Work-Life Integration
  • Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
    A woman executive talks about how a good marriage depends on a couple’s ability to synchronize priorities.
  • Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
    Former Chairman of the Girl Scouts and Vice President of Biogen Idec shares three insights that guide her in life.
  • Robin Richards Donohoe, Co-Chair, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
    A Woman Investor talks about how she balances her work and family.
  • Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
    A senior leader shares the importance of avoiding people who deplete you.
  • Trae Vassallo, Investor and General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
    A senior executive treats hiring a nanny with the same discipline she uses in business and the investment in finding the right fit pays off…
  • Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
    A senior leader talks about how she and her husband take advantage of marriage counseling to provide perspective and insights, especially i…
  • Martine Liautaud, Investor and Entrepreneur, Indosuez and Liautaud & Cie
    A senior investor talks about the importance of surrounding yourself with advocates and selecting the right husband.
  • Michelle Clayman, Founder and Managing Partner, New Amsterdam Partners
    A senior leader structures her life to maintain her health, feed her passions, perform well and pursue sport.
  • Martine Liautaud, Investor and Entrepreneur, Indosuez and Liautaud & Cie
    A senior leader talks about how she found entrepreneurship gave her the flexibility she needed to live a balanced life.
  • Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
    A senior executive talks about the importance of having passions but how they vary in importance depending on where you are at in life.
  • Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
    What happens to people who drop out of the work force?
  • Theresia Gouw, CoFounder and Managing Partner, Aspect Venture
    A senior leader focuses on how everybody needs to find what matters to them as individuals.
  • Dana Bloom, VP & General Manager of Keep Collective, Stella and Dot
    A senior leader talks about how she works to build relationships in ways that matter.
  • Martine Liautaud, Investor and Entrepreneur, Indosuez and Liautaud & Cie
    A senior leader talks about how she manages her image in different roles.
  • Michelle Clayman, Founder and Managing Partner, New Amsterdam Partners
    A senior leader talks about how her most important relationships became especially clear at a challenging point in her life and what she do…
  • Michelle Clayman, Founder and Managing Partner, New Amsterdam Partners
    A senior leader talks about the tradeoffs between career and passion.
  • Trae Vassallo, Investor and General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
    A senior executive constantly challenges herself to learn new things with her family.
  • Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
    A senior executive manages important relationships while being located in Brazil, far from many of her family members and friends.
  • Trae Vassallo, Investor and General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
    Senior executive realized the importance of the relationship with her spouse and made that a priority.
  • Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
    A senior leader talks about how she lives the advice she was given about the importance of good childcare for work-life balance.
  • Trae Vassallo, Investor and General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
    Senior executive justifies the cost of childcare with the investment in her career and the career of her husband.
  • Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
    A senior leader offers practical tips on raising children with a demanding career.
  • Dana Bloom, VP & General Manager of Keep Collective, Stella and Dot
    Dana talks about how she visualizes her obligations as glass and rubber balls.
  • Dana Bloom, VP & General Manager of Keep Collective, Stella and Dot
    A senior leader talks about how she must manage her priorities.
  • Dana Bloom, VP & General Manager of Keep Collective, Stella and Dot
    A senior leader talks about the importance of building a core group of like-minded women who know you and believe in you.
  • Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
    A senior leader talks about how traditions are important for children and what she does to build traditions in a very busy lifestyle.
  • Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development for the California Community Colleges
    A senior leader talks about how she must be very strategic about maintaining her important relationships.
  • Nicole Chang, Senior VP, Consulting Company
    An executive talks about how she worked through the challenges of childcare and ways of leveraging different resources to free time for her…
  • Nicole Chang, Senior VP, Consulting Company
    An executive shares how she leverages her natural skills of multi-tasking to be effective, especially in senior management.
  • Nicole Chang, Senior VP, Consulting Company
    A busy executive shares some personal decisions she made to involve her children in her professional life and carve out time to be with the…
  • Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
    A senior leader shares very practical, tactical strategies of how she manages her busy schedule.
  • Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
    A senior leader shares tips about how to better build and maintain relationships.
  • Robin Richards Donohoe, Co-Chair, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
    An investor shares insights about how leadership can be influenced by strong relationship building and the satisfaction that comes from a g…
  • Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP
    A senior executive talks about how she finds balance in phases.
  • Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures
    A seasoned entrepreneur talks about how entrepreneurship offers her great flexibility and control in her lifestyle.
  • Yasmin Lukatz, Executive Director and CoFounder, ICON
    A non-profit leader talks about how although happiness has always been important to her, what makes her happy today is having an impact.
  • Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey
    A senior consultant shares her perspective on work-life balance and how she reconciles the imbalances.