Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

“Job Killer.” Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognize the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced.