DLA Piper
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Palo Alto, CA 94303

Please join us for this unique opportunity to meet with Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober, the authors of "Getting to 50/50", and learn about what inspired them to share their story with others. The book presents an action plan for couples based on the simple belief that in order to achieve a successful work-life balance, there must be equal participation of both parents. It offers both men and women a blueprint for how to successfully work with your spouse/partner, your boss, and yourself to fully embrace a 50/50 solution and tackle the conflicting priorities of child care, job demands, and home-life responsibilities.

Getting to 50/50" was launched on the Today Show. You can learn more at http://gettingto5050.com/book.htm and by checking out the TV clips at
http://www.gettingto5050.com/tv_radio.htm.

Thursday, February 4th

6:00-6:30-Networking
6:30-8:00-Discussion and Q&A with Sharon Meers
A light dinner and drinks will be served.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

$20 for HBSA/NC members, $40 for non-members

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About 50/50

After interviewing hundreds of parents and employers, surveying more than a thousand working mothers, and combing through the latest government and social science research, the authors have discovered that kids, husbands, and wives all reap huge benefits when couples commit to share equally as breadwinners and caregivers. Mothers work without guilt, fathers bond with their kids, and children blossom with the attention of two involved parents.

The starting point? An attitude shift that puts you on the road to 50/50—plus the positive step-by-step advice in tthis book. Here are real-world solutions for parents who want to get ahead in their careers and still get to their children’s soccer games; strategies for working mothers facing gender bias in the workplace; advice to fathers new to the homefront; and tips for finding 50/50 solutions to deal with issues of money, time, and much more.

Sharon Meers is a former managing director at Goldman Sachs. Joanna Strober is managing director of a private equity firm in Silicon Valley. They live with their families in the Bay Area and speak frequently on work-life balance at universities and professional organizations nationwide.

What Others Are Saying About 50/50

Getting to 50/50 builds on what the latest research tells us: that children can thrive with two working parents and that fathers and mothers play equally important roles. It shows parents how to push back at 24/7 work demands and is filled with fresh insights from men and women who are successfully combining careers and family. I wish this book had existed when I was raising young daughters.

—Kathleen McCarrtney, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Anyone who wants to combine children and careers should read this book. Getting to 50/50 shows you how the integration of professional achievement and family life can strengthen, rather than weaken, each part.

—Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook

Getting to 50/50 is the first book I've read that gets it 100% right. The advice is brilliant, the examples cogent and compelling, and the tone wise and humorous. For anyone who wants to enjoy a full career, be a complete parent, and remain a supportive spouse, this is the book that will help you chart the way.

—Roderick Kramer, William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business