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Winston Fletcher

This is an interesting book, aiming to give pointers on work/life balance through a series of interviews with top business leaders from the UK.

 I can’t always agree with Fletcher’s assessment of the lessons to be learned – for example he suggests that we have to expect to work at weekends if we are to get to the top, yet a fair percentage of the interviewees specifically say that they won’t work at weekends (except for special circumstances). The fact that some others feel it’s necessary would seem to reflect their poor time management rather than any necessity.

 To be fair to Fletcher, though, he does say that in the end the real benefit is in reading the statements from these 16 remarkable business people – and he’s so right. Whether or not you think they are setting a great example on work/life balance, there are real insights to be gained by reading the ideas of people like Richard Branson, Nicola Horlick, Lord Marshall, Michael Grade and Sir Christopher Bland.

 One interesting point Fletcher doesn’t pull out is the way that this group are well above the average of the population in having some form of religious involvement. Several of them emphasize that they are not particularly dedicated members of their church or synagogue, but the membership still acts as a sort of social and spiritual anchor that makes it easier to cope. It’s a side of coping with time pressures that is rarely covered in the business books.

I did find myself skipping bits of the interviews towards the end, as they inevitably cover rather similar ground, but that doesn't detract from the fact that there is plenty to think about in each chapter. Good book.

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