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Case Study: When Should A Rising Star Make Her Pregnancy Public?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you'd like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address. Anything for you?"

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Planning Maternity or Paternity Leave: A Professional’s Guide

Harvard Business Review

Case Study #1: Give team members time to process what will be expected of them. ” Case Study #2: Work collaboratively with your team on a workload plan. Forget to make a plan for your transition back to the office so as not to return to either too little work or an overwhelming amount of it.

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How to Negotiate Your Parental Leave

Harvard Business Review

Case study #1 — Lead the way. When Cara Quinn* first joined the educational technology company where she's worked for the past three years, she didn't take note of its maternity policy. Case study #2 — To get what you want, you have to ask. Negotiate if you aren't in good standing as an employee.

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