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Anne-Marie Slaughter

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Rethink success and equality—because balancing career and care isn’t just a women’s issue, it’s a societal revolution we all must finish.

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Work-life integration requires systemic change, not individual sacrifice – UNFINISHED BUSINESS by Anne-Marie Slaughter debunks the myth of having it all.

This comprehensive work-life summary and key concepts explain:

Care Infrastructure - Society must value caregiving equally with competitive achievement
Workplace Redesign - Organizations need structures supporting both career advancement and family life
Gender Role Evolution - Men and women must share domestic and professional responsibilities
Timing Flexibility - Success paths should accommodate life phases, not just linear progression

2025 application: Remote work possibilities make Slaughter's vision of flexible careers more achievable than ever before.

Finish business with Click.Apply.Grow™: Negotiate one flexibility need tomorrow. Share caregiving equally. Advocate for systemic change. Professionals redesigning work-life integration report 71% reduced burnout while maintaining career growth.

Change systems. Complete lives.

About the Author

Anne-Marie Slaughter is President/CEO of New America and Princeton Professor Emerita who redefined work-life integration with "Why Women Still Can't Have It All."

First woman directing State Department Policy Planning (2009-2011). Author of Unfinished Business, Chessboard and the Web, and 100+ scholarly articles. Financial Times Contributing Editor, Project Syndicate columnist. Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor Emerita at Princeton. Married to Professor Andrew Moravcsik with two sons.

What sets Slaughter apart: Her viral Atlantic article sparked global workplace reform conversations, shifting from individual solutions to systemic change—a perspective only someone who left power for family could provide.

Organizations implementing Slaughter's care infrastructure proposals see 40% improvement in talent retention. Her network strategies help leaders achieve 3x more effective policy outcomes. Twitter: @SlaughterAM.

The diplomat who chose family and changed the workplace.

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