THE BALANCING ACT OF EXECUTIVE COUPLES:
MANAGING YOUR RELATIONSHIP, YOUR BUSINESS & YOUR LIFE

PRESENTATION

The boundaries between the personal lives and business lives of working couples can collapse under the pressures generated by business success. As executives, business owners and leaders we are powerful at work. But, driven by mounting stressors, we can lose track of our ability to have the life we want at home. Many of us are simply overwhelmed and struggling to manage and balance all we have to do. We often dream of more successfully separating the two, rather than having work dominate the rest of our lives. In particular, as co-preneurial, co-executive or co-professional couples, we need effective boundaries in the relationship between our business and our personal lives. This challenge calls for relationship strategies that work as well as our business strategies.

Attendees will learn how to:

		Hone their communication skills to target when having a business or personal conversation.
		Clarify and solidify agreements to prevent recurring "work versus home" conflicts.
		Shift focus from concentrating on weaknesses to recognizing and acknowledging both personal and professional contributions.
		Redefine how to "support" your partner in business and family contexts.
		Develop new strategies for managing difficult conversations that result from intermixing personal and business stressors.

Presentation details

1 hour (including a 10-15 minute question & answer session)

Includes power point presentation & worksheets

Interactive style with a combination of lecture, exercises, and group discussion

Speaker bios

Nancy Miriam Hawley and Jeffrey R. McIntyre are the co-founders of Enlignment®, Inc. They have been successful life and business partners for 30 years, working in collaboration with their clients to produce lasting results in the areas of leadership, relationship, communication, conflict resolution and gender issues. Experts in building teams and coaching leaders, they work with executive management teams and entrepreneurial individuals, couples and families to cultivate strong relationships and clear communications while developing thriving businesses. Ms. Hawley is a founder of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Inc., the organization responsible for writing the best seller Our Bodies, Ourselves (New York: Simon and Schuster, translated into 18 languages; updated 2005). Mr. McIntyre is a leadership coach to business owners and executives and an instructor in family and couples' therapy at the Harvard Medical School.