Press:
Alyssa regularly appears as an expert on work/life integration, working parents, and women’s careers in the popular press. She has been featured in podcasts, news outlets, websites and magazines including: The Chicago Tribune, The World Economic Forum, Working Mother Magazine, Forbes, Business Insider and many more. For press inquiries, please contact awestrin@depaul.edu.
Dear HBR: Covid and Kids
Are you a working parent stressing over how to advance your career during the pandemic? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Alyssa Westring, a professor at DePaul University’s Driehaus College of Business.
HBR ideacast: Working Parents - Let Go of the Idea of Balance
Co-authors Alyssa Westring and Stewart Friedman explain how individuals can stop making tradeoffs and instead find sustainable ways to advance their careers and also parent more effectively.
Care.com Equal Parts: A Leadership Framework for Working Parents
Working parents are pulled in so many directions that it’s easy to feel like you’re failing at everything. But when we apply leadership principles and skills across all aspects of our lives – at work, at home, in our community, and to ourselves – our relationships flourish and our lives do, too.
Recent Popular Press Coverage
When Everyday is Take Your Kid to Work Day in National Geographic
There’s No “Right” Way to Do Self-Care in Harvard Business Review
Successful Leaders’ Mantra in Times of Crisis is Just What Working Parents Need Right Now in Working Mother
Why We Need ‘Dadpreneurs’ to Step Up Now in Entrepreneur.com
Many Illinois couples wish they were quarantined with their ‘work spouse.’ Experts say don’t sweat it, but do be careful with that relationship in The Chicago Tribune
To Raise Children who are Resilient and Optimistic…, in Business Insider
How Working Parents Can Support One Another in Harvard Business Review Digital
How Working Parents Can Regain Control Over Their Lives in Harvard Business Review Digital
How Working Parents Can Prepare for Coronavirus Closures in Harvard Business Review Digital
In 2020, Parents Weigh How to Talk Politics in The Christian Science Monitor
How to Talk to Your Kids About Politics in a Time of Sharp Division in Working Mother Magazine
Next Big idea Club Nominees Spring 2020 in Heleo
The Leadership Challenge for Working Parents in Psychology Today
Coronavirus: 5 Ways to Work from Home with your Kids (and Stay Sane) in The World Economic Forum
How Successful Leaders Manage Their Home Lives in Forbes
How to Navigate Gender and Housework Under Quarantine in Medium
Are You a Parent? Then, for Better or Worse, You’re a Leader in Forbes
How Four-Way Wins Can Improve Your Parenting Leadership in Forbes
On the Job Training for Parent Leaders in Forbes
How Working Parents Can Support One Another in Harvard Business Review Digital
Recent podcasts, radio and TV Appearances