Logging in long hours to get ahead? By strategically organizing your workday, you may be able to get on the fast track without sacrificing your personal life.

Nearly two in three full-time employees say their workload has increased in the past 12 to 24 months, according to a recent survey from Accenture Ltd., a global management-consulting company. Of those, almost half say the heavier burden has negatively affected their personal life.

"You have a finite amount of energy and talent to provide, and you need to protect it," says Karlin Sloan, chief executive officer of Karlin Sloan & Co., a global leadership-development firm in Chicago, and author of Smarter, Faster, Better: Strategies for Effective, Enduring and Fulfilled Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2006). "The goal is to be able to sustain a career throughout your life."

To read more of this fascinating article by Sarah Needleman in CareerJournal.com, click here.