Work Life Balance Speakers

Work. Life. Balance. Work. Life. Balance. We’ve all heard those words so much it’s as if they have merged together into a simple little mantra which, if repeated enough we will manifest. “Worklifebalance, worklifeblance, worklifebalance…”

Poof!

Look at her! See that career woman climb that company ladder! Look how happy her marriage is! My, aren’t her children beautiful, successful and happy! She still has time to cook gourmet recipes, clean house and have great sex! Not only that, she still plays tennis, too!

It doesn’t work like that.

Are You Kidding? What Work Life Balance?

What work life balance? Sure boss, I can stay late. No problem, I’ll get you that report. Hi Honey. I’ll cook your dinner, sew that costume for the school play, clean this house and be the cheeriest wife ever to cross the threshold. Is that work life balance?

Hmmmm. Something’s not right. Most of us are killing ourselves trying to do it all when, suddenly, it hits us. We can’t.

Fawn Germer used to hate it when her editors would have her ask women of power the question, “How do you do all of this and raise a family?” She thought the question was insulting, especially since she was never told to ask it of men. But, after talking with so many women who are trying to do it all, that remains the question. How do women do extraordinary things at work without letting their home lives fall apart? Work life balance? What work life balance?

Fawn speaks to women at the nation’s largest companies and organizations and hears immense anxiety over this one issue. The guilt they feel over having to travel or work late or miss events is depleting, consuming and powerful. They feel like they are missing so much. Like their children will resent them. Like others will judge them. Like they are doing things all wrong.

Is There Such a Thing as Work and Life Balance?

As one of the nation’s most popular motivational speakers, Fawn says the reality is that there is no issue of balance. It’s all about imbalance. It’s about making the imbalance work so you succeed professionally, raising children who are not juvenile delinquents — and not losing your mind in the process. There are work life balance issues whether you have children — or not. Women always are running to keep up with the demands. Despite their efforts to do it all, they are tortured by guilt because, let’s face it: They can never do enough.

Is it selfish to want a career? Is it selfish to want to be with your children? Is it selfish to want ten minutes to yourself? Is it selfish to want a little bit of everything? Do men feel as guilty? Are they compelled to do that?

Fawn energizes and revives every audience, giving the tips and tools that change lives. She is one of the nation’s most sought-after keynote speakers on leadership and performance and has interviewed more than 300 of the nation’s most accomplished women leaders, including everyone from Hillary Clinton to Martina Navratilova to Susan Sarandon and CEOs, senior executives, Olympic athletes and more.

Oprah Loved Fawn’s Book. You’ll Love Fawn.

Oprah Winfrey thought her first book, Hard Won Wisdom, was “very inspiring.”

Fawn has a way of reaching inside of you and getting your best from you — regardless of whether you are a CEO or an intern. Just check out her testimonial page, where some of the most powerful business leaders in America tell how she has changed their lives.

There is a reason America’s largest corporations and associations are turning to Fawn Germer to speak on work life balance issues.

“Working women are constantly rushing, sacrificing and beating themselves up because they don’t have time to do everything they need to do, and they can’t be perfect in every regard,” she said. “They are trying to blaze trail at work, but they still have enormous guilt when they aren’t perfect mothers, wives, housekeepers, cooks, PTA members, etc. I get them to step outside of the chaos, look down at it and make decisions that will alleviate the pressure and let them enjoy what matters most.”

Fawn has keynoted for Kraft, Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co., 3M, Novartis, GSK, Motorola, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Accenture and many, many other companies and organizations that want courageous and creative performance from their people.