When Employers Make Room for Work Life Balance

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124611210

"This generation is completely untethered. They have laptops in grade school," says Jody Thompson, a co-founder of Culture Rx, a consulting firm that promotes a completely flexible work style. Thompson says young people today are used to getting stuff done — on their laptops, cell phones, iPods — wherever they are, whenever they want.

"Then we bring them into the work environment and we say, 'Here's this 6x6 square you're going to work in, with a desktop computer,' which to them, by the way, is a gaming computer," Thompson says. "'And here's your phone with your cord. You come in at 8 and you leave at 5, and between 10 and noon, that's when we're creative.'"

The Led Zeppelin Guide to Creative World Domination

http://lateralaction.com/articles/led-zeppelin/
For some, there has never been a bigger, badder or better rock band than Led Zeppelin.

What you can learn from their example? Wipe that great big ‘excuse me’ off your face. Now get out there and show them what you’ve got. Don’t have a weak link in your team. Have the best in the world filling every role. And yes, that includes you.