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Jennifer Petriglieri

Author of Couples That Work

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How can we successfully combine love and work?

It’s quite easy to get distracted from your career when you’re happy in love or devote all your time to securing a promotion at work only to find your relationship is on the rocks. Balancing the demands of your career and your partner’s while trying to nourish a relationship and family can be tough – but it doesn’t have to be.

In Couples That Work, Professor Jennifer Petriglieri reveals how all couples can thrive in work and love at the same time. Petriglieri has spent the last six years studying over a hundred couples in a variety of roles and types of relationships from all over the world.

Drawing on this research, Petriglieri highlights the three distinct yet predictable transitions that all couples go through and offers practical guidance in the form of questions, exercises and activities that couples can use to overcome the most pressing challenges they face.

From couples in their mid-20s to those in their mid-60s, from heterosexual couples to same-sex couples, from high flyers to steady careerists, and from those based in the US, to those in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Couples That Work holds something of interest to all couples in which both members are committed to their careers and to each other.

Couples That Work provides dual-career couples with all the insight and tools they need to thrive in work and love.

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Reviews of Couples That Work

If you’re one part of a dual-career couple, Couples That Work by Jennifer Petriglieri is a must-read. – Forbes

In her illuminating debut, Petriglieri … lucidly analyzes the phases of contentment and consternation that professional couples experience. – Publisher’s Weekly 

She’s made two game-changing discoveries: that dual-career relationships go through three transitions; and that it’s how you prepare for and navigate these – not whether you have kids or how many date nights you go on – that ultimately determines whether you succeed. – Grazia

Often dual-career couples are caught up in the latest urgent hassle. Understanding these … passages through life illuminates the bigger picture and can help to ease pressures and achieve the deepest goals. – The Globe and Mail 

Couples That Work gathers success stories from working couples who share their strategies for joining business and relationship success, and is highly recommended for young working couples who haven’t yet faced the major transition periods in their lives and careers. – MidWest Book Review

The stories and resources presented in Couples That Work provide an invaluable guide to recalibrating priorities during these stressful times. – Traverse City Business News

Praise for Couples That Work

Herminia Ibarra

Whether it is chosen or imposed, change brings both opportunities and turmoil for couples. Jennifer Petriglieri’s wonderful book provides an elegantly simple yet profoundly insightful roadmap to the predictable transitions all couples traverse. Through her in-depth research and engrossing stories of couples of all ages, she reveals how each transition can be understood and embraced, leading to a more meaningful relationship and career – for both parties. It’s a definite must read for any dual-career couple

Herminia Ibarra
Professor of Organisational Behaviour London Business School, Bestselling author of "Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader"

Whitney Johnson

Jennifer Petriglieri’s new book is an inspirational read for anyone who is part of a dual career couple. Equally important, it offers practical, executable tasks and conversational prompts to help couples navigate the challenging transitions that confront us all, and to renegotiate our shared path as our lives and careers evolve over time. Her insightful research and hands-on approach to exploring the deeper dynamics of our careers and relationships remind us that couples that work liberate each other while keeping each other close

Whitney Johnson
Bestselling author of "Disrupt Yourself" and "Build an A Team"

Adam Grant

Managing one career is hard enough; two often seems impossible. Jennifer Petriglieri hasn’t just spent five years carefully studying the challenges of juggling two careers; she has also lived them personally. In this book, she shares what she’s learned about how dual-career couples can not only survive, but also thrive.

Adam Grant
New York Times bestselling author of "Originals" and "Give and Take", and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

Francesca Gino

Through vivid life stories, eye-opening research and insightful analysis, Jennifer Petriglieri shows dual-career couples how to navigate their path at any life stage. The hope and demythification of the dual-career life makes Couples That Work a must read for any couple committed to their relationship and to their careers.”

Francesca Gino
Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School and bestselling author of "Rebel Talent"

Joanna Barsh

Every couple struggles with how to make a fulfilling life work for both. Here comes a book with practical solutions that can actually work! Jennifer lays out our options and helps us understand the pros and cons so that we can each make a decision best for us. The stories are so helpful, and straight out of real life! I wish I had had this book at the beginning and middle of my career. I’m glad to have it in my hands now

Joanna Barsh
Director emerita McKinsey & Company and author, "How Remarkable Women Lead"

Terri Kelly

With dual career couples becoming more of the norm, Jennifer Petriglieri’s insightful new book is an inspirational read for those trying to manage the many challenges over the course of our professional lives.  Her profound research and hands-on approach to exploring the deeper dynamics of our career and relationships, offers precious advice for couples who want to help each other thrive at work as well as in their relationships

Terri Kelly
Former CEO W.L. Gore & Associates

Laszlo Bock

Couples that Work is a sweet, captivating journey into the lives, loves, and lessons of over a hundred couples. An inspiring read for anyone looking to both work and love.

Laszlo Bock
CEO Humu, former SVP of People Operations at Google, and author of "Work Rules!"

Lynda Gratton

In this provocative and thoughtful book Professor Petriglieri has created a brilliant conversational road map for everyone navigating a dual career path. I read it with my partner – and suggest you do the same. It’s fascinating!

Lynda Gratton
Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School, Bestselling author of "The 100-year life"

John M. Gottman

This book is a research-based handy guide for dual career couples who want to have it all. Jennifer Petriglieri has studied one hundred couples all dealing with the challenges of two careers and children. This book can help couples avoid disaster and also thrive together.

John M. Gottman
Author of "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work"

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