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Shushma 1
Work Life Balance is related to:
Life events
Perception and priority we give
them
Work efficiency
Managing self, stress, time and
relationship
In the lack of proper balance
between job and life:
Depressions
Run away from home
Suicide
Alcoholic, wrong tracks
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Spiritual view –
Looking through
Full of events/ long lists of dreams/desires
Competitions and compromising
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It
is managing self,
emotions, stress, time and
relationship.
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Present scenarios in societies.
Expanded work area- moving far from
home
Multi job- taking many jobs at a time
to shift
Converting into nuclear family-
unpaid 7
In the lack of proper understandings
misunderstandings occur.
May arise conflicts.
stress at home.
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Stressis directly linked
with person’s health,
performance and
relationship with others.
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Who have more stress, have more chances to
have diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and
many more. 10
Few Stress Impact Data
Source: American Psychological Association,
American Institute of Stress, NY
stress being
has a they have stress has they are
negative alienated
difficulty caused "always"
impact on from a
managing them to or "often"
their friend or
work and fight with under
personal and family
family people stress at
professional member
responsibiliti close to work-
life - because of
es. them- 30 %
stress-
48 % 31 % 54 % 26 %
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What do we understand by
Work-Life Balance ?
WLB
responsibilities individual
perform social
simultaneously . worker
Work Vs Home
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To mitigate the conflict, it is
crucial to prioritise and
strike a balance between
work, home and interest.
Does balancing work and family life
mean dividing time for them equally
50/50 ?
or or
40/60 70/30
? ?
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Individual Organization
-happy person -reduce
-positive absenteeism
thinking -reduce turn over
-improve -more creativeness
health and team works
-better -increase
relationships productivity and
-motivated job satisfaction
-reduce stress
levels 28
A case
Hope
Moral
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According to the OECD’s Better Life
Index, Denmark has the best work-life
balance of the 20 OECD countries
studied.
Most employees in Denmark don't
work long hours, and government
policies support families with young
children, allowing people to balance
their work and home life.
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According to the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development’s Better Life
Index, Denmark has the best work-life
balance of the 20 OECD countries studied.
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What are your suggestions
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Don't try to balance work and
life. Integrate the two.
“The research, published in the
journal Human Relations, studied
over 600 employees…
Keeping work and home life separate
could actually be making you more
stressed. Instead, integrating the two
is the best strategy to strike the right
balance.”
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Though there are no
silver bullet solutions,
What can we do to have a
better-work life balance?
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On a personal Level:
Objectively Analyze
Am I spending too much time/ effort/
money on something?
What are my boundaries?
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Understand what really matters
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Be Generous to self
Health is wealth.
(as long as your health is with you,
the world goes along with you…)
Create some special time to
relax, to be happy
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Know the limit
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Set boundaries and learn
to say no.
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Understand others too
Value the people you care
Show your love and affection
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Helping hands
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Trust and Delegate
Trust others too and let them
work on their own.
Delegate works (don't get fish for
them, teach them how to fish)
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Managing Emotions
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Be positive
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Share your feelings
closed ones.
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Self Evaluation
Let things go and forget what
you couldn't do.
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Managing Conflict
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Listen to the people
Do not go with the rumors
Proper communication
Accept - Avoid
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Managing Time
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Be Organized
Set small,
manageable and
achievable goals
Prioritize your
work.
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Know your weakness and strength
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Understand, time is money
Use a work diary,
Send yourself reminders
Check lists, set dead lines.
lines
don't procrastinate
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Keep correcting
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From the Organization's Side
Time
Working hours
Maternity/paternity leave
Force leaves
Alternate leave
job
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Facility and resources
Baby care centre
facility to work with spouse
Telecommuting
Free counseling
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The happier you are, the better
you can perform.
Thank you.
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