"When work style meets lifestyle - energizing corporate environments through developing communities of practices for parents" presentation during BledCom 2016

2. When work style meets lifestyle -
energizing corporateenvironments
through developing communities of
practices for parents.
Monika Sońta

5. Starting with a definition
Communities of practice are groups of
people who share a concern or
a passion for something they do and
learn how to do it better
as they interact regularly.
Etienne Wenger
Domain
Practice
Community

6. Corporate Bubble
runners
parents
students
managers
trainees
talents
cat lovers
SMT
LGBT
EURO
2016 fans
anglers
expats
cyclists
mentors
women

7. Sharing a concern…
„Let us start from the fact that we are mums too”
Interview, 10th June 2016
0
10
20
30
0-1 1-3 3-6 6+
Children agerange
1-6

8. Having hesitations in similar M-oments

9. Learning how to do it better
…by communicating the expectations
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
M-Factor organizacja A home office
family health
benefits
empathetic
leader empathetic
leader
Corporate
benefits
during
pregnancy
Dev.
Opportunities
Employer
Branding of
being parents-
friendly

10. Feeling good?
Yes!

11. J & L
• everyday
opportunities (the work itself)
• flexibility
• steppingstone
• longer hours
• child care (pre-school)
• child's illness (emergent work leave)
Based on the words’ density (frequency of appearance)
coworkers

12. Corporate Bubble is good for
growing ideas and communities
Empathy is good for engagement
Support communities and disengage people
who disangage your engaged employees J

13. Staying in touch is good for M-Factor
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