Ivanka Trump on Work Life Balance | CNBC
Ivanka Trump talks to CNBC about "managing the ebbs and flows of life," discusses her many roles and offers her perspective on the corporate environment for women today.
Trump grew up involved in real estate (she's now the vice president of development and acquisitions for The Trump Organization) and went on to launch the Ivanka Trump Fashion Brand for apparrel and accessories. Along the way, she noticed that every woman seemed to follow her passions, but priorities differed depending on the woman—and she thinks that's fine.
For her own life, she tries her best to balance her time between business and taking care of her two children—but, she says, the "scale always tips in one direction."
"The way I look at everything is just about managing priorities. I like to think I'm where I need to be: A lot of times that's with my children and a lot of times that's in an office," she says.
She's also started a conversation about how women are portrayed, regardless of their approach to family and business.
"I wanted to explore this idea of this 'working woman,'" she says. "You don't refer to a man as a 'working man,' and yet a woman is called a 'working woman,' and I think that oftentimes in media, that's depicted as one-dimensional: You're either choosing to be in the workforce or you're choosing to stay at home. And I think the reality is, this modern working woman is working hard at all aspects of her life, all her passions"
Trump says she doesn't necessarily advocate any one approach to work-life balance.
"My approach is to celebrate the fact that we're really all the architects of our own lives. And we have one life, and you have to make it what you want it to be.
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Sheryl Sandberg Talks Work-Life Balance for Women
Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric sat down with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to discuss her book and movement “Lean In,” as well as her thoughts on the choices women must make. Sandberg says women should go after big jobs and big challenges—and that doing so may be good for their careers and their families.
Sandberg advises women “Don’t leave before you leave.” She tells Couric how women tend to do just that—planning for the conflicts they fear will arise when raising a family, often before children or family life are even on the horizon. By anticipating problems rather than “leaning in” to big jobs and challenges early in their carers, Sandberg says, women not only hinder their careers but may be bypassing the very opportunities that can help work-life balance in years to come.
Until women are facing conflicts between work and family life, Sandberg says, “you should lean in. Keep your foot on the gas pedal. Beacuse it turns out, if you do that, you might get promoted. You might make enough money to afford child care. You might have a more interesting job. You might get promoted to a level where there’s more flexibility.”
Sandberg also believes workplaces can and should initiate conversations about the choices women face in their careers.
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