{"product_id":"9781942952749","title":"Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career","description":"After the birth of her second child, marketing and advertising executive Lisen Stromberg did something she never imagined she would do: she opted out and chose to stay home with her children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut her career didn’t end there. Stromberg paused, then pivoted to become an award-winning journalist writing about women, work, and life in Silicon Valley. Along the way, she met many highly successful women who told her they never “opted out” but had, in fact, temporarily paused or downshifted their careers. Their journeys revealed an alternative, non-linear path to the top that enabled them to reconcile family with their careers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWork PAUSE Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career\u003c\/i\u003e, Stromberg details how these trailblazers disrupted the original paradigm by incorporating pauses into their careers and embraced all aspects of life. Deeply rooted in social science research, cutting-edge data collected from nearly 1,500 women, and through 186 first-person interviews, Stromberg provides a blueprint for stepping back from your career without sacrificing your ambitions. She shows you how to successfully opt not out, but in—not just to your career, but to your whole life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Stromberg’s guidance, you’ll learn:\u003cbr\u003eWho pauses and how and why\u003cbr\u003eHow pausing can enrich both your career and your life\u003cbr\u003eHow to innovate your own path by strategically incorporating a pause into your career\u003cbr\u003eWhat we can—and need—to do as a society to make it pausing possible for more people to achieve their personal and professional goals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a way to find integration when it comes to your work and your life. \u003ci\u003eWork PAUSE Thrive\u003c\/i\u003e reveals new and exciting trends in the workplace and offers targeted solutions for companies to help ensure both women \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e men are able to lead the lives they want, lives in which they can build both a career \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e a family.","brand":"BenBella Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141759320304,"sku":"9781942952749","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942952749_p0.jpg?v=1763785972","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942952749","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}