Striking the right balance between work and home has been the focus of Eileen McDargh's writing and speaking career since the early 1980s. Now considered one of the world's top experts on the subject, she says that when life at home and life at work have to compete with each other neither goes well. The result is a diminishing of productivity in both arenas. Although the life/work lessons she offers are important to both men and women, her primary emphasis is on women's struggle to achieve this balance. Her ideas, based on her own business experience, first emerged in her book, "Work for a Living and Still Be Free," followed by "The Resilient Spirit." With warmth, wit, and compassion, Eileen McDargh has presented talks and seminars to numerous major corporations, a well as such diverse audiences as oil workers in the Arctic to juvenile offenders in prison.
Since beginning her consulting and training practice in 1980, Eileen has become noted for her ability to speak the truth with clarity, wisdom, humor and compassion. Long-standing clients and repeat engagements attest to her commitment to make a difference in minds, hearts and spirits of organizations and individuals.
She draws upon practical business know-how, life's experiences and years of consulting to major national and international organizations that have ranged from global pharmaceuticals to the US Armed Forces, from health care associations to religious institutions.
She authored Work for a Living & Still Be Free to Live, the first book on work/life balance -- a topic that placed her as a futurist in this issue and continues to be published in revised editions. Her newest book, The Resilient Spirit, is found from South Africa to California. She's been a guest on CNN as well as other television and radio programs and has created an exciting Chicago-based radio commentary, Celebrating the Human Spirit. She is a featured author in A Women’s Way to Incredible Success: Real Life Lessons from 20 Prominent Business Women and a contributing author in Meditations for the Road Warrior. Her three-part video training program, Engaging the Spirit of Nurse Leadership is in constant demand within the healthcare arena.
Clients have ranged from American Airlines to Xerox, from 3M to IBM, from drill foremen in the Arctic to juvenile offenders in prison. She served as one of ten faculty members in a business television series, Reclaiming Business Excellence and has headlined with speakers like NBA Coach Pat Riley, Notre Dame’s former coach Lou Holtz, Dr. Ken Blanchard, executive strategist Marshall Goldsmith, William Bridges, and boardroom poet, David Whyte.
Eileen is a certified speaking professional (CSP) and her election into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame places her among the top 3% of the 3500-member National Speakers Association.