1 WORK LIFE BALANCE Unit 6 Work Life

1 WORK LIFE BALANCE Unit 6: Work Life Balance

Work Life Balance 2 Work–life balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle“ (Health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation). Unit 6 Work Life Balance

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Myth 1 4 Work life balance means spending 50% of your time at work and 50% of your time at home Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Reality 5 Work life balance occurs when individuals with a finite amount of mental, physical and emotional resources allocate those resources in way that corresponds their personal and/or professional Work goals. Unit 6 Life Balance

Myth 2 6 Women desire more work life balance than men Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Reality 7 Ø Ø Ø Many studies have found that there is no gender differences in experience of work life conflict Men and women are both affected by non work and work demands Findings in relation to gender differences in work and non work domains are often weak or inconsistent Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Myth 3 8 Work life balance is synonymous with workfamily balance or family support vs Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Reality 9 Ø Ø Ø Equating work life balance and family support as synonymous assumes that only those with families desire/need balance Can lead to backlash to single employees or employees without children Research on singles friendly culture is a response to this backlash Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Work-life balance 10 Ø Ø 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. Will vary over time, often on a daily basis. The right balance for you today will probably be different for you tomorrow. The right balance for you when you are single will be different when you marry. Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Work-life balance 11 Ø Ø There is no perfect, one-size fits all, balance you should be striving for. The best work-life balance is different for each of us because we all have different priorities and different lives. An effective work-life balance definition has two key everyday concepts that are relevant to each of us. They are daily Achievement and Enjoyment Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Work-life Triangle 12 Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Defining Work- life balance…. 13 Meaningful daily achievement and enjoyment in each of the four life quadrants: FRIENDS SELF FAMILY WORK Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Striving for a perfect balance Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Is it a 50 -50 split? Unit 6 Work Life Balance Or is a 70 -30 split?

Or is it a seesaw? Balance is elusive and difficult to maintain. ➤ Compromises are constantly made, with the scales of balance shifting along with the occasional long workday or work assignment, family obligations, or any one of a number of life’s little surprises. ➤ Unit 6 Work Life Balance

17 Some reasons for the imbalance ➤ ➤ Ø ➤ ➤ ➤ Individual career ambitions Having salaries that haven't increased much, but expenses that have Increased responsibilities at work Working longer hours Competition Increased responsibilities at home Becoming a parent Technology Unit 6 Work Life Balance

The need of Work Life Balance 18 “No one can have everything and do everything at the same time” -Oprah Winfrey The inability to balance work and family demands has been linked to : Ø reduced work performance Ø increased absenteeism Ø lower commitment Ø poor morale Unit 6 Work Life Balance

The keys to work life balance 19 Prioritise ➤ Learn to say no ➤ Leave work at work ➤ Practice the 3 -D principle ➤ Be honest with yourself ➤ Choose your attitude ➤ Know what you want ➤ Work life balance tips ➤ Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Prioritise 20 Know what you need to do first, then make a plan and stick to it ➤ The process of developing priorities requires you to make decisions about what you can realistically achieve in a day, in a week, even in and a year and then accepting the fact that you simply cannot do it all ➤ Set aside time for the important things that you know will take time. Then do the hardest first Unit 6 Work Life Balance ➤

Learn to say no 21 Set clear boundaries about what you reasonably can and cannot do. It sends a very strong message of confidence ➤ Make of a point of seriously considering any request that comes your way and double check your schedule before accepting ➤ Set your boundaries, and stick to them ➤ a powerful little word with a huge impact ➤ Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Leave work at work 22 Turn off your email notifications on your mobile if you have to, but make a conscious effort to keep sacred the time you spend away from work. This is where you find the rejuvenation that you need to do good work in the first place ➤ If you don’t respect your personal time, no one else has reason to either ➤ If it is urgent you’ll know about it. If not, trust yourself to get to it when you get to it ➤ Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Practice the 3 -D principle 23 When you feel overwhelmed, it’s a sign that you’re doing too much ➤ Take an honest look at your to-do-list – how many of those tasks are ‘truly’ necessary for you to do? ➤ Can someone else do some of those jobs for you? ➤ Can you hire help or barter with your friends Unit(or 6 other professionals) Work Life Balance to get some tasks done? ➤

Be honest with yourself 24 Part of your weekly review – or at least every third of fourth one - should be to ask yourself “Am I happy with all this? And follow up by looking at how well you’re doing of balancing everything ➤ Be honest – this is your life we’re talking about ➤ If you can’t face the hard questions, all the lifehacks and organising won’t mean a thing ➤ Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Choose your attitude 25 Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Know what you want 26 Develop a Personal Mission Statement ➤ What purpose do I have in my life? ➤ What values do I want to represent? ➤ What actions am I taking to accomplish my purpose and adhere to my values? ➤ What am I learning to aid me in pursuing my goals? Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Work life balance tips 27 Do not procrastinate ➤ Simply say ‘no’ when required ➤ Learn to relax and enjoy life ➤ Work smarter not harder ➤ Forget about perfection ➤ Don’t be a martyr ➤ Develop a support network ➤ Evaluate your work-life balance on a regular basis ➤ Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Enjoy the ride!! 28 Unit 6 Work Life Balance

Final thoughts… 29 Unit 6 Work Life Balance

30 Thank You! Maryrose Francica maryrose@women. org. mt