Industry Thought Leader's Blog Believed to Be the First of Its Kind a Resource for Both Individuals and Employers
MADISON, N.J., Feb. 7, 2006 — Work Life issues industry expert and author, Cali Williams Yost, has launched what is believed to be the first blog dedicated solely to the subject of work and life from the perspective of organizations and individuals. The blog ) will serve as a resource to bring individuals and employers together to advance mutually-beneficial work life "fit" solutions.
Yost, author of the critically acclaimed "Work+Life: Finding the Fit That's Right for You" (Riverhead/Penguin Group, 2005), has studied and consulted on work life issues for more than ten years. She worked at Families and Work Institute and Bright Horizons Family Solutions, two of the industry's leading organizations before starting Work+Life Fit, Inc.
"This blog is a dynamic, interactive medium to share important and helpful information from the work life industry with individuals, and to inform organizations what individuals are doing to strategically manage their work and life in today's 24/7 global work place environment," Yost says. "My mission is to create stronger, more strategic work plus life 'fit' partnerships between employers and individuals."
Commenting on Yost's new blog, Author and Blogger Ann Douglas, "Mother of All Blogs," posted, "Here's a really smart new blog that qualifies as a 'must read' if you are interested in work life issues."
According to the Alliance for Work Life Professionals, while an increasing number of companies provide work life flexibility there is a significant gap between the availability of policies and use. Yost says for flexibility to be successful it must not just be "policy," but a process initiated and managed by the employee in partnership with the organization.
"Employees must create, negotiate and manage a work life 'fit' based on their unique work and personal realities, not on a mythical goal of 'balance,' or an all or nothing approach," Yost says. "Work life fit is often about small changes. It's not one size fits all."
Yost's blog includes commentary on trends, research and recent articles; individual and corporate work life innovations; links to resources; and comments from industry professionals and others interested in the latest developments in the work life field.
In posting her first entry, Yost wrote, "This blog will provide insights that challenge old, limiting beliefs and hopefully inspire you to make a change-for yourself or within your organization. Moving Beyond the 'All or Nothing' Mindset-Why It's Fit, Not Balance. If I had to pick one thing that would reduce everyone's level of work+life conflict it would be eliminating the 'all or nothing' mindset. Our 'work or no work' mentality traps us unnecessarily in extreme choices between our work and life."
Yost's blog is published weekly on Tuesdays.
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