Have you already read the Shriver report?

Here is a quick look:

"Now for the first time in our nation’s history, women are half of all U.S. workers and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families. This is a dramatic shift from just a generation ago (in 1967 women made up only one-third of all workers)."

The report is made up of a number of different essays looking at this from their perspectives. For example, women make up half of the talent that is that is available to corporate America. Brad Harrington and Jamie Ladge argue that "..women’s outstanding performance in educational institutions, especially in higher educational and professional schools, demands that employers create workplaces that attract, retain, develop, and exploit (in the best sense of the word) this tremendous resource. They detail, however, that the vast majority of employers need to let go of outdated models such as thinking that there is only one place that work gets done, one way to structure a workday, one model for the ideal career, and one leadership style that works in today’s workplace."

One of the findings is that Americans overwhelmingly want a better balance between life and work. "For starters, both men and women desperately want changes to their work structures. Presented with a list of possible things that would need to change in order to improve work and family life, 54 percent of women and 49 percent of men say that more flexible work hours and schedules would be their top choice. "

Read all about it here: The Shriver report.