Couples That Work
How To Thrive in Love and at Work
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
Every couple wants a happy relationship and a meaningful career but how do we balance both?
In Couples that Work, Professor Jennifer Petriglieri shifts away from the language of sacrifice and trade-offs and focuses on how couples can successfully tackle the challenges they will face throughout their lives--together. The book explores key questions like:
- Can you and your partner have equally important careers or must you prioritise one over the other?
- How can you juggle children or family commitments without sacrificing your work?
- Does every decision require compromise or can you find solutions that benefit you both?
Identifying common triggers and traps, and presenting engaging exercises to help you avoid and overcome them, this book will help every couple design their own unique way to combine love and work at every stage of their journey.
'Hugely insightful. All couples must read this now' Susan David, author of Emotional Agility
'Managing one career is hard enough; two often seems impossible. In this book, Jennifer shares what she's learned about how couples can not only survive but thrive' Adam Grant, author of Originals
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In her illuminating debut, Petriglieri, professor of Organizational Behavior at European graduate school INSEAD, lucidly analyzes the phases of contentment and consternation that professional couples experience. After conducting over 100 interviews with "dual-career couples," Petriglieri identifies three challenging life transitions job promotions, having children, and retirement that are reported as the most difficult times during a relationship. Offering no easy tricks for avoiding relationship or career hardships, Petriglieri instead prepares readers for the difficulties couples will likely encounter and offers useful strategies that can assist any couple struggling with work and love, among them "career mapping" (setting out mutual career plans) and "couple contracting" (making specific, firm commitments). All of her advice revolves around the importance of open communication and kindness in sustaining healthy relationships. This helpful work's strength lies in the clarity of Petriglieri's observations and her closeness to the couples she describes. Petriglieri's guidance will provide readers with practical strategies for establishing a healthy, supportive, and flexible bond with their partner. (Oct.)
