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Women at Work

Family Management: On the Cusp of Parenthood

Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

Business, Business/careers, Workplace, Business/entrepreneurship, Resources, Harvard, Management, Equality, Progress, Gender, Business/management, Careers, Women, Entrepreneurship, Human, Hbr

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

We get inside the head of a woman whose due date is just days away. She shares with Erica her worries, hopes, and questions about how having a baby will change her career. Erica offers practical advice for managing a new identity and new work-family demands.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Once your business gets to a certain size, the cracks start to emerge.

0:05.0

Things you used to do in a day take a week.

0:08.0

You deserve a customized solution, and that's NetSuite.

0:13.0

Learn more when you download NetSuite's popular KPI checklist,

0:17.0

absolutely free at NetSuite.com slash women at work.

0:21.0

That's NetSuite.com slash women at work.

0:27.0

Kevin, what do you remember about the days right before Macy was born?

0:32.0

What were you doing, thinking, feeling?

0:35.0

I was not focusing at work, I'll tell you that.

0:37.0

I remember sitting at my desk and googling different scenarios.

0:43.0

And the one scenario I was really concerned about was what would I do

0:47.0

if I couldn't get you to the hospital on time.

0:49.0

And that's something I really, really feared.

0:52.0

And if I were in a movie or I was being cast in a movie,

0:55.0

I would not be cast as the strong fireman that comes in and saves the dead.

1:00.0

I would definitely be cast as the hapless dad who's driving on the highway.

1:04.0

Panicked?

1:05.0

Yeah, yeah.

1:06.0

I would not be able to handle delivering a baby on my own.

1:09.0

That's fair.

1:10.0

But in all seriousness, I was concerned about seeing my wife in pain,

1:17.0

and I was also really worried about showing up for her when she needed me the most.

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