Tag Archives: life balance
The Caregivers Dilemma: A Workplace Challenge
One of the issues that hasn’t surfaced over the debate about health care is the need to provide support for caregivers. An estimated 6.1 million Americans care for older relatives or friends. Caregiving cost companies $3.6 billion a year. The cost is not just in hard dollars but in productivity lost. According to a June [...]
6 ways to let people pick your brain without wasting your time
While not every interaction needs to have financial return, there should be rules that are followed if someone needs “friendly” advice so there is still time to get your work done. Here are six questions to ask if someone wants assistance without you losing track of your own time and goals. Click here to read [...]
Give to Get
I ran into my local grocery store yesterday. Under the cool overhang by the automatic door, high school cheerleaders were waving posters and asking for donations so they could go to an out-of-state competition. In a hurry, I ignored them. Driving back to my house, sitting on the curb in the hot sun were two [...]
5 Tips for Better Work-Life Balance
WebMD has a new article about work/life balance. Take a look at 5 Tips For Better Work-Life Balance. Check it out!
Work For A Living & Still Be Free To Live Now Available On Kindle
I am proud to announce that Work For A Living & Still Be Free To Live is now available on Kindle via Amazon.com. Work For A Living & Still Be Free To Live (Revised for the New Millennium) is for overworked executives, entrepreneurs, stressed-out employees or anyone who knows that there is more to life [...]
The original wellness plan
Employers who are serious about work/life balance can now offer employees discounted vacation packages through a company called Rovia. Rovia puts together a wide variety of vacations ranging from weekend getaways to luxury vacations hosted by a Rovia employee who coordinates activities on the trip. To learn more read this article. As my soon-to-be-published book [...]
When Employers Make Room For Work-Life Balance
Jennifer Ludden of NPR has written a fascinating three part article about work/life balance. You can read the first installment at NPR.
Work-life balance: Tips to reclaim control
There was a time when the boundaries between work and home were fairly clear. Today, however, work is likely to invade your personal life — and maintaining work-life balance is no simple task. Still, work-life balance isn’t out of reach. Start by evaluating your relationship to work. Then apply specific strategies to help you strike [...]
Headline: Employee Engagement: Work-Life Balance!
Latest research on employee engagement suggests employees are becoming more disengaged and unhappy. According to a study by the Corporate Executive Board among more than 50,000 global workers, work-life balance now ranks second only to compensation as one of the most important workplace attributes. And, employees who feel they have a better work-life balance tend [...]
Executives Unhappy with Work-Life Balance
April 2011 BlueSteps.com surveyed over 800 global senior executive members to discover the latest attitudes to work-life balance. Of those surveyed, over half reported that they currently do not have a satisfactory work-life balance – the highest dissatisfaction figure recorded since the survey began in 2006. Eighty-two percent report that their company does not have [...]