New Column: Goodbye Economy, Hello Balance

My latest column for The American Lawyer posits that belt tightening and work life balance can go hand in hand. It's tempting for law firms and other businesses to view balance as a "perk" to be scaled back when trying to cut costs. But done right it's a way to save money now and emerge competitively from the down economy without big cash outlays.

Thanks for all your feedback on these points as I was putting this together, and please let me know what you think.

[Update] Discussion:

• Caryn Tamber, Work-life balance is dead. Long live work-life balance!
• Sarah Randag, What if Firms Thought of Flexible Work Schedules as ‘Balanomics’?
• Sarah Randag, Can Offering Work Flexibility Help a Firm’s Bottom Line?