We can all recall or imagine the scene seen in many firms, large or small: Somebody has a child, and the employees are gathering to celebrate the happy occasion. Let’s make the scene more concrete by saying that the person celebrating the birth of a child is the CEO (chief executive officer), who happens to be a man.… Read more
Tag Archive: parenting
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Her Key to Efficiency: Arrive Late, Leave Early
A COUPLE of years ago, a well-intentioned friend, hearing me describe the horrors of my commute in Paris, said I should decide when I wanted to see my son each day: in the morning or at night, but not both.
The mythology of my fellow commuters is of the same ilk: either come in early (the crack of dawn) and leave early, or come in late and leave after the late (7 p.m.) Parisian rush-hour traffic.… Read more
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