self management for better performance

1. Effective Self management
Balancing Work and External
Environment
CPA Kandole Patrick
kandles2009@gmail.com

2. Who needs us most?
work
family
self
friendsCommunity
Work
mates

3. To balance work and family …
friends..means to give yourself
equally to both areas of your life
and not neglect one over the
other. Creating this balance does
not always come naturally and
needs organization and discipline.

4. Any balancing formulae?
• No single formula for attaining a balanced life.
• It is a personal decision how one combines
their career, spouse/significant other, children,
friends and self into an integrated whole.
• Separate “self” and “work”

5. Any balancing formulae?
• Adopt some of the same skills and strategies
you use at work for achieving a satisfying,
fulfilling and well-balanced life both
personally and professionally
– Planning,
– Organizing,
– Communicating,
– Setting limits and
– Delegating

6. Planning: Establish your priorities
• Decide what takes precedence when both
areas of your life need nurturing at one time,
thus creating a conflict. Baby is ill and report
required urgently!!!!!
– Neglect one to take care of the other?

7. Planning: Establish your priorities
• Determine which one is the most pressing at
the time.
– Urgent and important
– Important
– Urgent but not important

8. Planning: Establish your priorities
• If your child is sick but you have to go to
work, you should choose to stay with your
child because the sickness is more pressing
than a regular day at work.
• But:
– does the boss see it this way?
– Is there an alternative care programe?

9. Prioritizing?
• Compare preparing for a scheduled meeting
and a family day out at the beach.

10. – Don't beat yourself up if you find that a work
obligation conflicts with a family commitment.
– Decide which should take precedence by
determining the significance of each, and then learn
from the experience.

11. List of family goals and deadline
• Rank family goals and objectives with time
lines.
– When is the holiday to village home
– Birthdays
– home improvement project
• By writing these goals down and scheduling
them, you are committing yourself to doing
them.

12. Flex work changes with family needs
• When there is room for more time off work then
stay with your family because work allows it, -
advantage of that.
• When work is consuming then look for a
compensation immediately available to regain your
family and career balance as soon as possible.
• Ensure moments of imbalance are compensated
accordingly

13. Time management
• Develop your time-management abilities so that
you are able to give your family their due time.
• Time-management skills also means learning how
end your day at work and begin your day at home.
• Learn how to say "no" when a work colleague asks
you to help on a project that you just cannot fit into
your schedule

14. Communication
• Keep the communication lines open with your
spouse, and don't be afraid to voice your concerns
about the lack of imbalance between home and
work.
• Don't fail to listen when your spouse accuses and
complains about neglect
• Work and home balance should be respected by
both parties in order to be successful.

15. Build a Support Network
• Between work and family, surprises are
inevitable.
– Can a neighbor collect a child from school?
– Can children and other family work as a team
– Create back-up and emergency plans; always have
a contingency.
– Find a reliable child care

16. Avoid a guilty mind
• Determine Your Own Standards
• Get rid of the notion of being a perfectionist.
• Make compromises--figure out where the best
places to make the compromises are without
short-changing yourself, your spouse, your
children, your boss, etc.
• Live by your own standards

17. Create Time for Yourself
• Being a good parent, partner and professional
means being good to yourself first.
• Find ways to relax, relieve tension and
minimize stress. Taking some time off for
yourself will not only benefit you, but it will
benefit your work and family tremendously, as
well!

18. Get Organized
• Set priorities, work smarter not harder,
delegate -and really let go!.
• Create lists and save them for re-use. Keep a
main calendar centrally located to post
everyone's activities.

19. Achieve an Integrated Life
• Keep things in perspective. Create harmony in
your life--a mixture of work, family and
friends.
• Remember, there is no single formula for
balancing work and family. It is a personal
decision how one combines spouse, children
and career.

20. Balancing work and family environment
Mwisho Asante
kandles2009@gmail.com