Work Life Balance

  • Under pressure to do more with less?
  • Need to get a life?
  • Forgot what your family looks like?
  • How long can you keep it up?
  • Are you in charge or is someone else driving you?
  • Zero work life balance?
  • Friends calling you a workaholic?

Burning the candle
at both ends?

What can you do about it?

  • It often seems like we have no choice - if we won't do it they will find someone who will.
  • Maybe you're not aware of your full bargaining power.
  • It depends on how you package it.
  • If you complain, whine, cry, shout and stamp your feet, what do you expect?
  • You may not get much sympathy.
  • But how about selling what you can achieve and bargaining for a better deal?
  • Focus on the tangible things you have achieved and can do for the business in the future.
  • Make a case for being judged on your results, not the amount of time you put in.
  • This is the positive approach. Complaining will get you nowhere.
  • Stop feeling guilty for not being there all hours of every day.
  • Do your own performance appraisals - celebrate successful results, not hours worked.
  • Delegate and facilitate so others do more on your behalf.
  • Take time to think strategically about where you can add most value.
  • Avoid reactive, fire-fighting mode.
  • Say 'no' more often - but constructively - say ''Let me see how I can help you.'' and offer someone else's help or take an advisory approach, anything but doing it yourself.
  • It's your life after all!
 
 

 

Burning the candle at both ends?

  • Under pressure to do more with less?
  • Need to get a life?
  • Forgot what your family looks like?
  • How long can you keep it up?
  • Are you in charge or is someone else driving you?
  • Zero work life balance?
  • Friends calling you a workaholic?

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