Fast Company‘s Shalene Gupta surveyed more than 100 women about the challenges of juggling motherhood and career advancement, and she found that even the most accomplished mothers in leadership are struggling to maintain balance. Women who juggle parenting and leadership are often relying on “hacks” that they’ve developed to survive in a system that wasn’t built for them.
In this installment of Fast Company Live, Shalene Gupta and Anne Welsh, a clinical psychologist and executive coach, discuss how leaders can set boundaries while managing competing personal and professional priorities, and how to build the support systems—at work and at home—that let them thrive in both roles.
