Balancing
Your
Life:
Executive Lessons for
Work, Family and Self

James G. S. Clawson
World Scientific

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Available
Summer 2009
     The number one problem mentioned by upper middle level managers and executives world wide is balancing work, family and self.  Today's modern executives feel pulled in multiple directions and too often health and relationships suffer.  How to successful executives (some you've heard of, some you haven't) balance their lives? 
BYL begins with three chapters describing models for a) balancing the various "--AL" aspects of life (physical, mental, social, etc.) at any one point, b) the unfolding chapters of life over time, and c) defining success. 

     The book then presents sixteen cases describing how executives manage not only their professional responsibilities but also their health, their relationships, their time, their energy, and their schedules.  The goal of these cases is to get behind the scenes and see more clearly the support structures that help productive executives do what they do in the world of business affairs.

     The cases include men, women, different ethnic and racial backgrounds, Americans, Asians, entrepreneurs, traditional corporate people, and the well known and the not-so-well-known.  Each case ends with a series of questions designed to help readers assess and then connect the case subject's story with their own.

    The book ends with a summary chapter and some guidance for how readers might proceed to take more control of their own lives and to build the kind of life balancing structure they want.  

Contents:
  • The Symphony of Life
  • Adult Life and Career Stages
  • The Nature of Success: What Do You Want?
  • A Week in the Life of an Investment Banking Intern (C Nelson)
  • The Golden Boy (H Shahrasebi)
  • The Life and Career of a Japanese Executive (T Iwakuni)
  • The Life and Career of a Free Spirit (D D Fisher)
  • The Life and Career of a Tenured Professor (E James)
  • The Life and Career of a High Tech Entrepreneur (D Dubinsky)
  • The Life and Career of a Senior Consultant (W Shill)
  • The Life and Career of a Senior Executive Officer (T Curren)
  • The Wife of a Senior Executive Officer (J M Curren)
  • The Life and Career of a Company President (J Woods)
  • The Life and Career of a Divisional Chief Executive Officer (B Johnson)
  • The Life and Career of a Chief Executive Officer (J H Clawson)
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