Career Family

A series of books to give inspiration and opportunity to those middle-class persons who are not poor enough for charity, nor rich enough to afford things themselves. The author intended to inspire, with the kind of inspiration that makes a man go out and create his own opportunity. Yours is the world and everything in it!

When Elizabeth Fournier was eight, her mother and grandparents died. She spent a lot of time in funeral homes as a kid since her family were frequently found in caskets. Fournier family members didn’t have the best longevity record. As a young girl, Elizabeth found cemeteries a place of peace and tranquility. As a teen, she’d attend funerals of people she didn’t know. Not surprisingly, she eventually headed into the local funeral home and asked for a job, any job. She landed the position of live-in night keeper, where she resided in a trailer in the far reaches of a large, hilly ...

All I want for Christmas is a grumpy Santa in my stocking… Despite having the misfortune to be called Mistletoe, I love everything about the festive season – from dressing the tree to baking the cake to wrapping the presents, even though I can’t afford half the things I know my ten-year-old son, Finn, wishes for. When the primary school where I work asks me to find someone to play Santa at the Christmas fair, I’m happy to oblige. Suddenly, though, every person I know is conveniently busy. The only guy available has the least amount of festive spirit of anyone I’ve ever met. Alex ...

As Katrina comes back to Rocky Ridge, she feels like a failure. Small town life isn’t for her. She’s a city girl, but the city had spit her out. Now all she can do is regroup in her stifling home town and plan her next move. Simon is the eternal optimist in spite of his difficult childhood. It’s one of the top three things Katrina loves about her best friend. And in her time of need, Simon is all in to help her get ready for the next phase of her life and career. And just as Katrina is floundering in her career, Simon gets news that changes his life forever. An unexpected inheritance ...

Existe una ingente cantidad de datos históricos disponibles sobre la incorporación de la mujer al mercado laboral, pero nadie antes de Claudia Goldin se había detenido a analizarlos. Los resultados de esta investigación pionera, realizada durante décadas y basada en información que se remonta a hace más de un siglo, dan lugar a un nuevo relato, revelador y muy ameno, de nuestro viaje hacia la equidad y de los orígenes de la gran brecha que aún impide a muchas mujeres y madres bien formadas incorporarse al mercado laboral en igualdad de condiciones con respecto a los hombres.

This nostalgic page-turner is full of humor and heart! Aloha, Oregon, Summer 1994… Rick Reese, a sports obsessed family man and factory worker who was once a top baseball prospect, re-ignites a bitter grudge match with his estranged childhood friend Alex Winfield. Alex, however, is no longer just a hometown rival. He’s a beloved major leaguer and outspoken proponent of the ongoing MLB player strike. From the small-town soapbox of his weekly pickup game involving a ragtag squad of ball-hounded stooges known as the Sunday Hoppers, Rick challenges Alex's legacy to distract from not ...

The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress is constant. Social policies don't help. Of all Western industrialized countries, the US ranks dead last for supportive work-family policies: No federal paid parental leave. The highest gender wage gap. No minimum standard for vacation and sick days. Can American women look to European policies for solutions?

Create peace at home and build prosperity at work. The opportunities are great for family business owners, but so are the risks. You’re shaping a legacy, building an inheritance, and generating generational financial freedom. But when the wealth and well-being of your family and business intertwine, how do you ensure success in both areas?

Family businesses—from massive corporations like Walmart to the mom-and-pop store on your local street—have always been a vital part of the American life and economy. But as these family-owned companies evolve and grow, so too do their unique difficulties and the need for dynamic leadership. And as more women rise into leadership roles within commonly male-dominated organizations, challenges abound in already tense environments, where family members also happen to be one's coworkers—and superiors.

The bulk of the world’s growth in population and economic activity in the foreseeable future will be generated in the developing world. This is precisely where enterprising families dominate, operating very differently than their peers in more stable and affluent nations. These businesses not only survive but actually thrive in turbulent times, enduring wars, lawlessness, market failures, environmental disasters, and more. The world’s most advanced economies will increasingly experience these types of structural shocks and chronic uncertainties in the years ahead.

Whether you’re an inspiring entrepreneur, or a well-established business owner this book is for you! Whether you have a desire to be a mommy or are an already seasoned parent, this book is for you! Mommypreneur is an elaborate mixture of my influences and my takeaways. It’s my version of a handbook teaching you how to raise your babies and your bank account and enjoy the journey while you do it! Mommypreneur talks about the people and experiences from childhood to adulthood that molded my initial belief system.

Enhance communication with your partner without feeling as you speak two different languages. What if a few simple skills could radically improve your life, marriage, and your relationship? Imagine a life with your partner without conflicts, anxiety, and trust. Communication in Relationship will teach you how to use easy, actionable activities to strengthen your marriage by working together or working through problems separately, from open-ended conversation prompts to fast quizzes.

Seven Sexy Sins. One Mr. Sinful. Faith Hillman is in trouble. She’s writing an article on ways to spice up your love life for her popular blog, but she’s hit a major snag—she hasn’t experienced any of the Seven Sexy Sins on her list. Luckily, her brother’s best friend, Rusty Thorne, offers to help with her research. Having had a crush on him since the age of twelve, Faith agrees, on the proviso that he signs a contract keeping their short-term relationship a secret. Her brother once decked him for kissing her on her eighteenth birthday, so Rusty’s happy to concur. While they ...

Don't Bring It to Work explores what happens when patterns originally created to cope with family conflicts are unleashed in the workplace? This groundbreaking book draws on the success of Sylvia Lafair's PatternAware program Total Leadership Connections. Throughout the book she shows how to break the cycle of pattern repetition and offers the tools that can turn unhealthy family baggage into creative energy that will foster better workplace associations and career success.

We worry putting our family first means we'll be forced to abandon our careers. We're afraid if we pause our careers, we'll be forever off track. This thinking is outdated - forget what you've heard about how pauses are career limiting, about how those who pause lack ambition, or that if you do pause you won't be able to reenter the paid workforce. That's a flawed reality, one that doesn't reflect the truth of the careers of some of the most successful women in this country. Author Lisen Stromberg knows this success firsthand.

A mid-career American Emergency Doc goes off the deep end and relocates with his bewildered wife and five school-aged kids from Upstate New York to exotic Australia. Chaos, hilarity and wild Oz adventures ensue. Briskly paced; informative, insightful and entertaining in equal measure, "Doc Down Under" covers a wide array of timely topics including Australian/ New Zealand family adventure travel and natural history; contemporary Aussie lifestyle and culture, as well as US/ Australian comparative healthcare systems. Doc's philosophical musings focus on the realities of expat family life; the ...

In her refreshing and forthright voice, Anne-Marie Slaughter returns with her vision for what true equality between men and women really means and how we can get there. She uncovers the missing piece of the puzzle, presenting a new focus that can reunite the women's movement and provide a common banner under which both men and women can advance and thrive.

"A beautifully written lighthearted story! I loved the complex quirky characters and the twisty turny story!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leah Rosenberg moved to New York City to pursue her journalism career and hopefully meet a nice Jewish boy. But her plans are derailed when Gabe saves her on the Subway platform. Handsome, romantic, intelligent, and ambitious, he’s perfect in every way—except for one. When her Jewish ex-boyfriend reappears, Leah faces a dilemma: Should she date the guy who gives her butterflies, even if he goes against everything she’s ever known? Or should she play it safe and...

This story is an inspiring and personal testimony of how a woman fell in love with architecture and created a life for herself but then decided to give everything up for love and follow the American Dream. Little did she know, a pandemic, a baby, and a new business would all happen at once! Follow Gloria’s incredible journey to becoming a worldwide renowned architect and business owner while being a new mom. Through this book, you’ll learn how women in any industry can find a balance between their professional life and motherhood without having to compromise either role.

Should you fire your deadweight brother-in-law or comply with your mom's pleas to give him a raise? Should you pay all your kids the same, based on the market, or based on how many of your grandkids they raise? These are the questions family business leaders confront due to the opposing expectations of the family and the business. Hug of War offers a new path forward. When the competing impulses of the family mindset and the business mindset are embraced as a polarity, leaders transcend either-or thinking and craft better solutions that embrace the best of both mindsets.