Press

Students talk about Stewart D. Friedman, a management professor at the Wharton School, with a mixture of earnest admiration, gratitude and rock star adoration.

— The New York Times

Recent Press

2024. This is part of the recipe for a good retirement, MarketWatch.
2024. The New Work-Life Balance: Don’t Have Kids, Bloomberg.
2023. Working long hours doesn’t harm your kids, but this surprisingly small behavior does, according to Wharton research. Inc.
2023. How you feel about your job affects how well you parents your kids., Washington Post.
2023. Grandparents can’t solve America’s child-care crisis., Bloomberg.
2023. Adulting 101: How to navigate big decisions when your parents disapprove., Washington Post.
2022. Work-life balance is a myth, Financial Times.
2022. The best employees curse, slack off, and aren’t afraid to wear sweatpants, Business Insider.
2022. How remote working could be changing children’s futures, BBC.
2022. Hating hybrid work? Here’s how to make it less painful., The Washington Post.
2022. ‘Overwhelmed, fragile, exhausted’: A youth mental-health crisis is crushing working parents. Employers need to pay attention, Business Insider.
2021. Work-life balance finally happened. Then they were called back to the office., Wall Street Journal.
2021. Want to raise emotionally healthy kids? Research shows how you spend time together matters more than the number of hours, Inc.
2020. Working Parents, Let Go of the Idea of Balance, Harvard Business Review.
2020. Working Parents Should Stop Net-Work-ing and Start Net-Life-ing, Thrive Global.
2020. Working Parents are Leaders, Council on Contemporary Families.
2020. Working from home during the pandemic, WHYY Radio Times.
2020. What are the rules of social distancing?, VOX.
2020. Wading Through the Imperfect Mess of Parenthood, HBR Anxious Achiever Podcast.
2020. Top 26 Podcasts You Can Listen to About Work, Life & Balance, Balance the Grid.
2020. The Leadership Challenge for Working Parents, Psychology Today.
2020. Stew Friedman: Parents Who Lead at Work and Home, Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson
2020. Stew Friedman on the Urgency of Leadership in Parenting, Elevate Podcast with Bob Glazer.
2020. Stew Friedman and Dave Asprey on “Parents Who Lead”, Instagram Live.
2020. Skills for working at home with children during lockdown, People Management.
2020. Parents Who Lead: An Interview with Stew Friedman, Daily Dad Podcast.
2020. Parents Who Lead, with Stew Friedman, Best of Both Worlds podcast with Laura Vanderkam.
2020. Parents Who Lead, 3, 2, 1, iRelaunch.
2020. Parents Who Lead, Peter Bregman Leadership Podcast.
2020. Parenting Through the Pandemic, Eat Move Think podcast.
2020. Parenting Through the New Norm: Tips for Connecting With Your Kids During Stressful Times, Bullet Proof Radio.
2020. On-The-Job Training for Parent/Leaders, Forbes.
2020. Now Is a Great Time to Check Your Gender Biases at Home, Medium.
2020. Life and Leadership, Voice of America Out of the Comfort Zone with Wanda Walllace.
2020. In a pandemic, every day is bring-your-child-to-work day, Bloomberg.
2020. How Working Parents Can Support One Another, Harvard Business Review.
2020. How Working Parents Can Regain Control Over Their Lives, Harvard Business Review.
2020. How Working Parents Can Prepare for Coronavirus Closures, Harvard Business Review.
2020. How to Parent With Purpose & Fuel Your Career, The Learning Leader with Ryan Hawk.
2020. Here are the best ways to convince your boss to let you work from home forever, Business Insider.
2020. How Successful Leaders Manage Their Home Lives, Forbes.
2020. How Four-Way Wins Can Improve Your Parenting Leadership, Forbes.
2020. Helping Working Parents Face Their Leadership Challenge, Life Science Leader.
2020. Forget work-life balance — it’s all about integration in the age of Covid-19, NextGov.
2020. Coronavirus: 5 ways to work from home with your kids (and stay sane), World Economic Forum.
2020. Coronavirus just dropped white-collar workers in the middle of America’s biggest accidental experiment, Business Insider.
2020. Convenience or dystopia? Work-from-home blend is here to stay., Christian Science Monitor.
2020. Bring the science of leadership to the art of parenting, Penn Today.
2020. Be the coronavirus boss working parents need, Bloomberg.
2020. Be a Better Leader and Have a Richer Life, Lead from the Heart Podcast with Mark C Crowley.
2020. At work while at home: The new paradigm, Washington Post.
2020. Are You A Parent? Then (For Better Or Worse) You’re A Leader, Forbes.
2020. 3 Strategies for Talking to Your Children About What Matters Most, Next Big Idea Club.
2020. To raise children who are resilient and optimistic, parents can use discussing coronavirus as an opportunity. Here's how to get started., Business Insider.
2020. Worrying About 'Work-Life Balance' Can Be a Trap. Here's What to Try Instead, TIME.
2020. How to Address Mental Health in the Workplace, Women's Day.
2020. In 2020, parents weigh how to talk politics, Christian Science Monitor.
2020. 10 Experts on How to Be More Successful in Your Career and Relationships, Men's Journal.
2019. For richer, for poorer: the couples in business together, Financial Times.
2019. Looking For a Richer Life? Go For Four-Way-Wins, Forbes.
2019. Life 'Balance' Is Really More About Harmony, Forbes.
2019. Launching Junior Faculty Into Fulfilling Careers, Penn Today.
2018. Total Leadership: Improving Performance in All Parts of Life, SHRM's  People + Strategy Journal, Fall featured article.
2017. Want To Become A Better Leader At Work? Try Spending Less Time In The Office. Forbes, August.
2017. How to Grow Your Career (And Your Company's Bottom Line), Forbes, July.
2017. Work-Life Balance: How Employers Can Step Up, Forbes, March.
2016. Theories for The Digitally Distracted Generation.  Financial Times, December.
2016. The Unexpected Political Influence Your Boss Has On Your Vote. Fast Company, November.
2015. Mark Zuckerberg Announces Two-month Paternity Leave. MSNBC Video, November.
2015. Dads: We Want Work-Life Balance, Too. Forbes, October.
2015. How Trade-off Thinking Limits Leaders’ Potential. EgonZehnder, September.  (View video)
2015. Law Firms Are Learning: Work-Life Balance Isn’t Just for Moms. The Atlantic, September.
2015. Business School Professors to Congress: It’s Time for Paid Leave. CNN Money, September.
2015. Business School Professors Give National Paid Leave Policy a Top Grade. The Washington Post, September.
2015. Business School Professors Push for Paid Family and Sick Leave Legislation. Bloomberg, September.
2015. Movement Aims to Make Work More Family Friendly, Less ‘Hostile’. CNBC, September.
2015. Big Leaps for Parental Leave, If Workers Actually Take It. The New York Times, September.
2015. Hey Male CEOs, It’s Your Turn to Take Parental Leave. WIRED, September.
2015. Changing Demands On Employees In The Modern American Workplace. The Diane Rehm Show on NPR, August.
2015. Work Policies May Be Kinder, But Brutal Competition Isn’t. The New York Times, August.
2015. A Gender-equality Club, Run by Men. Washington Post, August.
2015. Paid Parental Leave Should be U.S. Law — Not Just a Company Perk. Fortune, August.
2015. Adobe is Doubling Its Paid Maternity Leave Following Similar Snnouncements from Netflix and Microsoft. Business Insider, August.
2015. Wharton Professor Says Netflix’s New Unlimited Parental Leave Policy ‘Raises the Bar’ For the Business World. Business Insider, August
2015. More Than Their Mothers, Young Women Plan Career Pauses. The New York Times, July.
2015. How to Keep Work From Killing Your Vacation When You Just Can’t Leave It All Behind. Washington Post, July.
2015. How To Be A Great Boss — And Leave On Time. BBC, July.
2015. A Wharton Professor Explains Secret To Living the Life You Want. Business Insider, May.
2015. Why More Millennials Are Choosing To Be Childless. Christian Science Monitor, April.
2015. How Fatherly Plans to Corner the Market on Millennial Dads. Fortune, April.
2015. Career Planning: Experts’ Advice for the Second Machine Age. Financial Times, March.
2015. Still Missing: Female Business Leaders. CNN Money, March.
2015. More Balanced Life Can Help You Work Better. Chicago Tribune, February.
2015. Work-Life Integration? Get Real. Hospitals & Health Networks, January.

Foreign Press

2017. Work-Life Integration: Unifying the Disparate, Indian Management, November.
2016. Stewart D. Friedman, El Guru del Sentido Comun. El Pais, June.
2016. Que Es El Exito, Actualidad Economica, June.
2016. Stewart D. Friedman: Las Personas Tienen Que Trabajar Menos Para Ser Mas Productivas. ABC Economica, April.
2016. Stewart Friedman: Lideres Completos. Executive Excellence, March.
2014. Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life. European Business Review, September.
2011. El Liderazgo y La Felicidad Tienen La Misma Receta. America Economia, June.
2009. El Mandala Friedman. Poder, August.
2009. Invest More in Your Family and in Yourself and Be a Better Manager. The Marker, July 13.  (English translation from Hebrew)
2009. Stewart Friedman: Lecciones Para Un Nuevo Liderazgo (Lectures for a New Leadership). El Mercurio, July.
2009. Stewart Friedman: Lecciones Para Un Liderazgo Total. (Stewart Friedman: Lectures for Total Leadership). Comunidad Pensamiento Imaginactivo , June 8.

Press On Books and Policy and Advocacy

• Total Leadership -- the Book and the Program
• Parents Who Lead -- the Book and the Program
• New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family
• Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life
• Work and Family -- Allies or Enemies?
• Social Policy and Advocacy

Press on Innovation in Leadership Education

2014. How MBAs Can lead The Life they Want, Poets and Quants, November.
2008. Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow. Jewish Exponent, Oct. 23.
2008. Hot Ticket in B-School: Bringing Life Values to Corporate Ethics. New York Times, May.
2005. Teaching the Benefits of Balance. Business Week, September.
2005. Between Work and Life There’s Balance. Boston Globe, June.
2001. Driving the Revolution. The Focus, May.
2001. Ford’s Drive for Balance. Fast Company, May.
2001. Can Ford Clone Leadership DNA? CIO, April.
2001. Leadership DNA: The Ford Motor Story. Training & Development, March.
2001. Grassroots Leadership — Ford Motor Co. Fast Company, March (cover story)
1995. Saint Stew of Wharton, Profile by Larissa MacFarquhar, World Business, September/October.

More Press

2014. Five Ways to Avoid Workplace Burnout. New York Post, December.
2014. Men Need Work/Life Balance, Too, HR Magazine, November.
2011. Making Sure Your Employees Succeed by Amy Gallo. HBR Best Practices, February.
2009. How to Let The Ax Fall Gently – The Best Leaders Act With Respect, Authenticity, and Integrity – Especially in Times of Downsizing. Philadelphia Inquirer, May.
2008. Getting More of What You Want With Four-Way Wins! Positive Psychology, December.
2008. The CEO of Thanksgiving Dinner, The New York Times, November.
2008. I Want My Private Life Back, Business Week, July.
2007. Between Work and Life There's Balance, Boston Globe, December.
2007. All Work, No life, O, The Oprah Magazine, July.
2005. Extreme Jobs (And The People Who Love Them), Fast Company, April.
2004. Balance is Bunk, Fast Company, April.
1999. Are Saner Workloads the Unexpected Key to More Productivity, Wall Street Journal, March.
1999. Managers Are Going 'Off the Books' To Meet Workers Off-Hours Needs, Los Angeles Times, January.
1996. Fringe Benefit: Happier Children, Boston Globe, August.
1996. It's the Type of Job You Have That Affects the Kids, Studies Say, Wall Street Journal, July.
1995. In Real Life, Hard Choices Upset Any Balancing Act, Wall Street Journal, April.
1995. Keeping Your Career a Manageable Part of Your Life, Wall Street Journal, April.
1994. Coming Soon: Get a Life 101, New York Times, February.
1994. Work-Family Issues Top Business Classes, Wall Street Journal, January.

Profiles and Interviews

2016. Stew Friedman on Why Parents Aren't Honest in the Workplace, Fatherly, (video).
2015. How trade-off thinking limits leaders’ potential. EgonZehnder, September.  (View video)
2015. Stew Friedman: Success, Leadership, and Less Work.  Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey.
2014. Is Work-Life Conflict Reaching a Tipping Point? Harvard Business, March.
2008. Total Leadership: An Interview with Stewart D. Friedman. Sloan Work and Family Research Network, July, vol. 10 (7).
2001. Grassroots Leadership — Ford Motor Co. Fast Company, March (cover story)
1995. Saint Stew of Wharton, profile by Larissa MacFarquhar, World Business, September/October.