In the PricewaterhouseCoopers 2011 CEO survey, innovation and creativity came out as top profit drivers in an uncertain 24/7 global marketplace. But if C-Suite leaders want that kind of performance from their employees, they need to pay more attention to employee wellness. That means better understanding the concept of work-life balance or what I term,…
Blindsided in the work-life merge. That’s how a colleague expressed her feelings upon learning some critical information about her business which is undergoing a number of crises. The warnings were there as she was exhausted and there was no work-life balance to speak of. Phone calls and e-mails came from concerned friends who reached out…
Do you feel zapped of every time you open an e-mail? News gotcha down? How does your brain feel after a normal day of information overload and attention crash in an era of distraction? Seems our work life balance is colliding with the demands of the new economy. Being tethered to technology in a 24/7…
Welcome back to Sanctum Sundays where you’ll get a little nudge to create your own Work Life Bliss as you head into the workweek, whether you’re an entrepreneur or have a corporate career. I was inspired by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter of CareerTrend.net who posted at 3PlusInternational last week. In her article, Marching Through Change, she talks…
And on the seventh day… God took a chill. Ok, not exactly any particular version of Genesis 2:2, but you get the idea. In what I refer to as the Work Life Merge, we often don’t take the time to just stop. But somehow Sundays has this sacredness attached to it, even in theory. Even…
Our uncertain times cast a spotlight on the concept of work life balance. The economic recovery has many questioning the intersection of our working and family lives. When the fire is the hottest, by default we do one of two things; we spiral into burnout or we take a deeper look at how we are…
Work life concerns trump most content here at WorkLifeNation.com, but you can’t have those conversations without looking deeply into the rocky economic waters we’ve been floating in. We’re coming out of a recession (we hope). The conventional wisdom is that most people feel fortunate to be employed and don’t want to rock the boat. Sometimes…
A few years back I stumbled upon the work of executive coach Susan Steinbrecher. There was a “heart” at the core of her work. That contemplative nature is apparent in her new book Kensho: A Modern Awakening – Instigating Change in an Era of Global Renewal. Change is often the byproduct of what Steinbrecher calls…
We’re on “overwhelm” and battling the “Attention Crash.” But we still have one trump card in our era of distraction; choice. The way you approach your work-life merge is unique. You are the person who determines the blueprint, even if working for someone else, you still have a degree of control. One of the smartest choices…
In the cold of the winter, I took a work-life break at the beach. With my Mac Book Pro at arms length, I made the time to take some deep breaths and embody a few yoga poses. Just one episode in my daily quest for work-life balance toward reducing stress. I was writing on deadline…
