Includes index.

Section 1. Oh, the places you'll go! - take stock and set your vision: How to build a meaningful career - do legacy and freedom trump salary and prestige for you? / by Amy Gallo -- Work home community self - don't balance. Integrate / by Stewart D. Friedman -- Section 2. Be all ears: get feedback: Get the feedback you need - check your perception to learn and grow / by Carolyn O'Hara -- The family 360 review - find new ways to connect and communicate / by Scott Edinger -- Section 3. Choose your own adventure: set goals and make career choices: Increase the odds of achieving your goals by setting them with your family - a different type of family planning / by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman -- Flex work, part-time, and laterals, oh my! - adventures in alternative work arrangements / by Michele Benton -- Winning support for flexible work - propose something that works for you, and your org / by Amy Gallo -- Making part-time work for you: an Interview with Kristin McElderry - one mom's story of juggling a career with three kids / by Amy Gallo -- How to decide whether to relocate for a job - assess the impact on your family / by Rebecca Knight -- Section 4. Without GPS - navigate on and off the career ramp: When you're leaving your job because of your kids - transition from one role to the next with grace / by Daisy Dowling Wademan -- Ramp up your career after parental leave - first, decide what you want / by Lisa Quest -- Section 5. All in the family - manage relationships: Bring all of your identities to work - CEO, mentor, partner, parent, child (and personal chef, party-planner, mediator) / by Carrie Kerpen -- How dual-career couples make it work - curiosity, communication, and initiation / by Jennifer Petriglieri -- Being a two-career couple requires a long-term plan - design your vision together / by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox -- A guide to balancing eldercare and career - when no one throws you a "your mom broke her hip" party / by Liz O'Donnell -- Section 6. Don't go it alone - get support: Working parents need a "parenting posse" - find your tribe / by Alison Beard -- Create your own personal "board of directors" - assemble trusted advisors for every aspect of your life / by Priscilla Claman -- Making time for networking as a working parent - maintain connections / by David Burkus -- Epilogue: To infinity, and beyond! -- What I learned about working parenthood after my kids grew up - iit happens just as fast as the old people say / by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox.

"Move ahead in your career--without leaving your family behind. What happens when you're no longer setting goals and chasing dreams that work for you alone? When the career choices you make have ripple effects on your family? Can you uproot your household for an overseas assignment even if it's a surefire path to promotion? How do you make time for your kids--or yourself--if you work more than one job? These are some of the questions you ask yourself as you struggle to balance managing your career with managing your family. In Managing Your Career, experts provide answers to the challenges you face as a working parent from negotiating a flexible schedule to overcoming the parenthood penalty whether you're taking time off, treading water, or reentering the workforce. You'll learn to: assess the impact of downshifting on your career, your home life, and your identity, make time for professional development, communicate effectively with everyone, from your boss to your toddler, boost your impact and visibility, even with an erratic schedule, build support systems to get you through rough patches at work and cope with childcare failures"-- Provided by publisher.