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Flexibility at work to support work life balance

I hope to achieve such flexibility one day. Defining personal flexibility as a leader Nancy Rector, Enterprise Risk partner and mother of two, strives for balance without a BlackBerry Opting not to carry a BlackBerry could be a career-limiting move in some organizations, but it hasn't curtailed Nancy Rector's options. She's spent the past eight years leading Enterprise Risk services in Deloitte's Ottawa office, and recently added national leadership responsibilities to her role. And being "BlackBerry-free" isn't the only line she's drawn to achieve balance. To understand Rector's approach to work-life balance, here's a peek into her life. She has two hockey-obsessed sons who collectively notch about 250 practices and games between September and April. Some weekends, she and her husband are at different arenas in different cities, each cheering on one of their boys. But don't expect to find Rector tapping away at a BlackBerry or glued