Coping with the Changing Realities of Work and Life

*Coping with the Changing Realities of Work and Life:* Mindy L. Gewirtz, Mary Alston Fitts, Jennifer Goodrich, and Peter Gumpert Receive A Copy Of This Report Contact Us
Summary Results of the Survey Who participated in the 2002 Survey Were there changes from 2000 to 2002 for women? Did Men and women respond similarly?	The Lingering Impact of 9/11 Making sense of the findings Implications: Creating a better workplace Concluding thoughts

References

Bushnell, Davis, Boston Globe, “Companies respond to employees’ stressed-out signals,” November 17, 2002. Harris Interactive conducted the poll for CCH Inc., a human resources services firm based in Riverwoods, Illinois.

Gewirtz, M.L. and Lindsey, A. “Women in the New Economy: Insights and Realities,”

GLS Consulting, Inc. Boston, MA, 2002.

Women in Leadership: A European Business Imperative. Catalyst and Conference Board, New York, 2002.

Authors’ note

Mindy L. Gewirtz, and Peter Gumpert, are Principals in GLS Consulting, Inc., and Mary Alston Fitts and Jennifer Goodrich conduct research at the company. GLS Consulting specializes in building the leadership and organizational capability that permits companies to thrive even in periods of uncertainty and complexity. GLS helps alliances and partnerships resolve major challenges by strengthening intra- and cross-organizational collaboration and integration.

The authors are grateful to Ann Lindsey, Principal, GLS Consulting, for her ideas, comments and support throughout the project. We also gratefully acknowledge Liz Ryan, founder of WorldWit, the WorldWit women and the men who agreed to be survey respondents and shared their thoughts with us. Their contributions have furthered our understanding of how people cope with the changing realities of their work and lives; we hope their contributions will also lead to the development of better workplaces for everyone.

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