This document describes a workshop called "The Perfect Imbalance Workshop" that is designed to help employees improve their work-life balance. It notes that many employees now work outside traditional hours due to technology, and this has negatively impacted their balance. The workshop aims to increase self-awareness of priorities and teach strategies for minimizing distractions to reduce stress. Attendees will learn how balancing purpose, awareness, and the right level of engagement can lead to success. The benefits include happier, less stressed employees and reduced absenteeism for organizations.

2. BACKGROUND
Would your employees tell you they’d like a
better work-life balance?
Do you think they work too much and don’t
have enough time for family, hobbies,
friends, exercising and even sleep?
Do you notice that stress levels and absence
rates are going up?
What are your options?
a) Let them carry on doing what they’re
doing?
b) Help them take time out to focus on their
work-life balance?
c) Allow them to leave your organisation for
somewhere that offers better flexibility and
better well-being initiatives?
A study conducted by Cascade has revealed that only 13% of
HR/business managers believe their organisation has an effective
wellbeing strategy in place. 67% admit that it is ‘a work in progress’.

3. The working landscape has changed considerably since the arrival of the Internet, Emails and Social Media.
Many people own smartphones and tablets, which has enabled traditional working patterns to evolve.
In many cases organisations now provide laptops and work phones as standard when employees join the company,
which allows and accepts the employee working from home and outside of office hours.
How many of these sound like your employees?
They don’t work typical Monday to Friday 9-5 anymore.
They take work home.
They answer emails in the evening and at the weekend.
They complain to colleagues about lack of exercise, have a poor diet and suffer from a lack of sleep.
Their time in the evening (which they planned to spend with their partner or children) is spent catching up on the
events of the day.
Their work-life balance has shifted more towards work.
They blame the increase in work and/or having a poor manager.

4. THE PERFECT IMBALANCE WORKSHOP PURPOSE
To enable employees to live a more successful and
less stressful life.
To provide a programme of solutions to work-life
balance and well-being that can benefit the
employee and the employer.
LEARNING STYLE
In this workshop delegates will reflect, share,
debate, draw, vote, discuss, think and commit to
making changes in their lives.
This workshop is interactive and challenging from
the moment you arrive.
New thinking + clarity on how to make changes =
happier and more engaged employees.

5. OVERVIEW
We start with our simple Perfect Imbalance
formula:
PURPOSE + AWARENESS +/- BALANCE = SUCCESS
PURPOSE
Role, responsibilities, tasks, goals & objectives
AWARENESS
Key areas if individual balance; family, work,
health, relationships etc
BALANCE
+/- and when more or less is needed; linked back
to purpose
SUCCESS
Maximising a perfect imbalance; linked back to
Purpose + Awareness +/- Balance

6. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Delegates will learn how to;
Achieve more each day (in some cases by pursuing
less).
Create space in their mind in order to make better
decisions.
Develop strategies to minimise distractions
(including email and social media).
Design routines to generate ‘daily & weekly wins’
that eliminate the non-essential and reduce stress.
BENEFITS
Delegates will improve their;
Self awareness and clarity of purpose.
Decision-making skills.
Approach towards ‘mind’ management
and prioritisation.
Ability to becomes less distracted.
Understanding of how to develop
resilience.
Courage to have a conversation with their
line manager when their balance is
leading to stress.
Organisations will have the added benefit
of being able to set up well-being groups
which can provide additional support for
employees.

7. BENEFITS TO THE ORGANISATIONS
This 1 day workshop provides the following organisation benefits;
Increase in overall employee health and well-being.
Ongoing reduction in employee stress, absence levels and mental health issues by employees being able to manage
their workloads through better self awareness.
Increase in employee engagement and reduction in employee turnover as employees feel comfortable having
conversations.
Increase in overall employee happiness and understanding of how to support each other.
This 1 day workshop can be further embedded into your organisational culture by;
Introducing the Perfect Imbalance: ‘Keep talking’ toolkit which provides managers and well-being support groups with
the tools to coach the employees in their teams.
“Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year”
Mind.org.uk
“42% UK employees are calling in sick claiming a physical illness, when in reality it’s a mental health issue”
Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund

8. With an increased awareness and equipped with a new toolkit, more and more people can be
enjoying a Perfect Imbalance without the struggle and stress of striving for a work-life balance.
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