This document outlines an agenda for a presentation on achieving work-life balance. The presentation covers estimating time usage, defining work-life balance, the effects of imbalance, factors for a good life, dimensions of balance, organizational initiatives, and tips for reducing stress. It includes templates for estimating time spent on work and non-work activities. The presentation promotes properly prioritizing work, career, and lifestyle needs like health, family, and personal development.
Work plays an important role in shaping identity and providing purpose, but achieving a balance between work and personal life is important. Work-life balance is the ability to be productive at work while maintaining a happy home life and leisure activities. It involves balancing time between work responsibilities and other aspects of life like family, personal interests, and leisure. Maintaining self-management, time management, stress management, change management, technology management, and leisure management can help achieve work-life balance.
Work-life Balance is a simple concept with multiple applications. Find out how this concept can be utilised to bring out efficiency and effectiveness out of employees' competencies.
This psychology presentation discusses work-life balance. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing between work and personal life to achieve mental, physical, and emotional fulfillment. Maintaining balance is important to reduce stress and increase productivity for both individuals and companies. However, only 55% of respondents feel they have achieved balance due to factors like long work hours and family demands. The presentation provides solutions for individuals, such as setting clear priorities and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and for management, like flexible work schedules. It concludes that achieving balance leads to benefits for both employees and employers.
The document discusses work-life balance and how it is important for both employees and organizations. It states that work-life balance means prioritizing between career and personal life. While it is different for everyone, dual career families and those with young children often experience more conflict. The document also notes that organizations that support work-life balance see benefits like lower turnover and higher job satisfaction. Both employees and organizations need to work together to achieve a good balance.
The document discusses work-life balance and provides reasons for imbalance, solutions, HR policies to promote balance, case studies, and benefits of balance. It notes that over 60% of respondents feel unable to balance work and personal life. Competition, career ambitions, long hours, and global economies can lead to imbalance. Individual solutions include prioritizing, saying no, organizing, and accepting imbalance. HR policies aim to provide flexibility, time off, training, and support through programs. Case studies show examples of flexible policies from companies. Achieving balance requires time and effort but benefits both work and life.
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The document discusses work-life balance and provides tips for achieving it. It defines work-life balance as achieving balance across four areas: work, family, friends, and oneself. It then outlines the personal and business benefits of work-life balance, such as improved health, relationships, and productivity. Finally, it provides a five-step process for evaluating current roles and priorities to rearrange one's life and commitments to make time for important work and personal responsibilities.
The document summarizes a seminar presentation on work-life balance given by Mr. Dhinda Mohammed Sharif to the Department of Management Studies at JNNCE, Shimoga. The presentation covered the introduction, definition, dimensions, reasons for and solutions to achieving work-life balance. It discussed individual, family, work and organizational factors that impact work-life balance as well as benefits and problems resulting from an imbalance. The presentation concluded with components and importance of achieving work-life balance for both individuals and organizations.
Work plays an important role in shaping identity and providing purpose, but achieving a balance between work and personal life is important. Work-life balance is the ability to be productive at work while maintaining a happy home life and leisure activities. It involves balancing time between work responsibilities and other aspects of life like family, personal interests, and leisure. Maintaining self-management, time management, stress management, change management, technology management, and leisure management can help achieve work-life balance.
Work-life Balance is a simple concept with multiple applications. Find out how this concept can be utilised to bring out efficiency and effectiveness out of employees' competencies.
This psychology presentation discusses work-life balance. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing between work and personal life to achieve mental, physical, and emotional fulfillment. Maintaining balance is important to reduce stress and increase productivity for both individuals and companies. However, only 55% of respondents feel they have achieved balance due to factors like long work hours and family demands. The presentation provides solutions for individuals, such as setting clear priorities and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and for management, like flexible work schedules. It concludes that achieving balance leads to benefits for both employees and employers.
The document discusses work-life balance and how it is important for both employees and organizations. It states that work-life balance means prioritizing between career and personal life. While it is different for everyone, dual career families and those with young children often experience more conflict. The document also notes that organizations that support work-life balance see benefits like lower turnover and higher job satisfaction. Both employees and organizations need to work together to achieve a good balance.
The document discusses work-life balance and provides reasons for imbalance, solutions, HR policies to promote balance, case studies, and benefits of balance. It notes that over 60% of respondents feel unable to balance work and personal life. Competition, career ambitions, long hours, and global economies can lead to imbalance. Individual solutions include prioritizing, saying no, organizing, and accepting imbalance. HR policies aim to provide flexibility, time off, training, and support through programs. Case studies show examples of flexible policies from companies. Achieving balance requires time and effort but benefits both work and life.
Work Life Balance Presentation Deck Linked Inwschopp
The document discusses work-life balance and provides tips for achieving it. It defines work-life balance as achieving balance across four areas: work, family, friends, and oneself. It then outlines the personal and business benefits of work-life balance, such as improved health, relationships, and productivity. Finally, it provides a five-step process for evaluating current roles and priorities to rearrange one's life and commitments to make time for important work and personal responsibilities.
The document summarizes a seminar presentation on work-life balance given by Mr. Dhinda Mohammed Sharif to the Department of Management Studies at JNNCE, Shimoga. The presentation covered the introduction, definition, dimensions, reasons for and solutions to achieving work-life balance. It discussed individual, family, work and organizational factors that impact work-life balance as well as benefits and problems resulting from an imbalance. The presentation concluded with components and importance of achieving work-life balance for both individuals and organizations.
The document discusses work-life balance and presents information on its meaning, myths, reasons for imbalance, solutions, corporate perspectives, and HR solutions. It defines work-life balance as proper prioritization between career and lifestyle. Common myths addressed include the notions that work-life balance means an even 50-50 split of time and that only women desire it. Reasons for imbalance include competition in the global economy and long work hours required by international businesses. Solutions proposed are setting boundaries, prioritizing tasks, and using technology to optimize efficiency. The benefits highlighted are improved productivity, health, fulfillment and relationships.
This document discusses common myths about work-life balance and provides guidance on effective work-life balance programs. It addresses 10 common myths, such as the myths that work-life balance means an even 50/50 split of time between work and home, or that all employees benefit equally from work-life balance programs. The document emphasizes that effective programs consider employee and organizational needs, optimize flexibility and support, and are tailored to the unique context rather than just copying other companies. It warns that propagating the myths could lead organizations to implement misguided work-life balance programs.
This presentation suggests how to balance your work and life. What are the impacts of imbalance and how to ensure perfect balance between your office-work and family life.
The document discusses work-life balance and defines it as achieving meaningful daily achievement and enjoyment in work, family, friends, and personal life rather than an equal balance. It outlines consequences of poor work-life balance like increased stress, fatigue, and lost time. The document also compares work-life programs in the US and EU and provides tips for improving work-life balance like tracking time use, saying no, and nurturing oneself. Finally, it discusses the role of health managers in promoting work-life balance.
This presentation is to tell you if YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT IS IMPORTANT? ARE YOU ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN? ARE YOU IN CONTROL and
ARE YOU ENJOYING EVERY STEP OF YOUR LIFE? If not, then how to do so by maintaining balance between work and life is what you get to master using this presentation.
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.
Work-life balance involves managing time and priorities between work and personal life to reduce stress. It is defined differently by individuals but generally means achieving satisfaction in both domains with minimal conflict. Benefits include increased employee health, morale, engagement, and retention as well as higher productivity and customer satisfaction. Determinants include individual personality type, family responsibilities, work demands, and social roles. Employers can support work-life balance through flexible policies, supportive management, and creating an environment where employees feel in control and supported.
The document discusses work-life balance and provides tips to achieve it. It defines work-life balance as balancing workplace obligations with personal responsibilities. Recent research found that over 60% of respondents felt unable to balance their professional and personal lives. It then lists 10 tips for achieving work-life balance, including setting goals, practicing good time management, taking holidays, staying healthy, being passionate about work and life, and enjoying both work and life. The outcomes of achieving balance are said to include activities like going for walks or spending time with friends to reduce stress.
This presentation is on Work Life Balance. It includes the concept, components, benefits, steps to improve work life balance and role of HR in achieving work life balance.
The document discusses work-life balance and its importance. It defines work-life balance as the ability to be productive at work while maintaining a happy home life with leisure time. It then discusses six components of achieving work-life balance: self-management, time management, stress management, change management, technology management, and leisure management. The document also discusses causes of imbalance like work pressure and stress, and consequences like health risks, absenteeism, and burnout. Finally, it discusses responsibilities of employers in helping employees achieve better balance through options like telecommuting, job sharing, and flexible scheduling.
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.
This document discusses work-life balance and contains 19 slides about the topic. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing between career/work and lifestyle factors like health, leisure, family and spiritual development. The document explores myths and realities about work-life balance, reasons for imbalance, solutions, and benefits of achieving balance such as better health, productivity and relationships.
This document discusses work-life balance and provides tips for achieving it. It begins by defining work-life balance as properly prioritizing between career/work and personal life/health. It then discusses various demands on personal resources like time and energy, and how to allocate them between work and non-work. Several studies and statistics are presented about dissatisfaction with work-life balance and its impacts. The remainder of the document provides many suggestions for improving balance, including time management, flexibility, self-care, prioritizing tasks, saying no, establishing boundaries, and organizational policies around leave, flexible schedules and childcare.
This document discusses tips for balancing professional and personal life. It begins with an introduction defining work-life balance as effectively managing time between paid work and other important activities like family, hobbies, volunteering and education. It then covers components of professional and personal life like self-management and time management. The document also lists reasons it can be difficult to balance the two, such as demands from medical school or training, and provides tips for integrating personal life into one's schedule like coming home relaxed, eating with family and developing healthy routines.
This document discusses work-life balance and its importance. It begins by defining work-life balance as achieving equilibrium between work and personal life. The goal is to create balance across different areas of life to increase self-fulfillment while preventing stress and burnout. It then discusses the changing nature of work and society that have made achieving balance more difficult. It provides strategies for individuals, leaders, and organizations to improve work-life balance, including setting boundaries, prioritizing values, and offering flexible work policies. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of balance in life.
The document discusses achieving work-life balance through establishing priorities and managing stress. It begins by outlining the purpose and approach of a workshop on work-life balance. It then discusses the blurring lines between work and personal life and defines work-life balance as achieving a satisfactory level of involvement across multiple roles. The document also explores stress and its physical, emotional, and behavioral effects, as well as common stressors like work, family, and financial issues. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of determining priorities, setting boundaries, and using stress management techniques to maintain balance.
This document presents information on work-life balance. It begins with an introduction defining work-life balance and discussing its importance. It then covers topics like stress and work pressure, strategies to implement work-life balance, and the benefits of work-life balance for both individuals and organizations. Specific strategies discussed include prioritizing tasks, preventing burnout, and getting further employee engagement. The document also provides examples of work-life balance policies from companies like IBM and Accenture. It concludes that achieving work-life balance can increase productivity and improve mental and physical health.
This document provides information on encouraging work-life balance. It discusses how most Canadians feel overloaded trying to balance their various roles and how technology can make separating work and personal life more difficult. It defines work-life balance as having equilibrium among priorities like work, family, health and community. The document outlines strategies for achieving balance, like setting boundaries between work and personal time, evaluating social interactions, being planned, allowing downtime, and modeling balance.
This document discusses work-life balance and strategies for achieving it. It defines work-life balance as experiencing enjoyment and accomplishment through balancing work, family, and other life roles and priorities. It examines the benefits of work-life balance like greater fulfillment, health, productivity and stronger relationships. It also explores identifying life roles and priorities, using time effectively, and modeling work-life balance. The goal is to help individuals navigate work and life demands to experience satisfaction in all areas.
The document discusses work-life balance and presents information on its meaning, myths, reasons for imbalance, solutions, corporate perspectives, and HR solutions. It defines work-life balance as proper prioritization between career and lifestyle. Common myths addressed include the notions that work-life balance means an even 50-50 split of time and that only women desire it. Reasons for imbalance include competition in the global economy and long work hours required by international businesses. Solutions proposed are setting boundaries, prioritizing tasks, and using technology to optimize efficiency. The benefits highlighted are improved productivity, health, fulfillment and relationships.
This document discusses common myths about work-life balance and provides guidance on effective work-life balance programs. It addresses 10 common myths, such as the myths that work-life balance means an even 50/50 split of time between work and home, or that all employees benefit equally from work-life balance programs. The document emphasizes that effective programs consider employee and organizational needs, optimize flexibility and support, and are tailored to the unique context rather than just copying other companies. It warns that propagating the myths could lead organizations to implement misguided work-life balance programs.
This presentation suggests how to balance your work and life. What are the impacts of imbalance and how to ensure perfect balance between your office-work and family life.
The document discusses work-life balance and defines it as achieving meaningful daily achievement and enjoyment in work, family, friends, and personal life rather than an equal balance. It outlines consequences of poor work-life balance like increased stress, fatigue, and lost time. The document also compares work-life programs in the US and EU and provides tips for improving work-life balance like tracking time use, saying no, and nurturing oneself. Finally, it discusses the role of health managers in promoting work-life balance.
This presentation is to tell you if YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT IS IMPORTANT? ARE YOU ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN? ARE YOU IN CONTROL and
ARE YOU ENJOYING EVERY STEP OF YOUR LIFE? If not, then how to do so by maintaining balance between work and life is what you get to master using this presentation.
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.
Work-life balance involves managing time and priorities between work and personal life to reduce stress. It is defined differently by individuals but generally means achieving satisfaction in both domains with minimal conflict. Benefits include increased employee health, morale, engagement, and retention as well as higher productivity and customer satisfaction. Determinants include individual personality type, family responsibilities, work demands, and social roles. Employers can support work-life balance through flexible policies, supportive management, and creating an environment where employees feel in control and supported.
The document discusses work-life balance and provides tips to achieve it. It defines work-life balance as balancing workplace obligations with personal responsibilities. Recent research found that over 60% of respondents felt unable to balance their professional and personal lives. It then lists 10 tips for achieving work-life balance, including setting goals, practicing good time management, taking holidays, staying healthy, being passionate about work and life, and enjoying both work and life. The outcomes of achieving balance are said to include activities like going for walks or spending time with friends to reduce stress.
This presentation is on Work Life Balance. It includes the concept, components, benefits, steps to improve work life balance and role of HR in achieving work life balance.
The document discusses work-life balance and its importance. It defines work-life balance as the ability to be productive at work while maintaining a happy home life with leisure time. It then discusses six components of achieving work-life balance: self-management, time management, stress management, change management, technology management, and leisure management. The document also discusses causes of imbalance like work pressure and stress, and consequences like health risks, absenteeism, and burnout. Finally, it discusses responsibilities of employers in helping employees achieve better balance through options like telecommuting, job sharing, and flexible scheduling.
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.
This document discusses work-life balance and contains 19 slides about the topic. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing between career/work and lifestyle factors like health, leisure, family and spiritual development. The document explores myths and realities about work-life balance, reasons for imbalance, solutions, and benefits of achieving balance such as better health, productivity and relationships.
This document discusses work-life balance and provides tips for achieving it. It begins by defining work-life balance as properly prioritizing between career/work and personal life/health. It then discusses various demands on personal resources like time and energy, and how to allocate them between work and non-work. Several studies and statistics are presented about dissatisfaction with work-life balance and its impacts. The remainder of the document provides many suggestions for improving balance, including time management, flexibility, self-care, prioritizing tasks, saying no, establishing boundaries, and organizational policies around leave, flexible schedules and childcare.
This document discusses tips for balancing professional and personal life. It begins with an introduction defining work-life balance as effectively managing time between paid work and other important activities like family, hobbies, volunteering and education. It then covers components of professional and personal life like self-management and time management. The document also lists reasons it can be difficult to balance the two, such as demands from medical school or training, and provides tips for integrating personal life into one's schedule like coming home relaxed, eating with family and developing healthy routines.
This document discusses work-life balance and its importance. It begins by defining work-life balance as achieving equilibrium between work and personal life. The goal is to create balance across different areas of life to increase self-fulfillment while preventing stress and burnout. It then discusses the changing nature of work and society that have made achieving balance more difficult. It provides strategies for individuals, leaders, and organizations to improve work-life balance, including setting boundaries, prioritizing values, and offering flexible work policies. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of balance in life.
The document discusses achieving work-life balance through establishing priorities and managing stress. It begins by outlining the purpose and approach of a workshop on work-life balance. It then discusses the blurring lines between work and personal life and defines work-life balance as achieving a satisfactory level of involvement across multiple roles. The document also explores stress and its physical, emotional, and behavioral effects, as well as common stressors like work, family, and financial issues. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of determining priorities, setting boundaries, and using stress management techniques to maintain balance.
This document presents information on work-life balance. It begins with an introduction defining work-life balance and discussing its importance. It then covers topics like stress and work pressure, strategies to implement work-life balance, and the benefits of work-life balance for both individuals and organizations. Specific strategies discussed include prioritizing tasks, preventing burnout, and getting further employee engagement. The document also provides examples of work-life balance policies from companies like IBM and Accenture. It concludes that achieving work-life balance can increase productivity and improve mental and physical health.
This document provides information on encouraging work-life balance. It discusses how most Canadians feel overloaded trying to balance their various roles and how technology can make separating work and personal life more difficult. It defines work-life balance as having equilibrium among priorities like work, family, health and community. The document outlines strategies for achieving balance, like setting boundaries between work and personal time, evaluating social interactions, being planned, allowing downtime, and modeling balance.
This document discusses work-life balance and strategies for achieving it. It defines work-life balance as experiencing enjoyment and accomplishment through balancing work, family, and other life roles and priorities. It examines the benefits of work-life balance like greater fulfillment, health, productivity and stronger relationships. It also explores identifying life roles and priorities, using time effectively, and modeling work-life balance. The goal is to help individuals navigate work and life demands to experience satisfaction in all areas.
1) The document discusses achieving work-life balance and managing stress from conflicting demands of work and personal life. It provides tips on prioritizing tasks, setting boundaries between work and personal time, and maintaining flexibility.
2) The effects of stress on physical, emotional, and behavioral health are outlined. Chronic stress can increase the risk of illness if work and personal demands are not balanced.
3) Achieving a balance allows greater focus, motivation and satisfaction at both work and home according to the presentation. Employers also benefit from initiatives supporting work-life balance.
This document discusses work-life balance and maintaining a balance between professional and personal responsibilities. It notes that over 60% of respondents report an inability to balance work and life. Maintaining balance is important for mental and physical health as well as increased productivity. The document recommends HR solutions like flexible work schedules, job sharing, and leave policies to improve work-life balance as well as seminars on maintaining balance. It states benefits to organizations include increased productivity and morale while benefits to individuals are reduced stress and improved relationships.
Work life balance - Myth or reality (WLB) PresentationNishad Showkath
The document discusses work-life balance, including definitions, evolution of the concept, components, determinants, models and theories. It addresses myths versus realities of work-life balance and provides tips to improve balance, such as setting goals, time management, self-care, and enjoying both work and life. The key outcomes are better productivity, lower turnover and absenteeism, and increased loyalty when organizations support employee work-life balance.
This document discusses tips for achieving work-life balance. It begins by defining work-life balance and explaining how scenarios have changed with more expanded work areas, long hours, and dual career families. This can lead to stress, health issues, and conflicts between work and family roles and responsibilities. The document then provides tips for individuals and organizations to achieve better balance. These include prioritizing responsibilities, setting boundaries, managing time effectively, getting social support, and reflecting regularly to refine one's approach over time.
Work-life balance refers to properly prioritizing work and lifestyle to allocate limited personal resources like time and energy. The document discusses common myths around work-life balance and provides solutions and benefits corporations and HR can provide to promote better balance. It explains that balance does not mean equal split but aligning how one allocates resources with personal goals. Competition, long hours, and globalization often cause imbalance, but setting boundaries, flexibility, and time off can help. Finding balance leads to greater productivity, health, and fulfillment at work and in relationships.
This document provides an overview of work-life balance. It begins with an introduction that defines work-life balance and outlines its importance. It then discusses stress and work pressure, strategies to implement work-life balance, and the benefits of work-life balance for both individuals and organizations. Examples of work-life balance policies from companies like IBM and Accenture are also provided. The document concludes that achieving work-life balance can increase productivity, improve health, and enhance relationships.
The document discusses strategies for achieving work-life balance. It begins by defining work-life balance as properly prioritizing between work and personal life. It then outlines several techniques for maintaining balance, including setting priorities using the ABC method, using Covey's time management matrix, and applying the 80/20 rule. Finally, it provides nine keys to achieving work-life balance, such as learning to say no, leaving work at work, and being honest with yourself about where you need to improve your balance.
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This document discusses work-life balance and provides tips to achieve it. It defines work-life balance as properly prioritizing work responsibilities and ambitions with personal health, leisure, and spiritual activities. Common reasons for an imbalance include increased responsibilities at work and home, long work hours, personal mindset, and overuse of social media. Not having a balance can lead to poor health, conflicts, and lower performance. The document recommends setting priorities, tracking time usage, focusing on one task at a time, setting boundaries between work and personal life, maintaining healthy habits, and learning to say no to take control of your schedule. Maintaining work-life balance provides benefits both to employees and their organizations.
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.
This document discusses work-life balance and provides tips for achieving it. It begins by defining work-life balance as prioritizing between career and personal life. It notes that balance looks different for everyone and will change over time based on life circumstances. Several principles for balance are outlined, including learning to simplify tasks, destress, take care of health, share responsibilities, and slow down periodically. Specific tips include saying no, delegating work, prioritizing tasks, exercising, spending time with family, and maintaining self-care activities. The document emphasizes that finding a perfect balance is rare and the nature of balance is unique to each individual.
Work life balance And Spiritual QuotientSudeep Malik
Does not mean an equal balance. Trying to schedule an equal number of hours for each of your various work and personal activities is usually unrewarding and unrealistic.
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The document discusses the importance of balancing work and personal life. It notes that too many work hours can lead to negative health, stress, and relationship issues. It recommends identifying priorities and communicating needs to both work and family in order to set clear expectations. Suggestions for achieving better balance include learning time management, being organized, saying no to unnecessary tasks, taking time off, and consciously separating work and personal time. Maintaining work-life balance is important for overall health and requires continuous evaluation of needs.
The document discusses the concept of work-life balance and defines it as achieving daily fulfillment through meaningful achievement and enjoyment across four key areas: work, relationships, self-care, and community. It notes that balance looks different for everyone and can change over time and life stages. Achieving balance involves understanding one's values and priorities, managing barriers like stress and lack of support, and focusing effort on all important life domains each day rather than just work. Flexibility, organization, setting boundaries, and asking for help from others are also recommended.
How to improve your work–life balance.pptBirdie C.
It's essential
to balance your professional and personal life.
Creating a harmonious work–life balance is critical to improve not only our physical, emotional and mental well–being, but it also benefits our career.
Tips to create a better work–life balance, and to be a supportive manager:
1. Accept that there is no ‘perfect’ work–life balance.
2. Find a job that you love.
3. Prioritize your health.
4. Don’t be afraid to unplug.
5. Take a vacation.
6. Make time for yourself and your loved ones.
7. Set boundaries and work hours.
8. Set goals and priorities (and stick to them).
The document discusses work-life balance and achieving a balanced life. It states that there is no single definition or solution for work-life balance as it varies between individuals and over time. It emphasizes achieving a balance across four life quadrants of work, relationships, self-care, and family through daily achievement and enjoyment in each area. Some tips provided include prioritizing important values, being organized, flexible, and saying no when needed. It also stresses the importance of quality time with family and friends to find true happiness.
The document discusses work-life balance and its importance. It defines work-life balance as achieving a balance between workplace obligations and personal responsibilities. Maintaining a proper balance is important for employee well-being and productivity. The document outlines many factors that can lead to an imbalance like long work hours, overload, and lack of flexibility. It provides tips for both employers and employees to improve work-life balance, such as flexible schedules, time off policies, self-care, and stress management. The overall message is that finding the right balance specific to each individual is key to enjoying both work and personal life.
Trying balance work, family, and life can be an elusive task. This presentation will discuss the work-life balancing act through understanding unbalance, personal health effects, and organizational impact. Strategies are discussed that lay the groundwork for finding personal work-life balance. Alternate ways of conceptualizing life balance are proposed, as well as an exercise to begin swinging the pendulum towards a more balanced and fulfilling life. This presentation is appropriate for those who are seeking life balance, as well as employers, supervisors and managers who are trying to retain and strengthen their workforce.
Presenter
Sandra B. Morissette, Ph.D.
Assessment Core Chief, Veterans Affairs VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans
Associate Professor, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine
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1. January 2013
Achieving Balance Between
Work and Life
Presenter : Vaibhav Waghmare
2. Agenda
Pre estimation of time utilization
Work Life Balance
Opinions
Scenarios
Effects of Work Life Imbalance on Employer
Effects of Work Life Imbalance on Employee
Factors which brings better Human life
Dimensions for Work Life Balance
Initiatives by Organization/s
Tips for How to Stress less ?
Post estimation of time utilization
Discussion or Questions
A video – Musical Fountain
Conclusion
Thanks giving
4. Work Life Balance Work Sheet
Draw Bar Chart for following activities (Weekday & Weekends) – 5 -10 mins
Work Related activities
Duration of work
Non Work related activities (Time allotted)
Work
Family and friends
Rest
Physical activities
Recreation activity
Self
Other
Undefined
Keep the sheet for future reference
5. Estimation of time utilization - Weekday
Time Spent for various activities
12
10
8
6
4
2 Time Spent
0
6. Estimation of time utilization - Weekends
Time Spent for various activities
12
10
8
6
4
2 Weekend
0
7. Work-Life balance – Various perspectives
Work–life balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between
"work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle“
(Health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development /
meditation). Related terms include "lifestyle calm balance" and "life style
choices“ - Wikipedia
stress in
tolerable /
manageabl
e limits
10. Effects of Work Life Imbalance on Employer
productivity & ROI Interpersonal conflicts
11. Effects of Work Life Imbalance on Employee
productivity , Efficiency,
Involvement, Concentration
Growth Personal conflicts
Ment Physica
al l
Intellec
tual
Health depressed, anxious and
irritable
12. Factors which brings better Human life
House
Income
Job security
Community Activity
Education
Environment
Civic Engagement
Health
Life satisfaction
Safety
Psychological health
13. Work – Life interconnections
Work
Friends Self
Family
14. Dimensions for Work Life Balance
Sleep Exercise Vacations
Work family and friends
Appropriate breaks
Doing fun things / entertainment
Time with spouse or significant other or
children
Non job related training
Personal development
Commutation
Sports Activities
Spiritual Practices
Participation in community and civic Leisure Time
activities
15. Dimensions for Work Life Balance
Frequent group activities
Effective (SMART) goal settings for work
Proper communication
Appropriate Mentoring
Able to leave work at work
Good work environment
Healthy eating and lifestyle
Good work relationship
Enjoy or challenges at work
Effective Time Management
16. WLB support initiative
Assistance from Organization
• Casual, Sick, Earned, Maternity Leaves etc.
• Work flexibility – Work from home, flexible timing etc.
• Support for higher education and career growth
• Pleasant atmosphere
• Personal work assistance during work hours
• Policies to achieve personal goals
• Promotion and growth opportunities
• Providing equal opportunities
17. WLB support initiative to support your Life
Assistance from Organization
• Entertainment, Awards & Recognition and various cultural
and professional events
• Health and fitness care and Family Insurance
• Sports activities
• Cafeteria facility
• Various celebrations – Birthday, Anniversary etc.
19. Tips for How to Stress Less ?
Set priorities in life, re-priorities them wisely based on
situations
Use effective time and project / task management
techniques
Do regular exercise / sufficient physical activities
Give sufficient time to Family, friends, Self & Society
Engage yourself into social activities
Work from home when required
20. Tips for How to Stress Less ?
Have protected non-work time
Ask for reasonable workload
Financial contentment
Participate in sports activities
Learn to “leave work” mentally and physically
Take appropriate breaks during the work including lunch
Plan vacations and take them
22. Work Life Balance Work Sheet
Draw Bar Chart for following activities (Weekday & Weekends) – 5 -10 mins
Work Related activities
Duration of work
Non Work related activities (Time allotted)
Work
Family and friends
Rest
Physical activities
Recreation activity
Self
Other
Undefined
Keep the sheet for future reference
23. Conclusion
It is your life, and you choose what you make of
it. Take control – a large part of satisfaction is
attitude. Mentally decide on what you want to
balance, create a situation that satisfies your
need, and then do it.
24. Contact Me
LinkedIn- http://in.linkedin.com/in/vaibhavw
Mail - wvaibhav@yahoo.com
Editor's Notes
Take the print of the embedded document, print and distribute the sheets, pencil/crayons and eraser to the participants. This sheet contains two sections Week days and weekends. Explain sample examples from the consecutive slides and ask participants to keep those with them.
Use following template for evaluating your current and planned time utilization.
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Distribute sheets to every participant with color / pencils. These sheets needs to contain blank charts with columns outline drawn for each section. This sheet would have two charts, one for weekdays and another for weekends. Every participant needs to darken/color respective column as per his time spent for each task.
“A good balance is a four-day workweek. This allows me to get all the ’stuff’ (groceries, laundry, cleaning) done in one day and still have two more days to do what I want.”“If the job has stress in tolerable / manageable limits, then I will have achieved a Work - Life balance.”“For me, a good work-life balance means something simple: to work to support my life, and not the other way around. I don’t want to use my life to support my work, I want to use my work so I can live my life in the way I want it. If I can do this, then I have good work-life balance”
These are different ways one can think that is the work life balance means. Ask explain your view for one/two and then ask others to explain what the work life balance mean to those and take notes if possible.Work and Life overlapping to each other some time or occasionallyWork life superimposing on to the life or vis a visWork less achieve more – A unique concept to balance work and lifeWork and Life never overlapping to each other
This diagram shows various important aspects of work and life Hobbies / interest – One may have interest in reading books, visiting to places, watching TVs, chatting with friends and colleagues, gardening, food making etc…Religious/spiritual concerns – Few may say that they like to put some time daily/weekly in doing some contribution to religious activities or spiritual practices or doing meditation or reading philosophical books or listening to various discoursesFew may like to spend most of their time with friends and colleagues – work and friends is life for them.Few are people are different, they do work on time and then go to home. And that’s it, they don’t want any friends or so. They spend most of their time with their family and satisfying to the needs of family members.Few people may like to spend some time or engage themselves with the community activities or social activities, like doing some contribution / work related to respective religious houses, working for some NGOs etcFew people are more concerned for their personal health, they do physical workout 2-4 hours a day or play specific sport for few hours a week or do walk/jogging every dayFew says, my job is my life, everything else is not important to me. I will try to balance my life after retirement… Few say that I am putting my efforts in future planning and also spend some time from my life to initiate some activities which would secure my future
Imbalance in Work and Life for individual employee causes issues with the employer / management. It directly affects productivity or Return on investment. We are software company, our machines are humans, who produce software and services. In case if an employee has an issue, then it results into lesser productivity which directly affects the goal of an organization. Interpersonal conflict is an another issue which is a result of imbalance in work & life. Causes are infinite….Many more reasons due to
Ability to combine work, family commitments, Friends and personal life is important for the wellbeing of all human being. It is also important for the society as a whole, as it ensures that people have sufficient time to socialize and participate in the life of community.
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