Park Ridge, IL -- (SBWire) -- 10/14/2011 --In honor of National Work and Family Month, Life Meets Work will be offering a series of free e-lessons on work-life issues in October. These short (five to 10 minutes) training videos will be available on-demand from the Life Meets Work website. Companies are encouraged to promote the e-lessons by sharing the appropriate web links with their employees.

Look for these work life topics:Monkey in the Middle: Managing Elder and Child Care

Monkey in the Middle: Managing Elder and Child Care

Caring for an elderly person and a child often means conflicting obligations and unexpected time away from work. This e-lesson will help sandwiched caregivers learn how to better communicate with coworkers and respond to unexpected work interruptions.Maintaining Boundaries When You Work at Home

Maintaining Boundaries When You Work at Home

This e-lesson will help people who work at home learn to set boundaries and establish expectations in order to minimize family disruptions.Outsourcing & Delegating: Keys to Balance

Outsourcing & Delegating: Keys to Balance

Learning to share the workload is a critical component of work life effectiveness. This e-lesson will help busy professionals improve their delegation skills at work and at home.What Matters Most: Values-Based Decision Making

What Matters Most: Values-Based Decision Making

This e-lesson puts people in control of their time by showing them how to make purposeful decisions based on their own identified values.

E-lessons will be available free of charge through October and November 2011.

Organizations are invited to share these links with employees. Groups that would like to post these e-lessons or other Life Meets Work content directly to their company intranet or newsletter, can inquire about content licensing at info@lifemeetswork.com.

For information, contact Kyra Cavanaugh, president of Life Meets Work (http://www.lifemeetswork.com) at kcavanaugh@lifemeetswork.com or 847-825-5691.

Life Meets Work is a flexible work consulting firm that helps organizations create preferred workplaces, building successful flex cultures that attract the best talent and maximize productivity. Services include consulting, training and an online membership community.