Surviving Twin Challenges — At Home and Work  

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Beard, Alison

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Harvard Business Review bisa di lihat di link (http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/command/detail?sid=f227f0b4-7315-44a4-a7f7-a7cd8cbad80b%40sessionmgr114&vid=12&hid=105&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&jid=HBR) vol. 89 no. 1-2 (2011), page 164-166.
Topik: Challenges— At Home and Work; UnitedHealthcare; Lois Quam.

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The morning after Lois Quam gave birth to her first child, Ben, the chief of staff to the governor of Minnesota called to ask if she would chair a new state health care reform commission. She said yes and used her six-week maternity leave from UnitedHealthcare, where she was research director, to set up hearings. Suddenly, at age 28, she was a working mother with two big jobs, juggling legislative sessions, business meetings, and baby rearing. Less than three years later, shortly after she'd had twins Will and Steve, Quam was offered another high-profile opportunity. Her boss wanted her to run UnitedHealth-care's public-sector services division. This time, she said no. "It was so overwhelming with twins. You can't pretend it doesn't make a difference. So I said, 'I'd really like to do this, but my primary focus for this period of my life is my sons."' She remembers thinking, "This is going badly. It isn't strategic to be so blunt." But her boss surprised her. "He said, 'It's not a job that pays by the hour. You do it in a way that works for you, and if it doesn't for me, I'll tell you.'" Looking back, Quam describes his reaction as an "amazing gift"—not because it persuaded her to take a position that would propel her to the top of her industry but because it affirmed her instincts about the best way to balance career and family. At work, her colleagues would see that she was a committed mom. And at home, her husband and sons would know how much she valued work. By embracing both parts of her life, she would become more focused and effective in each.

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