The document discusses the importance of work-life balance and the lack thereof for many employees. It provides startling statistics showing that a large percentage of employees feel overworked and unable to separate from their jobs even on vacation. They also report work interfering with family responsibilities. The document then discusses the importance of defining balance and prioritizing it over money alone. It provides tips for managers to help employees achieve balance and signs that indicate when one is out of balance.

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Work/Life balance
Let’s get real!
@KristinBaird

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Work
Life

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The Myth We Lived
• Work twice as hard to
prove yourself
• Swear to never let your
family interfere with
your job
• Never let ‘em see you
sweat

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What is Balance Anyway?

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The Startling Truth
of employees say they have a hard time juggling
work and life, according to a survey from Aon
Consulting.

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The Startling Truth
of U.S. employees feel chronically overworked.
And 20% say they make a lot of mistakes.

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The Startling Truth
of employees report going to work even while sick, citing heavy
workload, the need to conserve time off for family needs, and
working in an environment where taking time off is “risky” as
their rationale.

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The Startling Truth
of employees surveyed agreed that employees are more likely to behave
ethically at work when work-life balance is good and 60% believe that job
dissatisfaction leads to unethical decision-making at work.

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The Startling Truth
of employed U.S. adults usually do not take all
of the vacation days they receive each year.

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The Startling Truth
reported that they’ve cancelled or postponed
vacation plans because of work.

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The Startling Truth
of e-mail users admit to checking their work e-
mail once a day while actually on vacation.

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The Startling Truth
of employees say that job demands interfere
with family or home responsibilities.

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The Startling Truth
of employees say that home and family
responsibilities interfere with job performance.

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The Truth Hurts
• 168 hours in a week
• Work
• Sleep
• Eat
• Commute
• Leisure
• Chores

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Balance Trumps Money
• By a substantial majority,
women prefer a better
work-life balance to a bigger
pay check
– #1 Work-life balance (58%)
– #2 Money (45%)
– #3 Recognition (43%)
– #4 Advancement (30%)
– #5 Making a difference (29%)
Accenture

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Defining Balance
• 80% of women say
having a flexible
schedule is either very
important or extremely
important.
• 85% say flexible work
hours would reduce
their stress.

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10 Best Companies for Women
• Telecommuting
• Job sharing
• On-site child care
• Concierge services
“Eighty-five% of
employees say they’re
encouraged to balance
work responsibilities with
personal ones.”
“I have been able to work full-time,
part-time, and per diem and back to
full-time during the various stages of
raising my family,” says an employee.

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Women in Leadership
• More assertive and persuasive – able to bring
others around to their point of view
• Empathetic, flexible and stronger in
interpersonal skills – read situations and take
information from all sides
• Genuinely care about where others are
coming from - helps others feel understood,
supported and valued (Caliper, 2005)

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Signs that You Are Off Balance
• Fatigue
• Sadness/depression
• Feeling chronically torn
• Irritability
• Sleeplessness

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The Managers’ Challenge
• Managing people
• Managing yourself

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“Just as your car runs more smoothly
and requires less energy to go faster
and farther when the wheels are in
perfect alignment, you perform better
when your thoughts, feelings,
emotions, goals, and values are in
balance.”
-Brian Tracy

23. Where are you spending your time?
• Personal mission
• Values
• Vision
• Strategy

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Your Values
• What you give worth to
• Principles or standards
• An important underlying law or
assumption

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“Find your passion, whatever it
may be. Become it, and let it
become you and you will find
great things happen
FOR you,
TO you, and
BECAUSE of you.”
-T. Alan Armstrong

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Connection to Purpose

28. Get Energized!
• What brings you joy?
• Describe the perfect
day.
• What makes you want
to go to work ?
• What energizes you at
work?
• Even when you are
exhausted, what is it
about your work that
makes you still feel it is
worthwhile?

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5 Steps Toward Balance
Build Downtime into Your Schedule
Follow the 3 Ds
Rethink Errands
Get Moving
The 10-minute Rule

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Build Downtime into Your
Schedule
• Plan for it
• Do you push others as
hard as you push
yourself?

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Follow the 3 Ds
• Do it
• Delegate it
• Dump it

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Re-think Errands
• Outsource
• Swap
• Simplify

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Get Moving
• Exercising helps you
gain more energy, clear
your head, and manage
stress.

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10 Minute Rule
Chunk it

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3 Signs that You could Be a Doormat
• Your calendar is filled with
things that you don’t want
to do.
• You want others to sense it
when you’ve hit your limit
without you having to say
anything.
• You feel terribly uneasy at
the thought of someone not
liking you or disapproving of
your actions.

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How to Stop Being a Doormat
• Take time to think
before you agree to
anything.
• Reverse your thinking;
It’s not saying NO, it’s
saying YES.
• You don’t have to
explain.

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The Picture of success
• It’s not just about my own balance
• It’s about bringing my feminine wisdom into
the workforce
• It’s about mentoring others to help them see a
better way. A better world.

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