Why do I feel that the discourse about work/life balance is taking on the tempo of pep rallies and religious revivals? There’s a subtle pressure not to ask too many thorny questions or challenge the sacred cows that drive the work/life balance discussion.
I sensed that recently when I attended a lunch at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom featuring New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin and Flex-Time founder Deborah Epstein Henry, who’s promoting her new book, Law & Reorder. Though billed as a Q&A session, there were no hard-hitting questions here. Instead, it was more like a ‘you go, girl’ chat between chums who work the same circuit.
