Balancing work and personal life roles has become a major focus of research and is a practical concern for individuals and organizations. This article draws from positive psychology, work-family, and leadership literatures to provide guidelines for managers to promote work-family balance. Recent research documents the value of positive psychology in work-family literature with novel constructs such as enrichment. Informal leadership practices including positive communication, role-modeling, and

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... relationship building offer promising directions for work-family intervention. In particular, work-family balance is considered from an authentic leadership perspective, emphasizing self-care as an ethical concern. Training (i.e., cognitive and PsyCap) and appreciative inquiry are offered as formal intervention strategies for promoting work-family balance at individual, group, and organizational levels.