Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Petriglieri, Jennifer

Titel

Talent Management and the Dual-Career Couple

Ist Teil von

• Harvard business review, 2018-05

Ort / Verlag

Boston: Harvard Business Review

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Times have changed, of course, but most talent management programs are still designed as if every couple had a dedicated homemaker and the internet didn't exist. For executives whose partners have full careers, such programs create two major challenges. Members of dual-career couples understand that they'll need to make multiple moves across functions and geographies if they want to ascend to senior roles -- and they're not averse to that. But having to drop everything and move at a moment's notice forces them to choose which partner's career will lead and which will follow. These days, fewer couples are willing to make that trade-off. Every family has tasks that must get done -- buying groceries, making meals, taking the car in for maintenance and repairs, driving children to and from school and activities, and so on. In traditional couples, the noncareer partner assumes the lion's share of these responsibilities. For dual-career couples (even those who can afford to hire help), managing all this on top of work is a constant juggling act.