Must professional accomplishments come at the expense of having a full life? Not according to Wharton professor and leadership and work-life expert Stewart D. Friedman. In his new book, Friedman identifies critical skills for leading an authentic and balanced life, and illustrates them through the compelling stories of six remarkable high-profile people.
He also shows how to develop and apply each skill through a series of exercises anyone can use. Each leader showcased in the book—Bruce Springsteen, Michelle Obama, Sheryl Sandberg, Tom Tierney, Eric Greitens, and Julie Foudy—exemplifies a specific set of skills for achieving greater harmony between work and life. Friedman identifies these discrete skills—for being real, being whole, and being innovative—that reduce conflict.
