This document outlines challenges women face in balancing work and life. It discusses work life balance and challenges specific to women physicians and working mothers, such as childcare responsibilities, understatement of abilities, and lack of networking. Case studies using SWOT analysis identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The future of work life balance is also examined, noting challenges in Europe from population aging and changing demographics. Scandinavian countries are highlighted for their successful work life balance policies. Maintaining balance is emphasized as important for quality of life.
3. Outline of Presentation
• What is Work life balance (WLB)
• Challenges for WLB for Women Physicians
• The future of WLB 2025
• Countries examples (Europe & Scandinavia)
• Work-family balance & Quality of Life
• Conclusion
• Q&A
4. Work life Balance
It is a broad concept including prioritizing
between work (career and ambitions) on one
hand and life (health, pleasure, family and
spiritual development) on the other hand.
5. Sporadic focus on career development
Time consuming child care
Responsibilities for family life
Woman’s tendency toward understatement
Gender Inequality
Non Networking
Man’s behavior
Boreout/Burnout syndrome (under
utilization/ excessive work)
Glass ceiling (invisible barrier)
Challenges – Women Physicians/ Working Mothers
6. Family behavior
Hobbies (sports activities)
Friends circle
Patients positive feedback (in medical
profession)
Encouragement and support from fellow
employees
Coaching and mentoring programs
Main Source of Energy for Working
7. Case Study on WLB for Women
• The aim of this study to perform SWOT analysis
was used to analyze different parameters that
influence career development for women with
families.
• First, to perform a strengths, weakness, opportunities,
and threats (SWOT) analysis
• Second, to create a strategic concept for career
development.
8. Strength
Weaknes
ses
Opportuni
ties
Threats
internal characteristics
that give an individual
an edge over others
for career
development
internal
characteristics that
are disadvantageous
for career
development
external chances to
improve the
position
external elements in
the environment
that could be
problematic for the
position
9. • Management of
family affairs
• Knowledge and
motivation of
leading
• Poor network
• Poor self-
confidence
soft skills (capacity
for team work,
empathy)
• Poor self-
representation
• Poor self-
confidence
• Burnout
• Boreout
Strength
Weaknes
ses
Opportuni
ties
Threats
10. Strategic Concept for Career Development (for women)
Skills and
qualities
(related to
profession)
Time
management
Self-
confidence
Soft
skills
Support
(from
spouse
/family
member) Motivation
to become a
leader
Innovation
Commitment
to
Profession
Positive Energy
& Power
Flexibility
(work &
family life)
Allocation of
Resources
11. The future of WLB 2025
The concept of the
future of work life
balance identifies some
of the challenges that
Europe will increasingly
face with respect to the
economic, social and
demographic changes.
12. Future challenges for Europe
• People already feel stressed out – and with the
looming prospects of longer working hours and
greater work intensity without increasing wages –
are crying out for better work-life balance.
• The EU’s goals for 2020 focus on three main
objectives:
• Sustainable growth
• Inclusive growth
• Transformation to a
knowledge economy
13. Challenges of Europe
European population projections 2010–2020 pct. change
Europe is aging, leaving fewer people to pay for social benefits
and more people supported by the state, especially in the
welfare states of Europe
14. The Scandinavian way
• The Nordic countries have positively
stood out in a long list of international
studies as reigning among the
world’s richest and most competitive
countries while averaging almost the
lowest number of working hours
in the world.
• Now Asia are looking to Scandinavia
for inspiration for improving
conditions important to work-life
balance.
15. Solutions for Europe
• In order to analyze the future of work and work-life
balance it is necessary to examine the changing
labor force demographics and the evolution of
workers in the future.
• In Europe, the labor force is being reshaped by
three main demographic trends:
• Aging of the huge baby-boom generation
• The feminization of the workforce;
• Increasing cultural diversity as more immigrants enter
the labor force.
16. WFB and Quality of Life
Results shows a
Decline in Quality of life
Index if greater work load
17. WFB and Quality of Life
Incorporating of Balance
Improves quality of life
as well
18. The Final Thought
Remember the keyword
Balance
• Find the right balance that
works for you
• Always celebrate your
success and don’t dwell on
your failures
• Life is a process-----and so
is striving for balance in
your life
19. The Final Thought
“Life is all about balance,
too much and too little
can kill. The best way
to balance life is by
setting your boundaries
in learning to say
enough”
