Remote working challenges. Optimising work-life balance, wellbeing and focus when working remotely. Tips include creating separate workspaces, setting routines like getting dressed for work, exercising, using pomodoro techniques to focus, staying connected with colleagues, and unwinding from work at the end of the day. The webinar covers maintaining productivity and mental health when working from home.
This document summarizes key time management tips from a seminar on improving time management skills and achieving a better work-life balance. It discusses how humans developed an unnatural relationship with timekeeping due to work schedules and sleep requirements. It also identifies different personality types and their approaches to time (e.g. "firemen" who rush from task to task and "perfectionists" who take a long time to complete tasks). The seminar provides strategies like prioritizing important tasks, minimizing distractions, setting a plan, and taking breaks to help people better manage their time.
Work-Life Balance For Passionate Geeks - #OpenWestJoshua Warren
Work-life balance is touted in job postings everywhere - but what does it really mean? If you’re a passionate developer that’s excited about the technology you work with every day, you probably spend a fair bit of time outside of the office doing something that looks a lot like what you do at work. Even if you’re excited about your work, it’s important to find ways to rest, recharge and disconnect periodically. After spending 7 years building a team of passionate developers, I’ve learned that everyone approaches work-life balance differently, with vastly different results.
This document discusses time management techniques. It outlines 10 benefits of effective time management, such as increased productivity and less stress. It also identifies common obstacles like unclear objectives and interruptions. The document then provides strategies for good time management, including knowing how to spend time, setting priorities, using a time management matrix, creating to-do lists, getting organized, scheduling time appropriately, delegating tasks, stopping procrastination, managing external time wasters like phone calls and emails, avoiding multitasking, and maintaining a good work-life balance.
In light of the dramatic changes that have hit most, if not all, corporate working routines, I’ve prepared a how-to guide on dominating your work from home to make the most of what could be seen as a really challenging experience.
24 Time Management Hacks to Develop for Increased ProductivityIulian Olariu
These are some ideas I talk about in my Time Management training sessions. Try to approach each of them and develop in a new habit, in order to increase your productivity and manage your time better. Don't forget to share if you find them useful!
The document discusses maintaining work-life balance and provides several tips to achieve it. It begins by outlining Stephen Covey's model of balancing spiritual, physical, mental and social aspects of life. It then lists common signs of imbalance like working long hours or feeling stressed/tired due to work. Next, it describes 5 stages of imbalance: being married to work, exhaustion, suffering family and friends, and increased expectations. Finally, it proposes 9 solutions like making lists, setting boundaries, communicating clearly, and setting aside time for leisure and family.
This document provides techniques for bringing mindfulness and variety into one's workday in order to reduce stress and increase creativity. Some of the techniques discussed include taking brief mindfulness breaks, moving one's body, varying routines, finding unexpected similarities and differences, incorporating random elements, tuning into personal inspiration, creating small rituals, and allowing oneself to experiment with new "wrong" ways of doing things. The overall aim is to interrupt habitual patterns and inject more play, awareness and dynamic shifts into one's work.
Purpose
To focus on how to successfully combine work, family relationships and leisure time into a satisfying life.
Approach
To create a skill set that enhances the ability to evaluate priorities, focus on the big picture and use long range planning
Tool
Use prioritizing and organizational skills to make sense out of conflicting demands
This document summarizes key time management tips from a seminar on improving time management skills and achieving a better work-life balance. It discusses how humans developed an unnatural relationship with timekeeping due to work schedules and sleep requirements. It also identifies different personality types and their approaches to time (e.g. "firemen" who rush from task to task and "perfectionists" who take a long time to complete tasks). The seminar provides strategies like prioritizing important tasks, minimizing distractions, setting a plan, and taking breaks to help people better manage their time.
Work-Life Balance For Passionate Geeks - #OpenWestJoshua Warren
Work-life balance is touted in job postings everywhere - but what does it really mean? If you’re a passionate developer that’s excited about the technology you work with every day, you probably spend a fair bit of time outside of the office doing something that looks a lot like what you do at work. Even if you’re excited about your work, it’s important to find ways to rest, recharge and disconnect periodically. After spending 7 years building a team of passionate developers, I’ve learned that everyone approaches work-life balance differently, with vastly different results.
This document discusses time management techniques. It outlines 10 benefits of effective time management, such as increased productivity and less stress. It also identifies common obstacles like unclear objectives and interruptions. The document then provides strategies for good time management, including knowing how to spend time, setting priorities, using a time management matrix, creating to-do lists, getting organized, scheduling time appropriately, delegating tasks, stopping procrastination, managing external time wasters like phone calls and emails, avoiding multitasking, and maintaining a good work-life balance.
In light of the dramatic changes that have hit most, if not all, corporate working routines, I’ve prepared a how-to guide on dominating your work from home to make the most of what could be seen as a really challenging experience.
24 Time Management Hacks to Develop for Increased ProductivityIulian Olariu
These are some ideas I talk about in my Time Management training sessions. Try to approach each of them and develop in a new habit, in order to increase your productivity and manage your time better. Don't forget to share if you find them useful!
The document discusses maintaining work-life balance and provides several tips to achieve it. It begins by outlining Stephen Covey's model of balancing spiritual, physical, mental and social aspects of life. It then lists common signs of imbalance like working long hours or feeling stressed/tired due to work. Next, it describes 5 stages of imbalance: being married to work, exhaustion, suffering family and friends, and increased expectations. Finally, it proposes 9 solutions like making lists, setting boundaries, communicating clearly, and setting aside time for leisure and family.
This document provides techniques for bringing mindfulness and variety into one's workday in order to reduce stress and increase creativity. Some of the techniques discussed include taking brief mindfulness breaks, moving one's body, varying routines, finding unexpected similarities and differences, incorporating random elements, tuning into personal inspiration, creating small rituals, and allowing oneself to experiment with new "wrong" ways of doing things. The overall aim is to interrupt habitual patterns and inject more play, awareness and dynamic shifts into one's work.
Purpose
To focus on how to successfully combine work, family relationships and leisure time into a satisfying life.
Approach
To create a skill set that enhances the ability to evaluate priorities, focus on the big picture and use long range planning
Tool
Use prioritizing and organizational skills to make sense out of conflicting demands
Work-life balance policies help employees balance their job responsibilities with their personal lives. These policies benefit employers as well by creating a more committed and productive workforce. Implementing work-life balance strategies can increase productivity, improve teamwork and morale, and reduce stress. Flexible work arrangements allow employees to better integrate their work with caring for family, pursuing education, managing health issues, religious obligations, and other responsibilities. Employers like Goldman Sachs have introduced programs to help employees maintain a career after an extended absence to improve work-life balance. Technologies like laptops and smartphones have also enabled remote work and greater flexibility.
As more skilled workers enter the global labor market and companies outsource jobs, employees feel increased pressure to work longer hours and take on more work to protect their jobs. Advances in technology allow people to work anywhere and be available around the clock. Employers commonly require overtime work which can negatively impact employees' physical and mental health as well as their personal lives by causing them to miss important family events. To achieve a better work-life balance, employees should track their time use, communicate clearly with their employers about scheduling needs, set boundaries between work and personal time, prioritize self-care, and leverage social support systems during stressful periods.
Ultra-productive people focus on minutes rather than hours, dedicate their mornings to their most important tasks without interruptions, and schedule all tasks on a calendar rather than using to-do lists. They also practice consistent morning routines, process emails only a few times per day, say "no" to almost everything, delegate as much as possible, and touch each item only once to reduce stress and work more efficiently. Maintaining energy levels is also key to productivity.
Time management-presentation .
Organization of activities so I can get it all done.
Setting priorities so I know I can do the most important things first.
Establishing goals and intentionally managing my life instead of reacting to events or drifting aimlessly through life.
This document provides guidance on effective time management techniques. It discusses assessing how time is currently spent, setting priorities, avoiding time wasters like procrastination and multitasking, and using planning tools. The key recommendations are to focus on important rather than just urgent tasks, schedule priority items first to protect that time, and regularly evaluate time management strategies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
This document provides guidance on achieving work-life balance. It discusses defining work-life balance, recognizing when balance is lost, consequences of imbalance, and tips for improving balance. Specifically, it suggests that balance means having control over one's work and fulfilling responsibilities with minimal conflict. It lists 18 signs that balance may be lost and consequences like reduced satisfaction and health issues. Finally, it recommends tactics like setting boundaries, prioritizing important aspects of life, and regularly reassessing goals.
The document summarizes key concepts from the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. It discusses how having too many commitments and things on one's mind can lead to stress. It recommends collecting all open tasks, processing each one to determine next actions, organizing items into lists by category, and regularly reviewing lists to track progress. The five stages of workflow management are outlined as collect, process, organize, review, and do. Setting up dedicated time and workspace to manage tasks is also advised to stay productive and reduce stress.
101 Tips For Overcoming Procrastination and LazinessFlavian Mwasi
Procrastination happens to the best of us, whether you’re Donald Trump or the Queen of England. If you ask a thousand people how many among them are procrastinators, almost every hand would go up.
Procrastination is the habit of perpetually postponing activities that are more profitable and urgent in preference to less profitable and useless ones. This is also the habit of doing pleasurable or “less boring” activities in place of those that are less pleasurable and boring, while delaying impending productive tasks for a later time, “last minute’’, or even indefinitely.
Procrastination is the opposite of ideal productivity.
Procrastination is thriving in today's technological age. The vast majority of the population avoids doing what they intend to do but are never fully committed to achieving: their dreams, objectives, and even some of their commitments, by not paying attention, getting ready to get ready, surfing the Web, playing computer games, and watching the electronic income reducer (that is, television).
Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms have given us a whole new way to stay connected—and a whole new reason to procrastinate.
This eBook contains 101 power-packed nuggets to help you overcome procrastination, become productive, and eventually eliminate it once and for all, breaking the chains of this evil devil that has tormented our beloved race for thousands of years.
Step by step guide to getting organized at workProofHub
Productivity is all about doing work efficiency - doing more, faster and with fewer distractions. And to achieve this, the first thing you need to do is to get your work, tasks & thoughts organized & in line. To help you, we have compiled a step by step guide to getting organized at work. So follow these simple steps to end the chaos in your work life.
Just because you are spending time on your phone or tablet doesn't mean you can't keep your brain healthy and active. We've listed four apps you can use to spark your memory when you are running low on study willpower.
All of these apps are free and available on Apple and Android. While these apps won't do your assignment for you, they might put you in a better frame of mind and give your brain the refresh it needs.
Good time management allows you to accomplish more in a shorter period of time, which leads to more free time, which lets you take advantage of learning opportunities, lowers your stress, and helps you focus, which leads to more career success. Each benefit of time management improves another aspect of your life.
7 Secrets to Work life Balance For Educators Module OnePatti Glasgow
Learn the 7 secrets to work/life balance for Educators. Easy to implements tips and tools so that you can create your version of work/life balance that works for you.
For our final project in Managerial Leadership, taught by Professor Harry Kraemer at the Kellogg School of Management, my team relied on primary (survey and interviews) and secondary (books, articles, prior research) sources to determine the benefits of work-life balance, how professionals view it, and what they are doing to implement it in their lives.
We surveyed 200+ Kellogg alums in various life stages and interviewed multiple professionals, from the CEO of Brunner Advertising to the author of Cinderella of Wall Street to gain additional perspective.
Please keep in mind that the survey we conducted was not rigorously designed nor were the respondents heavily screened. It was meant primarily to learn how current professionals are implementing life balance.
This document discusses various time management strategies and techniques. It begins by outlining some of the negative consequences of time pressures like stress, sickness, and broken relationships. It then defines time management as using techniques to consciously decide how to spend your time as it passes. Some key time management strategies discussed include setting life goals and prioritizing tasks according to those goals, working efficiently by getting organized, avoiding procrastination, and learning to say no. The document provides examples of tools to help with prioritization and working efficiently, such as using a paper organizer and managing interruptions.
The document discusses work-life balance and programs various companies provide to support it. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing work and lifestyle to allocate limited resources according to personal and professional goals. Large companies like IBM, TCS, Shell, Zensar Technologies and Marico offer flexible work schedules, work from home options, leave policies, childcare assistance and stress management programs. Benefits of work-life balance include increased productivity, accountability, communication and morale for organizations, as well as fulfillment, health and leisure time for individuals. It concludes that a balanced lifestyle boosts responsibility and builds better relationships and confidence.
The document discusses strategies for achieving work-life balance. It begins by outlining common signs of an imbalance like working late hours, feeling stressed or tired due to work responsibilities. It then describes five "dying stages" that can result from being "married to your work", including exhaustion, suffering family and friends, and increased expectations. Several solutions are proposed, such as making lists, being flexible, learning to say no, leaving work at the office, managing time, communicating clearly, and setting aside time for recreation and self-care. The key message is that creating balance is an ongoing process that requires periodically reassessing one's priorities and routines.
eBay Business Efficiency Optimization: Tools, Tips & TricksSandi Garcia
Sandi Garcia is an eBay education specialist and social media marketing coach who provides tools, tips, and tricks for running an efficient online business. The document outlines strategies for setting boundaries, scheduling, creating efficiencies in listing and other processes, managing cash flow, using tools and technology, and networking. It emphasizes the importance of treating the business like a professional operation.
Organization And Time Management For Students & Parentssmagat
Overview of how to keep your kids organized in their daily lives. Children can be on the road to success if they know how to manage their schedules and chores
This document discusses work-life balance and achieving a better balance. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing career/ambition and health/family. Common causes of imbalance are long work hours, lack of boundaries between work and home, and advanced communication technology requiring constant availability. Symptoms of imbalance include exhaustion, absence from family events, and poor health. The document provides solutions such as allowing time off from work, reducing commute times, and learning to say no. Benefits of better balance include increased productivity, improved relationships, reduced stress, and a boosted sense of responsibility.
What all remote workers need to know and do by Jayadeva de SilvaSelf-employed
This document discusses the psychological effects of working from home such as loneliness, anxiety, stress, and depression. It provides 7 tips for improving mental health as a remote worker: 1) Create a routine and stick to a schedule, 2) Upgrade your home office space, 3) Get up and move with exercise, 4) Spend time in nature, 5) Work around other humans in co-working spaces, 6) Make time for social connections, and 7) Learn to set boundaries and say no. Following these tips can help remote workers protect their mental health and avoid issues that often arise from isolation.
This document provides strategies for maintaining work-life balance while working remotely. It discusses establishing routines, communicating schedules with coworkers, taking regular breaks, and socializing with colleagues. The key recommendations are to set a schedule including work hours, designate a dedicated workspace, communicate with your team, and mark the end of the workday to separate work and home life.
Work-life balance policies help employees balance their job responsibilities with their personal lives. These policies benefit employers as well by creating a more committed and productive workforce. Implementing work-life balance strategies can increase productivity, improve teamwork and morale, and reduce stress. Flexible work arrangements allow employees to better integrate their work with caring for family, pursuing education, managing health issues, religious obligations, and other responsibilities. Employers like Goldman Sachs have introduced programs to help employees maintain a career after an extended absence to improve work-life balance. Technologies like laptops and smartphones have also enabled remote work and greater flexibility.
As more skilled workers enter the global labor market and companies outsource jobs, employees feel increased pressure to work longer hours and take on more work to protect their jobs. Advances in technology allow people to work anywhere and be available around the clock. Employers commonly require overtime work which can negatively impact employees' physical and mental health as well as their personal lives by causing them to miss important family events. To achieve a better work-life balance, employees should track their time use, communicate clearly with their employers about scheduling needs, set boundaries between work and personal time, prioritize self-care, and leverage social support systems during stressful periods.
Ultra-productive people focus on minutes rather than hours, dedicate their mornings to their most important tasks without interruptions, and schedule all tasks on a calendar rather than using to-do lists. They also practice consistent morning routines, process emails only a few times per day, say "no" to almost everything, delegate as much as possible, and touch each item only once to reduce stress and work more efficiently. Maintaining energy levels is also key to productivity.
Time management-presentation .
Organization of activities so I can get it all done.
Setting priorities so I know I can do the most important things first.
Establishing goals and intentionally managing my life instead of reacting to events or drifting aimlessly through life.
This document provides guidance on effective time management techniques. It discusses assessing how time is currently spent, setting priorities, avoiding time wasters like procrastination and multitasking, and using planning tools. The key recommendations are to focus on important rather than just urgent tasks, schedule priority items first to protect that time, and regularly evaluate time management strategies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
This document provides guidance on achieving work-life balance. It discusses defining work-life balance, recognizing when balance is lost, consequences of imbalance, and tips for improving balance. Specifically, it suggests that balance means having control over one's work and fulfilling responsibilities with minimal conflict. It lists 18 signs that balance may be lost and consequences like reduced satisfaction and health issues. Finally, it recommends tactics like setting boundaries, prioritizing important aspects of life, and regularly reassessing goals.
The document summarizes key concepts from the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. It discusses how having too many commitments and things on one's mind can lead to stress. It recommends collecting all open tasks, processing each one to determine next actions, organizing items into lists by category, and regularly reviewing lists to track progress. The five stages of workflow management are outlined as collect, process, organize, review, and do. Setting up dedicated time and workspace to manage tasks is also advised to stay productive and reduce stress.
101 Tips For Overcoming Procrastination and LazinessFlavian Mwasi
Procrastination happens to the best of us, whether you’re Donald Trump or the Queen of England. If you ask a thousand people how many among them are procrastinators, almost every hand would go up.
Procrastination is the habit of perpetually postponing activities that are more profitable and urgent in preference to less profitable and useless ones. This is also the habit of doing pleasurable or “less boring” activities in place of those that are less pleasurable and boring, while delaying impending productive tasks for a later time, “last minute’’, or even indefinitely.
Procrastination is the opposite of ideal productivity.
Procrastination is thriving in today's technological age. The vast majority of the population avoids doing what they intend to do but are never fully committed to achieving: their dreams, objectives, and even some of their commitments, by not paying attention, getting ready to get ready, surfing the Web, playing computer games, and watching the electronic income reducer (that is, television).
Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms have given us a whole new way to stay connected—and a whole new reason to procrastinate.
This eBook contains 101 power-packed nuggets to help you overcome procrastination, become productive, and eventually eliminate it once and for all, breaking the chains of this evil devil that has tormented our beloved race for thousands of years.
Step by step guide to getting organized at workProofHub
Productivity is all about doing work efficiency - doing more, faster and with fewer distractions. And to achieve this, the first thing you need to do is to get your work, tasks & thoughts organized & in line. To help you, we have compiled a step by step guide to getting organized at work. So follow these simple steps to end the chaos in your work life.
Just because you are spending time on your phone or tablet doesn't mean you can't keep your brain healthy and active. We've listed four apps you can use to spark your memory when you are running low on study willpower.
All of these apps are free and available on Apple and Android. While these apps won't do your assignment for you, they might put you in a better frame of mind and give your brain the refresh it needs.
Good time management allows you to accomplish more in a shorter period of time, which leads to more free time, which lets you take advantage of learning opportunities, lowers your stress, and helps you focus, which leads to more career success. Each benefit of time management improves another aspect of your life.
7 Secrets to Work life Balance For Educators Module OnePatti Glasgow
Learn the 7 secrets to work/life balance for Educators. Easy to implements tips and tools so that you can create your version of work/life balance that works for you.
For our final project in Managerial Leadership, taught by Professor Harry Kraemer at the Kellogg School of Management, my team relied on primary (survey and interviews) and secondary (books, articles, prior research) sources to determine the benefits of work-life balance, how professionals view it, and what they are doing to implement it in their lives.
We surveyed 200+ Kellogg alums in various life stages and interviewed multiple professionals, from the CEO of Brunner Advertising to the author of Cinderella of Wall Street to gain additional perspective.
Please keep in mind that the survey we conducted was not rigorously designed nor were the respondents heavily screened. It was meant primarily to learn how current professionals are implementing life balance.
This document discusses various time management strategies and techniques. It begins by outlining some of the negative consequences of time pressures like stress, sickness, and broken relationships. It then defines time management as using techniques to consciously decide how to spend your time as it passes. Some key time management strategies discussed include setting life goals and prioritizing tasks according to those goals, working efficiently by getting organized, avoiding procrastination, and learning to say no. The document provides examples of tools to help with prioritization and working efficiently, such as using a paper organizer and managing interruptions.
The document discusses work-life balance and programs various companies provide to support it. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing work and lifestyle to allocate limited resources according to personal and professional goals. Large companies like IBM, TCS, Shell, Zensar Technologies and Marico offer flexible work schedules, work from home options, leave policies, childcare assistance and stress management programs. Benefits of work-life balance include increased productivity, accountability, communication and morale for organizations, as well as fulfillment, health and leisure time for individuals. It concludes that a balanced lifestyle boosts responsibility and builds better relationships and confidence.
The document discusses strategies for achieving work-life balance. It begins by outlining common signs of an imbalance like working late hours, feeling stressed or tired due to work responsibilities. It then describes five "dying stages" that can result from being "married to your work", including exhaustion, suffering family and friends, and increased expectations. Several solutions are proposed, such as making lists, being flexible, learning to say no, leaving work at the office, managing time, communicating clearly, and setting aside time for recreation and self-care. The key message is that creating balance is an ongoing process that requires periodically reassessing one's priorities and routines.
eBay Business Efficiency Optimization: Tools, Tips & TricksSandi Garcia
Sandi Garcia is an eBay education specialist and social media marketing coach who provides tools, tips, and tricks for running an efficient online business. The document outlines strategies for setting boundaries, scheduling, creating efficiencies in listing and other processes, managing cash flow, using tools and technology, and networking. It emphasizes the importance of treating the business like a professional operation.
Organization And Time Management For Students & Parentssmagat
Overview of how to keep your kids organized in their daily lives. Children can be on the road to success if they know how to manage their schedules and chores
This document discusses work-life balance and achieving a better balance. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing career/ambition and health/family. Common causes of imbalance are long work hours, lack of boundaries between work and home, and advanced communication technology requiring constant availability. Symptoms of imbalance include exhaustion, absence from family events, and poor health. The document provides solutions such as allowing time off from work, reducing commute times, and learning to say no. Benefits of better balance include increased productivity, improved relationships, reduced stress, and a boosted sense of responsibility.
What all remote workers need to know and do by Jayadeva de SilvaSelf-employed
This document discusses the psychological effects of working from home such as loneliness, anxiety, stress, and depression. It provides 7 tips for improving mental health as a remote worker: 1) Create a routine and stick to a schedule, 2) Upgrade your home office space, 3) Get up and move with exercise, 4) Spend time in nature, 5) Work around other humans in co-working spaces, 6) Make time for social connections, and 7) Learn to set boundaries and say no. Following these tips can help remote workers protect their mental health and avoid issues that often arise from isolation.
This document provides strategies for maintaining work-life balance while working remotely. It discusses establishing routines, communicating schedules with coworkers, taking regular breaks, and socializing with colleagues. The key recommendations are to set a schedule including work hours, designate a dedicated workspace, communicate with your team, and mark the end of the workday to separate work and home life.
The document is a presentation about achieving work-life balance, especially for passionate workers in technology fields. It discusses how work-life balance has changed with increased connectivity from mobile devices. While some integration of work and personal life can be good, it is important to set clear boundaries to protect downtime. The presentation provides tips for implementing better balance policies at work through flexible hours and remote work, and at home by disconnecting from work during personal time. It also addresses unique challenges for remote workers and passionate workers whose personal interests overlap with their jobs.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we conduct our lives and work. Leisure, airlines, casinos, and other non-essential business industries have suffered either complete shutdowns or are currently operating at minimized capacities.
This document discusses Teknion, a company that designs workplace furniture. It promotes Teknion's people-centered approach and customizable solutions. Teknion prides itself on being accessible and focusing on each client's needs. The document highlights some of Teknion's new product lines and collections being launched at Neocon 2016. It also discusses trends in healthy, sustainable workplace design that improve employee wellness, productivity and happiness.
For many, it’s not a simple, seamless switch. It’s so much more than just creating a home office, developing a new schedule, keeping kids or pets occupied, and adopting new routines. It’s entirely changing and challenging the way we work, interact, collaborate, perform, and do business.
It’s reinforcing the need to ask the tough questions, like:
Do I have a great game plan for each day?
Do I start each morning with a clear understanding of my most important priorities?
How am I effectively managing my mindset and finding ways to raise my energy?
How do I know I am making daily progress in this new climate?
Most importantly, am I prioritizing and supporting my family?
The forced rise of remote work is an opportunity. It’s a chance to double down on human connection, serve and support your employees, show up for your clients and community, and prioritize your health and well-being. And it starts with you.
IKEA is a Swedish home goods retailer known for its work-life balance policies that are rooted in Swedish culture. These policies include flex-time, part-time work, leave for life events, and most notably, free health services for employees like podiatry and massage. This case study examines IKEA's Glasgow, Scotland store, where these benefits are popular with employees and seen as investments in their well-being. Outcomes include higher morale, loyalty, and retention rates. IKEA's approach demonstrates how work-life balance extends from an organization's culture and values.
ThisIsHome - Working out our new normalDavidMasson22
A fantastic resource from Thisishome.co.uk suggesting practical ideas designed to help tackle people and communication challenges during the lockdown.
as they evolve.
Overcoming procrastination can be achieved in 7 steps:
1. Work somewhere else to avoid distractions at home and encourage focus. Working in dedicated office spaces helps with this.
2. Break large tasks into smaller 15 minute chunks to make them feel less daunting and easier to complete.
3. Do less by prioritizing a few key tasks each day rather than an overwhelming to do list.
4. Get some exercise daily which helps productivity, focus, and stress levels.
5. Stay organized using tools like Evernote to avoid feeling overloaded or distracted.
6. Limit email and social media checks to specific times to reduce distractions.
7. Find your optimal work "zone"
Why it's essential to have wellbeing programmes in the workplaceJustine Clement
Wellbeing programmes must start with what the possibilities could be, not just from the problems that currently exist (e.g. risks, illnesses, absences). Starting with what could be, forces any wellbeing programme to determine how to create a new reality instead of JUST fixing what is wrong. Creating an improved, “idealised” outcome means that not only are the existing problems addressed, but that a programmes serves to exceed expectation. This is the reason why we it's essential to have wellbeing programmes in organisations today.
This document discusses tips for setting up an effective home office as a working parent. It provides advice from a life coach on choosing a dedicated workspace away from distractions, using color to boost focus, setting boundaries to manage interruptions from children, and the benefits and potential pitfalls of working from home. The top benefit is reduced stress levels from being near family, but potential downsides include feelings of isolation, disconnect from company updates, and lack of self-motivation without external accountability.
The document discusses achieving work-life balance and provides tips for doing so. It notes that the lines between work and personal life have blurred, making balance more difficult. It then gives 10 tips for restoring balance, such as negotiating schedule changes, finding a new career or job, learning to manage time better, and setting priorities. Finally, it emphasizes that balance is an ongoing process and not to stress over imperfections.
The document discusses achieving work-life balance and provides tips for doing so. It notes that the lines between work and personal life have blurred, making balance more difficult. It then gives 10 tips for restoring balance, such as negotiating schedule changes, finding a new career or job, learning to manage time better, and setting priorities. Finally, it emphasizes that balance is an ongoing process and not to stress over imperfections.
Work Life Balance for Passionate Developers - Full Stack Toronto 2015 EditionJoshua Warren
‘Work-life balance’ is touted in job postings everywhere - but what does it really mean? If you’re a passionate developer that’s excited about the technology you work with every day, you probably spend a fair bit of time outside of the office doing something that looks a lot like what you do at work. Even if you’re excited about your work, it’s important to find ways to rest, recharge and disconnect periodically. After spending 6 years building a team of passionate developers, I’ve learned that everyone approaches work-life balance differently, with vastly different results.
The document provides advice on achieving a balanced life between work and family. It discusses common myths around attempting to have a perfect career and family without limits. It recommends being realistic about time constraints and prioritizing key areas of life. Various professionals share strategies for effective time management, organizing one's schedule, stopping feelings of guilt, and developing a support system to balance career and family responsibilities.
This document discusses a "Home First" initiative to address the problem of getting people back home from hospitals or care facilities faster and safer. It provides some quick wins such as visiting a website for Home First initiatives already in practice and challenging limiting language. Longer term recommendations include arranging meetings with therapists to develop action plans, sharing patient records between services, and creating case study meetings. The document encourages taking action by sharing information with others and contacting the website to provide updates.
The document provides 10 tips for improving productivity:
1. Organize your timetable to avoid disappointments and feel more in control.
2. Withdraw from unproductive meetings and use alternative communication methods to save time and money.
3. Interact with others to exchange ideas and stay aware of trends, helping communication skills and confidence.
4. Keep a clutter-free workspace to stay motivated and organized.
5. Utilize productivity apps to help stay on task and focused.
6. Listen to music to boost mood and focus, especially for repetitive tasks.
7. Eat healthy foods to boost brain power by up to 20%.
8. Exercise to
This book provides 60 techniques for overcoming procrastination at work. It discusses adopting the right mindset such as approaching tasks differently and tackling procrastination head on. It also discusses setting yourself up to win by rethinking priorities and goals. Specific tips include producing a plan, teaming up with others, and making sure someone is expecting your work to increase accountability. The overall goal is to provide practical and actionable advice to help motivate oneself at work.
ProSocial Behaviour - Applied Social Psychology - Psychology SuperNotesPsychoTech Services
A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
Covey says most people look for quick fixes. They see a big success and want to know how he did it, believing (and hoping) they can do the same following a quick bullet list.
But real change, the author says, comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out. And the most fundamental way of changing yourself is through a paradigm shift.
That paradigm shift is a new way of looking at the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People presents an approach to effectiveness based on character and principles.
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The last habit, habit number 7, focuses on continuous growth and improvement.
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3. We help humans with change.
We are Human Transformation Architects, working at the intersection of people, culture, change
and innovation. We have developed a Human Accelerator Program and a modern toolkit of
interventions for building high-performing teams, adapted from the most innovative high-growth
companies in Israel, Silicon Valley, Germany and the UK, and backed by the latest scientific
research.
Some of our clients:
About us:
Tribe Global - Level 6, 200 Ann Street - Brisbane QLD 4000
Peta Ellis (Culture) +61420374733 Aaron Birkby (Performance) +61412176613
hello@tribeglobal.com.au
4. About Peta Ellis
Peta is a Human Transformation Architect, ecosystem builder & leader, innovation
strategist, public speaker, and diversity evangelist.
As an entrepreneur, Peta founded 4 companies before 30, and has a 20 year
background in communications, PR, marketing and media relations. She is currently
an Entrepreneur In Residence at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
As a startup community leader and CEO of River City Labs, Peta grew the
organisation over 550%, leading it through an acquisition by the Australian
Computer Society in 2018. Post acquisition she led the expansion of RCL into 3 hubs
across 3 states making it the largest innovation hub network supporting high growth
technology companies in Australia.
She is a member of the Queensland Startup Working Group and has led the Startup
Catalyst Female Founders Mission to London. She was awarded the 2017 Startup
Community Leader of the Year by Techboard.
As an innovation strategist, Peta has worked with hundreds of high-growth
technology companies and has worked with corporates such as Bank of Queensland,
CUA, and Suncorp.
As a facilitator Peta has delivered 20+ hackathons around Australia, and has
delivered hundreds of keynotes, workshops, and panel events to several thousand
participants at events around Australia.
5. About Aaron Birkby
Aaron is a Human Transformation Architect, startup founder, innovation strategist,
executive coach, and public speaker.
As an entrepreneur, Aaron has founded and exited several technology businesses,
businesses, for which he was named the Australian Entrepreneur Of The Year by the
Pearcey Foundation in 2016. He is currently an Entrepreneur In Residence at the
Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
As a startup community leader, Aaron has founded a startup hub on the Gold
Coast, served as an Entrepreneur In Residence and designed multiple accelerator
programs, as well as organising and leading 17 international missions to Silicon
Valley, Boulder, Seattle, London, Berlin and Israel. He’s a member of the
Queensland Startup Working Group and previously served as a board member of
StartupAUS.
As an innovation strategist, Aaron has worked with hundreds of high-growth
technology companies, and consults to multinational giants like Google, YouTube &
Novartis on innovation, culture and performance.
As an executive coach, Aaron coaches professional Australian athletes, investors
and scale-up founders.
As a facilitator Aaron has delivered 60+ hackathons around Australia, and has
delivered hundreds of keynotes, workshops, and panel events to several thousand
participants at events around the world.
6. Remote working
challenges
As organisations around the world shift to working remotely,
many individuals will be working from home for the first time.
This will throw out existing routines and habits, and can
create new pressures for them, their families, and their
teams.
Poor remote working practices and habits can lead to feelings
of isolation, burnout and overload, and can blur the lines
between work and home. It can impact our physical health
and fitness, and can reduce focus and productivity. It can
lead to greater anxiety and can negatively impact our work
and personal relationships.
This document contains just a few of the techniques
individuals can use in order to maintain their mental and
physical wellbeing, and to create boundaries over their use of
time and space, while working remotely or from a home.
88% of remote workers struggle with
inconsistent working practices and
miscommunication
The Institute of Leadership & Management
7. Topics for today
The human side of remote working and self isolation:
Spaces, routines, self-care, children, and teams.
8. As comfortable as it might be, working from your
bed or kitchen table isn’t optimal.
As much as possible you should separate your
workspace from your home-space.
Physical separation of your spaces, and using each
space for one purpose, helps your mind transition
between work and home modes, and prevents the
stress or thoughts of one context invading the other.
Studies show that good physical boundaries around
your work zone helps you maintain focus and clarity
of thought.
It also helps signal to other household members
when you are working.
Spaces & zones.
9. Working in isolation requires you to be more
self-motivate and self-directed.
To help achieve this you should set your to-do
list of the top key tasks and priorities for each
day.
Review your calendar and set realistic plans
for what you can achieve.
Set your intention
for the day.
10. Don’t fall into the temptation of sleeping in. Wakeup at
your normal time and add new morning activities that
energise you.
Design your new ideal morning routine, perhaps including
exercise, meditation, yoga, time in nature, listening to
podcasts or reading.
Get yourself completely ready for the day before you
start to do any work.
Don’t sleep in.
Use your morning for you.
11. Wearing your normal work clothes helps trigger
your mind to enter into “work mode”.
Numerous studies have shown that your choice of
clothing can be used to engineer your mood and
your mindset, and can even affect your
confidence, problem solving and creative
thinking.
Sorry, but your pajamas just won’t get you into
the right headspace.
Get dressed for work.
12. Exercise
Using your body to engineer your mood
It’s easy to let household standards lapse when
you are working from home. But research shows
that making your bed is more likely to make you
more organised elsewhere in your house. Plus it
puts you into a state of momentum for “getting it
done” making you more productive.
Make your bed.
13. Yes, even if you are working from home, creating
a commute to work can trick your brain into
switching into “work mode”.
Consider going for a walk around the block, or via
a local café for a takeaway coffee, as your virtual
commute, to transition yourself ready to start
work.
Your workday officially starts as soon as you walk
back in the door.
Commute to work.
14. Working from home often results in less physical
movement as we only need to move shorter
distances for food or bathroom visits.
Consider periods of standing while working and
also go for a walk outside in the sun and fresh air,
particularly around that early-afternoon energy
low. There are also plenty of apps and YouTube
videos with home workouts, such as here.
Studies show that exercise isn’t just good for the
body, it’s good for the brain.
Don’t forget to move.
15. One of the challenges of working from home can
be the constant distraction of other household
members, kids, chores, and temptations.
One technique to overcome this is to use a
pomodoro – schedule a short intensive period of
work without any distraction (say 25 to 50
minutes) followed by a short break (say 5 to 15
minutes).
Staying focused with pomodoro
sprints.
16. Whenever something comes up in the
home while you are busy with work, instead
of immediately jumping to do it, simply
“park it” for later.
Create a “parking lot” list either in a
notebook, on a small whiteboard, or Post-it
notes on the wall. Then add any tasks or
conversations that you need to complete
later, allowing you to stay focused on the
task at hand.
Park it.
17. A third space is any space that isn’t your work or
home. It could be a café, a park, the beach, or
even your car, bicycle or motorbike.
If you can’t venture out, a third space could also
involve simply putting headphones on and
listening to music on your deck.
You can use a third space to transition between
your modes of action, or as a space to de-stress
and unwind, or for difficult conversations.
Read: The Third Space by Dr Adam Fraser
Use a third space.
18. Working from home during a lockdown can prevent you
from leaving the house, leading to cabin fever and
overwhelm from constantly being surrounded by others
and the same space
You can find a virtual escape through music. Create
‘persona playlists’ of songs to put you into particular
moods or modes of action.
Studies have shown that curated music can help you to
focus, to be more creative, and to transition between
work mode and home mode.
Focus@Will is one app that has scientifically-
engineered music playlists to maximise productivity,
creativity & focus.
Listen to music.
19. Remote work can be isolating and often reduces your opportunities for
conversation. Make sure you stay in regular touch with your tribe through
daily morning “standup” calls, and online collaboration tools like Slack,
Facebook Workspace, Trello, Asana, and more.
You need to build in social time with colleagues. Create a virtual “water cooler
conversations” channel in your digital platforms for you to share banter and
have social conversations with your team.
Stay connected as a tribe.
88% of remote workers are affected by miscommunication. 19% are
affected by loneliness.
20. • Zoom.us is a great tool for remote video calls.
• Give people more advance notice of meetings and calls so
they can organise themselves.
• Ideally activate your webcam for the additional body
language communication.
• Be dressed for an unexpected call.
• Indicate your availability with “office hours” or online status
flags in social platforms
• Replace your screen background with an image to add
privacy.
• Use a headset with decent microphone and consider the
privacy of information shared.
Tips for remote video calls.
22. A ‘download’ is simply a form of
conversation used when you want to
purge your thoughts from the day by
sharing them with another person.
Consider calling a work colleague, a team-
mate, friends or your partner to download
about your day and purge the mind of any
unclosed loops of thought from your
work.
Download.
23. At the end of each day record a short little video of
yourself talking about how you are feeling.
Consider forming a small group of close friends to
share your end of day reflections with.
Watching each other’s reflection videos is a great
replacement to watching the news, and maintains
quality relationships and human connection during
periods of isolation.
Self reflection.
24. Working remotely often means you spend a lot
more time on devices and screens, with more
notifications.
It’s important to unplug from technology and
prevent distracting notifications so that you can
mentally switch off and be more present with
yourself, your family, and other household
members.
At the end of your work each day we
recommend turning off devices or putting them
away in a cupboard or drawer.
Unplug.
22% of remote workers struggle with disconnecting
after hours
25. When you finish work for the day it’s important to
have a routine to transition back into your home
mode.
Pack away your workspace and ideally close and
even lock the door to it. Out of sight is out of
mind.
Then consider ‘commuting home’ by walking
around the block.
Have a shower, take your work clothes off and
switch into more relaxed home wear.
Avoid going back to do more work later.
End your day right.
26. Sunday is prep day.
Prepare and plan for the week ahead:
● Review your calendar for the week
● Create a meal plan or schedule
● Pre-cook meals for busy days ahead
● Plan activities for your kids
Research shows that good prep results in healthier
eating habits, less stress and anxiety, reduces
decision fatigue, and improves mental headspace for
creative and critical thinking.
27. Set expectations
Create boundaries
Plan age relevant activities
Pomodoros for kids
Prepare lunches
Online play dates and convos
Don’t be too rigid
Juggling kids &
work.
31. Like to learn more?
Continue your upskilling as a remote worker.
32. We are setting up a Slack community for
remote workers to share tips and
techniques with one another.
Join the online remote working Slack
community here.
Learn from others.
33. Online webinar same time next
Wednesday on identifying your skill set,
adapting to changes in circumstance, and
ideating additional income streams.
What could you do? How can you offer
your services?
You can find out more about our
upcoming webinars here.
Alternative income
streams.
34. Do you know
how to adult?
We have an online program to teach you the
habits and routines used by the most
successful individuals around the world to
better manage and sustain themselves
www.peakpersona.com
36. Role & Soul.
We provide our behavioural psychometric profiling and training of teams to raise their awareness
of self and of each other, upskilling them to adapt their behaviour and communication for more
effective team performance and people management.
Some of our clients:
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Find out more about the workshop here.
38. Contact us
Level 6, 200 Ann Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
hello@tribeglobal.com.au
@peakpersona @thetribebuilder
Peta Ellis (Head of Culture) +61420374733
Aaron (Head of Performance) +61412176613