How Trina Roffino Learned To Love Her Job Again

The agency CEO navigates bereavement by redefining professional priorities

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As one of the first working moms at her agency, Trina Roffino was often asked by other employees how she practiced work-life balance. Since earlier on in her 23 years at The Marketing Arm, instead of helping coworkers systematically map out their schedules to predict every obligation, she preached replacing a vague metaphor with a set of pointed choices.

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