WorkLife Balance

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Work-Life Balance

• Presented by
• Ashley H. Halsey, MA, ALC
• January 2008

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Personal and Professional Development

• Both are fundamental to overall wellbeing and
  life satisfaction.

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One-Sided Systems Approach

• Most organizations have historically taken a one
  sided approach to work-life balance
• Focusing primarily on benefits, organizational
  policies, and procedures to help solve the
  work-life balance issue
• This leaves out the individual employees
  responsibility for his/her own personal issues

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What can the Individual do for him/herself to
enhance personal work-life balance?

• Empowerment
• Personal Responsibility
• Strategy

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Two Legs of Work-Life Strategy

• Left Leg Organizations Responsibility
• Addresses key opportunities an employer has to
  provide resources for employees and their
  families
• Quick Hit Opportunities

• Right Leg Individuals
  Responsibility
• Essential because it varies for everyone
• Unique to the individuals needs
• Changes over time and stages of life
• Created by the individual

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The Corporate Ladder

• Climbing the corporate ladder is harder when
  you dont have both legs on the ladder
• With a one-sided strategy, one will not
  effectively achieve a balance between work and
  home
• Support is needed by having both legs

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It takes two legs for a ladder to stand. You
cannot climb a ladder that is not standing.

• Consider what your ladder looks like is it
  standing or is it needing an additional leg?

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Quick Hit Opportunities

• Communicate and publicize your current offerings
  as a work-life package
• Promote EAP services
• Offer Lunch and Learns
• Do away with Friday afternoon meetings
• Endorse working from home
• Have a bring your kids to work day
• Offer wellness opportunities offer subsidies for
  off-site exercise
• Support employees outside interests
• Get to know your employees

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What does your company do to encourage personal
and professional development?

• This will help quantify how much support you are
  giving your employees via the Left Leg.

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Marriage and Family conflicts are the primary
reasons that people seek counseling.

• If personal problems are not resolved, work
  performance is impacted.

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If employers will continue to be more mindful of
work-life balance, employees will find a healthy
balance between work and home.

• Learning work-life skills should be a part of
  your organizations stated strategy.

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EAP Services

• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are vitally
  important in the execution of work-life services
  and teaching these concepts to employees.
• Training is available to coach employees on a
  variety of topics for the workplace as well as
  home.
• Consult with your EAP vendor and enhance these
  efforts in your HR team

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Thank you!

• Ashley H. Halsey, MA, ALC
• (205)-908-1350
• 1-800-677-4544