Balancing it all

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 466.

Have kids and keep your career

…Having kids has a lot to do with a lack of belief and confidence that some people have in them. Once you kids have arrived you need to decide whether or not to become a stay-at-home- parent. Many people find it very difficult to switch from being a carrier professional to being a full-time homemaker. Fortunately for those who want it all – a career and a family, there are many ways to achieve it including part-time work, flexible hours and telecommuting from home via computer and phone.

… work hard and smart to keep everything balanced and flowing. Without your career your mind, happiness and sanity may suffer. However, without you in your family's life, your home life may suffer…

Having a happy balanced life is easily attainable if you want it and make good choices in getting it. Once you have it, work hard to keep it balanced, fun and exciting. Enjoy having it all.[4]

c) answer the questions based on the text:

1. What principles does Teri Lindeberg advise to follow in order to have a good career and home? Do you agree with her? What are your principles?

2. If you were a successful businesswoman, how would you coordinate your business life and family life?

d) submit an essay about a famous woman who you think is a happy wife and a successful businesswoman.

e) find any arguments (from newspapers and magazines, from your own experience …) against the idea : Women in Business.

f) make presentations to each other on one of the following topics. Feel free to state your personal opinion:

1. The role of women in management.

2. Managerial prospects for women.