Identify management strategies for balancing work and family roles.

Identification should involve

• use of time
• prioritization of family and work responsibilities
• ways to handle stress
• health and safety issues
• conflict resolution
• family and work values
• stages of the family and career life cycle.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

• How might one’s priorities affect how time is used at home? At work?
• Where might one look for resources/strategies to handle stress at home and at work?

Communication

• What should families/employers do to facilitate consensus building to solve problems?
• What strategies could be used to resolve conflicts at home? At work?

Leadership

• Where might one look to find support for balancing work and family roles?
• Why might existing beliefs, actions, or conditions create limits for achieving good leadership in the family or workplace?

Management

• What are the consequences of poorly managing work and family roles?
• When might it be a good idea to use outside help to resolve a conflict?