2. INTRODUCTION
Work–life balance is a broad concept
including proper prioritizing between “work”
(career and ambition) on one hand and “life”
(Health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual
development) on the other.
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• Recent research says that more than 60% respondents are not
able to find a balance between their personal and professional
life.
• Traditional thinking leading to more stress and lack of
concentration in work , hence leading to greater absenteeism
and increase in attrition rate.
• Activities and social spaces are becoming ambiguous.
10. HR SOLUTION TO WORK LIFE BALANCE
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On-the-Job Training
o Surveys of employees’ work/life issues.
o Set priorities for all work.
o Train line managers to recognize signs of
overwork.
o Seminars on work/life balance.
11. HR SOLUTION TO WORK LIFE BALANCE
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Make Work More Flexible
o Flextime
o Job sharing
o Sponsoring employees’ family-oriented activities.
Allow for Time Off from Work
o A formal leave policy.
o Paid childbirth or adoption leave.
o Allow employees to take leave for community
service.
12. BENEFITS
TO ORGANIZATION
• Measured increase in productivity, accountability
and commitment.
• Better team work and communication.
• Improved morale.
• Less negative
organizational stress.
13. TO INDIVIDUAL
• More value and balance in daily life.
• Better understanding of work life balance
• Increased productivity.
• Improved on-the-job and off-the-job relationship.
• Reduced stress.
15. A balanced life is one where we spread our energy and effort - emotional,
intellectual, imaginative, spiritual and physical – between key areas of
importance.
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16. THE FINAL THOUGHT…
the key word is balance….
• Find the right balance.
• Celebrate your successes and don’t dwell on your failures.
• Life is a process ...
17. WORK LIFE BALANCE PROGRAMS
• Flex-Time
• Telecommuting
• Leave
• Job-sharing
• Employee assistance programs
• Gym subsidies
• Vacation
• Work hours
18. CONCLUSION
• A balanced life style boosts the sense of
responsibility and ownership.
• Build better relationship with management.
• Builds confidence.
19. “Life is all about balance, too much and too
little can kill. The best way to balance life,
is by setting your boundaries in learning to
say Enough.”
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22. Work-life Balance Exercise #1
Sunil is 45-year old man and an only child whose elderly,
widowed mom has Alzheimer's disease. Sunil needs to aid
his mom with personal needs as well as such things as
cooking, housework, buying groceries, etc. Sunil is also a
sales representative for an alarm company and must put
in endless hours at the office in order to get a promotion
to district sales manager.
What can Sunil do to balance his work and non-work
lives?
What can Sunil’s organization do to help him balance his
work and non-work lives?
23. Work-life Balance Exercise #2
Rita is a 26-year old wife and new mother. She
has just returned to work after a 6-week
maternity leave and found out that her husband,
Prashant, was laid off. Rita and Prashant are
both paying off student loans, they just put their
new baby into a great daycare facility and bought
a new car after the old one broke down.
How can Rita work toward balancing her work
and non-work lives?
How can Prashant help?
How can Rita and Prashant work together so that
they each have balance?
24. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're
curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your
energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Looking back isn't going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what
you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey
25. A wheel has spokes to ensure its strength and balance. Unequal spokes
can make the ride very bumpy, or completely break down
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