The Harvard Business Review conducted a study covering five years of interviews with almost 4,000 executives worldwide. Here are some facts about balancing personal and professional lives. Dianna Booher, leadership expert, shared in her interview: the philosophy has not been to balance professional and personal life, but to combine them creatively. Leadership becomes the way one approach life, whether at work or at play. Leadership expert Sally Helgesen shared that, she integrates her personal and work lives rather than balancing them. Finally, Rachael Robertson, Antarctica Expedition Leader, explained how she balances her life, which can be quite hectic at times: What works for Rachael is managing her personal boundaries and not being available to every person. It means having the self-awareness and professionalism to be fully listening and engaged with the right person, at right time.