Work-Life Matters

David Pendleton is Professor in Leadership at Henley Business School, and a member of the Henley Centre for Leadership. He co-founded the Edgecumbe consulting group in 1995 where he worked with a wide range of clients from the airline, hospitality, retail, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and professional and financial services sectors in Europe, Asia and America. He was Executive Chair of Edgecumbe from 1995-2005. The holder of an Oxford doctorate in Psychology, David is a Chartered Psychologist an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School, Oxford University, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and a member of their Trustee Board. Peter Derbyshire started his career as a chartered accountant before becoming a college lecturer for 10 years, during which time he established a life-long interest in psychology, philosophy and education. After a decade in local government, he went on to become a management consultant and critical friend to failing local authorities, followed by a number of years as a leadership coach in the further education sector, using a psychodynamic model in improving the learning and reflective capacities of college leaders. A long-term fan of Eastern Philosophy, Jung and Wittgenstein, Peter has sought to blend his own experience with that of others in finding solutions. He is now working as an adviser to a niche legal practice based in the South West UK. Chloe Hodgkinson is a Business Psychology Consultant at Edgecumbe Consulting Group. She specialises in job crafting, leadership and employee engagement and has an academic background in Psychology, Business and Human Resources. Chloe conducted research into job crafting while completing an MSc in Occupational Psychology at the University of Leicester. From here, she graduated top of the cohort with a distinction and was awarded the Rob Stammers Award for Outstanding Academic Performance in recognition of the contributions from her studies and research. Her opinions and frameworks on job crafting have since been published in the Washington Post, MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes and The Telegraphs.

1. Introduction: A Sideways Look at Work-Life Balance.- 2. A Brief History of Work Life Balance.- 3. Work Matters.- 4. Life Stages and Transitions.- 5. The Future of Work.- 6. New Balance; Work -Life Balance Is Non-Sense.- 7. Analysing Worklife.- 8. Job Crafting.- 9. Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Age.- 10. Enabling Job Crafting, a Call to Action.- 11. Balance at Home.- Appendix: A Re-design Exercise.