Workplace on Shine

Twelve tips to create a happier (and more productive) workplace

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I just finished First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. I’d heard about it for years, but I didn’t actually pick up a copy until a smart friend told me to read it.

The authors did a study with the Gallup Organization to find a way, among other things, to…

Conducting Life, Work and Illness

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by Rosalind Joffe for SuccessTelevision.com What happens if you’re a world class conductor and health problems prevent you from doing your job?

Top 10 unwritten rules for working women

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from the ForbesWoman Community

When it comes to gender stereotyping, it's better to know what you're up against.

Come to think of it, when was the last time you heard or read the word "sexism?"

That's what ForbesWoman Community member Ann…

What do men think about women's changing roles at work and home?

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As part of her week-long broadcast blitz on "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything," Maria Shriver focused today on what men think and the roles they play in the changing landscape at work and at home.

What emerges from this and other studies is that men are definitely more involved at home, taking care of the kids and doing housework, and are more comfortable with women working outside the home. But balancing a home where both parents work, both sexes agree, is an ongoing negotiation.

Women's studies: How women are changing the workplace and family life

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Just as women have decisively claimed half of all jobs in the U.S. work force, more than half the desks in college classrooms, and the role of breadwinner or co-breadwinner in two-thirds of American families, there is a new spate of studies that delve into our roles and impact at work and at home. It's perfect timing for a fresh look at what we women know we are doing: working hard to earn a good living, working hard to take care of our families, and struggling to get it all done, week in, week out.

Maria Shriver will be on NBC's Today Show and news programs this week with stories related to "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything." Shriver, the first lady of California who has transformed the California women's conference into the biggest annual women's gathering in the country, has joined with the Center for American Progress for a survey on women. Here's a taste of what they found:

Fearing Letterman-level debacle, Kimmel broadcasts relationship with coworker

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Hold on to your hat! Batten down the hatches! Do whatever will prepare you for this unbelievably shocking display of...ordinary life in the American workplace. Yes, that's right, yet another late night talk show host is dating a coworker,

Keep Your Office Tryst on the DL

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John and Pam kept their "Office" romance on the DL and it ended in marriage. David Letterman kept his on the extreme DL and it's likely to end in court.

With Americans spending more and more time at work, it’s no wonder some people have “office wives” or “office…