a Professional Break
    9. Section 4: “A” for Effort: Handling Childcare and School Commitments
      1. 11. Making a Plan for Childcare—and Uncertainties
      2. 12. How to Manage the Demands of School-Age Kids
      3. 13. When Your Boss Doesn’t Respect Your Family Commitments
      4. 14. How to Find and Form a “Parenting Posse”
    10. Section 5: Home Sweet Home: Managing the House and Family
      1. 15. What’s Your Family’s Mission Statement?
      2. 16. Are Chore Wars at Home Holding You Back at Work?
      3. 17. Finding Balance as a Dual-Career Couple
      4. 18. How Working Parents Feed Their Families
    11. Epilogue: Nobody’s Perfect
      1. 19. Lessons from a Working Mom on “Doing It All”
    12. Notes
    13. About the Contributors
    14. Index
  3. Getting It All Done
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Introduction: Getting to “All Done”
    6. Section 1: Strategy for Supper: Bring Your Work Skills Home
      1. 1. To Have a Happier Home Life, Treat It a Little More Like Work
      2. 2. The Agile Family Meeting
      3. 3. Sync Up Your Family Calendars
      4. 4. Negotiating with Your Kids
      5. 5. Assemble Your “Parenting Posse”
    7. Section 2: Say No to Doing Everything: Put Your Real Priorities First
      1. 6. Does Your Schedule Reflect Your Values?
      2. 7. Let Go of the Idea of Balance
      3. 8. How to Spend Your Parenting Time and Energy Wisely
      4. 9. “Delegating with Joy”
      5. 10. Too Much to Do? Here’s How to Ask for Help
      6. 11. How to Say No to Taking on More
    8. Section 3: Getting It All (Mostly) Done: Productivity Tips and Hacks You Need
      1. 12. Working from Home When You Have Kids
      2. 13. You Can Make Family Meals Happen
      3. 14. Getting Things Done While Locked Down with Your Kids
      4. 15. How Working Parents Can Manage the Demands of School-Age Kids
      5. 16. Stop Feeling Guilty About Your To-Do List
    9. Section 4: You Can’t Be in Two Places at Once: Deal with Tough Work-Family Conflicts
      1. 17. Winning Support for Flexible Work
      2. 18. How to Handle Work When Your Child Is Sick
      3. 19. What to Do When Personal and Professional Commitments Compete for Your Time
      4. 20. Keep Your Home Life Sane When Work Gets Crazy
      5. 21. Managing Work During a Family Crisis
    10. Epilogue: You’ve Got This
      1. 22.Parenting Is Making You a Better Leader
    11. Notes
    12. About the Contributors
    13. Index
  4. Managing Your Career
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Introduction: The Same, but Completely Different
    6. Section 1: Oh, the Places You’ll Go!: Take Stock and Set Your Vision
      1. 1. How to Build a Meaningful Career
      2. 2. Work + Home + Community + Self
    7. Section 2: Be All Ears: Get Feedback
      1. 3. Get the Feedback You Need
      2. 4. The Family 360 Review
    8. Section 3: Choose Your Own Adventure: Set Goals and Make Career Choices
      1. 5. Increase the Odds of Achieving Your Goals by Setting Them with Your Family
      2. 6. Flex Work, Part-Time, and Laterals, Oh My!
      3. 7. Winning Support for Flexible Work
      4. 8. Make Part-Time Work for You
      5. 9. How to Decide Whether to Relocate for a Job
    9. Section 4: Without GPS: Navigate on and off the Career Ramp
      1. 10. When You’re Leaving Your Job Because of Your Kids
      2. 11. Ramp Up Your Career After Parental Leave
    10. Section 5: All in the Family: Manage Relationships
      1. 12. Bring All of Your Identities to Work
      2. 13. How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work
      3. 14. Being a Two-Career Couple Requires a Long-Term Plan
      4. 15. A Guide to Balancing Eldercare and Career
    11. Section 6: Don’t Go It Alone: Get Support
      1. 16. Working Parents Need a “Parenting Posse”
      2. 17. Create Your Own Personal Board of Directors
      3. 18. Making Time for Networking as a Working Parent
    12. Epilogue: To Infinity, and Beyond!
      1. 19. What I Learned About Working Parenthood After My Kids Grew Up
    13. Notes
    14. About the Contributors
    15. Index
  5. Taking Care of Yourself
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Introduction: Self-Care and the Working Parent
    6. Section 1: Give Yourself a Time-Out: Look at How You Spend Your Time
      1. 1. Give Yourself Permission to Recharge
      2. 2. Working Dads Need “Me Time,” Too
      3. 3. Does Your Schedule Reflect Your Values?
      4. 4. Six Ways to Weave Self-Care into Your Workday
      5. 5. Do More by Doing Less (at Home and at Work)
    7. Section 2: Learn to Talk: Communicate Your Needs
      1. 6. Four Conversations Every Overwhelmed Working Parent Should Have
      2. 7. What’s a Working Dad to Do?
      3. 8. How to Communicate Your Self-Care Needs to Your Partner
      4. 9. Too Much to Do? Here’s How to Ask for Help
    8. Section 3: Deep Breaths: Check Your Mental and Emotional Health
      1. 10. Stop Feeling Guilty About What You Can’t Get Done
      2. 11. How to Refuel When You’re Feeling Emotionally Drained
      3. 12. Let Go of Perfectionism
      4. 13. How Busy Working Parents Can Make Time for Mindfulness
    9. Section 4: Time for Your Checkup: Prioritize Physical Well-Being
      1. 14. How Regular Exercise Helps You Balance Work and Family
      2. 15. Find Exercise in Life’s Margins
      3. 16. How Working Parents Can Prioritize Sleep
      4. 17. Parents, Take Your Sick Days
    10. Section 5: Recess: Make Your Time Off Matter
      1. 18. The Case for Having Hobbies
      2. 19. Make Friendships a Part of Your Routine
      3. 20. How to Get the Most Out of a Day Off
      4. 21. Get in the Right State of Mind for Vacation
    11. Epilogue: Try It, You Might Like It
      1. 22. It’s Not Selfish to Take Care of Yourself
    12. Notes
    13. About the Contributors
    14. Index
  6. Communicate Better with Everyone
    1. Seires Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Introduction: Can We Talk?
    6. Section 1: Listen—and Be Heard: Have Productive and Balanced Conversations
      1. 1. Four Conversations Every Overwhelmed Working Parent Should Have
      2. 2. Set Boundaries, Foil Boundary Predators, and Say No
      3. 3. What Great Listeners Actually Do
      4. 4. How to Listen When Your Communication Styles Don’t Match
      5. 5. Be Someone Others Can Confide In
    7. Section 2: Use Your Words: Turn Adversarial Conversations into Civil Discourse
      1. 6. How to Make Sure You’re Heard in a Difficult Conversation
      2. 7. Eight Ways to Get a Difficult Conversation Back on Track
      3. 8. When to Skip a Difficult Conversation
    8. Section 3: Mentioning the Unmentionables: Tough Discussions at Work
      1. 9. Communicating Through a Personal Crisis
      2. 10. When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons
      3. 11. Asking for an Extended Leave for a Family Issue
    9. Section 4: Table Talk: Tough Discussions with Your Family
      1. 12. How to Negotiate with Your Kids
      2. 13. Help Your Partner Cope with Work Stress
      3. 14. What You Should Tell Your Kids About Finding a Career
    10. Section 5: If You Can’t Say Something Nice . . . : Keep Your Self-Talk Positive
      1. 15. How to Talk to Yourself with Compassion
      2. 16. Make Peace with Your Inner Critic
    11. Epilogue: Last Word
      1. 17. Being a Parent Made Me a Better Manager, and Vice Versa
    12. Notes
    13. About the Contributors
    14. Index
  7. Two-Career Families
    1. Series Page
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Introduction: Two for the Road
    6. Section 1: Go Team!: Define Your Values and Create a Shared Vision
      1. 1. How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work
      2. 2. Understanding and Communicating Your Core Values as a Working Parent
      3. 3. Dual-Career Couples and Identity
    7. Section 2: Tick Tock: Make Schedules, Goals, and Trade-offs
      1. 4. Finding Balance as a Dual-Career Couple
      2. 5. Setting Goals as a Family
      3. 6. Navigating Trade-offs in a Dual-Career Family
      4. 7. Can You Actually Afford to Change Your Career?
    8. Section 3: Away We Go!: Live Elsewhere for Your Job
      1. 8. How to Decide Whether to Relocate for a Job
      2. 9. Making Your Expat Assignment Easier on Your Family
      3. 10. Living Apart for Work
    9. Section 4: There Is an “I” in Team: Take Care of Yourself
      1. 11. Make Time for “Me Time”
      2. 12. How to Communicate Your Self-Care Needs to Your Partner
      3. 13. How Working Parents Can Prioritize Sleep
    10. Section 5: In Sickness and in Health: Take Care of Each Other
      1. 14. How to Not Fight with Your Spouse When You Get Home from Work
      2. 15. How to Help Your Partner Cope with Work Stress
      3. 16. How to Support Your Partner During a Career Setback
    11. Epilogue: The Great est Adventure
      1. 17. Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
    12. Notes
    13. About the Contributors
    14. Index

Product information

  • Title: HBR Working Moms Collection (6 Books)
  • Author(s): Harvard Business Review, Daisy Dowling
  • Release date: November 2022
  • Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
  • ISBN: 9781647825331