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Making the Workplace Work for Dual-Career Couples
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Making the Workplace Work for Dual-Career Couples

Brooke Allocco, Deborah Lovich, Michelle Stohlmeyer Russell and Frances Brooks Taplett
Boston Consulting Group, 2018
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When both parents work, completing mundane tasks – such as going to a piano recital, taking the kids to school or caring for your sick child – can become daunting challenges of coordination. Brooke Allocco, Deborah Lovich, Michelle Stohlmeyer Russell and Frances Brooks Taplett – senior staffers at the Boston Consulting Group – advocate supporting dual-career families to help your employees thrive at work. Their article may be an eye opener for those managers who don’t yet understand why their employees with families look like they’ve done a day’s worth of work by the time they show up at the office.

Take-Aways

  • Around six in ten American households have two working parents. Companies that want to retain talent should be attentive to their needs.
  • Dual-career households are becoming more common as women work in a wider variety of jobs and as the cost of living for families often requires two incomes. 
  • Employers can support dual-career households by creating more flexible work conditions. Executives should role-model taking advantage of such programs.

About the Authors

Brooke Allocco, Deborah Lovich, Michelle Stohlmeyer Russell and Frances Brooks Taplett are senior staff members at Boston Consulting Group, an international consulting firm.

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