Finding the right work-life balance is an ongoing, evolving process. We provide up-to-date research, trends, and actionable best practices to help you successfully navigate the intersection of personal and professional life in order to achieve your desired work-life balance.
As someone born on April 15th, I’ve spent my whole life hearing “Ugh… Tax Day” (insert frown face emoji here) when answering the question, “When is your birthday?” Not exactly a balloons and fireworks reaction. But for every action there is a reaction, so I’ve chosen to turn that tax frown upside down and use...
As Women’s History Month draws to close, Women in Print Alliance is committed to keep the conversation about women in the workplace going strong every month of the year. Why keep talking? Because words precede action – and action is needed to keep moving the needle of women’s collective career and leadership progress steadily upward and...
Once upon a time, a discounted gym membership counted as a premiere workplace wellness perk. Today, however, the most innovative workplace wellness trends take place AT work. They are also markedly more defined by values of inclusion and intention. Here are three corporate wellness trends recently highlighted by BenefitsPro.com as ones to watch in 2025:...
If you think negotiation at work – sales contracts, salary and benefits, roles and responsibilities – is difficult, just wait until you come home. Because negotiating skills are required as much (if not more) at the kitchen table as they are at the conference room table. After all, the textbook definition of “negotiation” is “any...
We’re barreling to Election Day and the majority of Americans are a collective ball of stress and anxiety. According to the American Psychiatric Association‘s annual poll, 73% of us report experiencing mental health pressure brought on by the upcoming US national election. A recent Forbes Health survey confirms this, finding more than 60% of respondents...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women in Print Alliance is dialing up the Pantone wheel from the traditional pastel pink color symbolizing breast cancer awareness to a bold “M” – aka Magenta! On October 18, we encourage Women in Print Alliance Members and ALL women in print to wear magenta to increase awareness...
For most of us, the physical fitness part of work-life balance means squeezing in a few extra hours per week to hit the gym, barre class, or yoga mat. But for years, business owner Cassie Bailey took work-life balance to Olympic heights – throwing shot put for the Lady Vols Track & Field team at...
Recognizing that PRINTING United Expo is a marathon, not a sprint – and that you wouldn’t run a marathon without a stretching first – U.N.I.T.E. Together (which stands for Understanding New Ideas Through Empathy) hosted a unique, coed wellness event on the morning of Expo Day One to offer attendees a chance to meditate, stretch,...
Randi Braun is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, where this post was first published on Forbes.com. I’m here to tell you that you don’t need strippers or three days of isolation in a dark cave to “recharge.” Listen, I’m not trying to yuck your yum if these are the things you’re into. All...
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the working moms (grandmas, aunts, and others that play mom-like roles) in the printing industry. We hope you receive special TLC: breakfast in bed, bubble baths, flowers, bottomless beverages of your choice – all the things, plus an ink-on-paper printed card! – on May 12. You deserve it! Our...
