How To BOTH Thrive in Love and Work As A Dual-Career Couple with INSEAD Professor Jennifer Petriglieri
Every couple wants a happy relationship and a meaningful career but how do we balance both especially when we're both at home, sharing office space and childcare? That's the question for this week's guest Professor Jennifer Petriglieri. Professor Jennifer Petriglieri, author of Couples That Work CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SHOW ME THE WAY WITH PROF PETRIGLIERI She is a Professor of Organizational Behaviour at INSEAD, Paris and has pent over a decade researching how people’s close relationships shape who they become professionally and personally, and for the past 6 years she's been studying the lives of dual-career couples which has culminated in her book Couples That Work: How Dual-Career Couples Can Thrive In Love And Work. One of the biggest career decisions you will make is who you choose as a partner, she says. And one of the things that the global covid lockdown has highlighted for some is that they've made the wrong decision. There are many couples who are spending all this time together but feel like they’re drifting apart. She says a lot of couples who she is speaking to are feeling the strain because they’re polarising in terms of how they’re reacting to the crisis and it’s putting a lot of strain on the relationship itself. Professor Petriglieri asks us to consider when the last time was that we had an annual review with our partners as you would at work. Possibly/ probably never! She says that right now just a little time each day to check in with each other can make the world of difference. It can be over lunch to find out how the morning has gone or whilst cooking dinner. In the episode she explains that the more we understand about our partner and the more they understand about us, the more it flicks us into an mindset of empathy. "When we’re in that mindset of empathy we are much more likely to be sensitive to each other and to support each other. So it’s a win, win and it doesn’t take a lot of time". Her recommendation for Emmeline's bookshelf is Sophie's World. Her book is Couples That Work: How Dual-Career Couples Can Thrive In Love And Work.