work life and balance ajahar husain NDIM

1. -AN ISSUE
OF
CONCERN
Presented by:
AJHAR HUSSAIN
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2. CONTENTS
 What is Work-life-Balance
 Myths and realities related to it
 Reasons for imbalance
 Solutions for the imbalance
 What corporates say
 HR solutions for the imbalance
 Benefits from Work-life-balance
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3. MEANING
 Work–life balance is a concept including proper
prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition)
and "lifestyle"(Health, pleasure, leisure,
family and spiritual development/meditation).
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4. Work life balance is
resource allocation
Intervention
points
Personal resource supply
Time
Energy
money
Resource allocation
Choice of allocation
to work
Demands on our
resources
Choice of allocation
to non work
Work demands
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Non work demands
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5. Myth 1
Work life balance means spending 50% of your time at
work and 50% of your time at home
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6. Reality
Work life balance occurs when individuals with a finite
amount of mental, physical and emotional resources
allocate those resources in way that corresponds their
personal and/or professional goals.
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7. Myth 2
women desire more work life balance than men
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8. Reality
 Annual Career Builder survey finds that 1/3 of men would
quit their jobs to stay at home if they could afford that
 Many studies have found that there is no gender
differences in experience of work life conflict
 Men and women are both affected by non work and work
demands
 Findings in relation to gender differences in work and non
work domains are often weak or inconsistent
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9. Myth 3
 Work life balance is synonymous with work-family
balance or family support
vs
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10. Reality
 Equating work life balance and family support as
synonymous assumes only those with families desire
balance
 Can lead to backlash to single employees or employees
without children
 Research on singles friendly culture is a response to this
backlash
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11. Reasons for imbalance
Competition
Individual career
ambition
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12. Global economy
Longer working
hours
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13. International business
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14. Solutions
Don’t overbook
Prioritize ruthlessly
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15. Learn how to say “NO”
Organize
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16. Use technology
Know it won’t always
be perfect
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17. Tips from corporate
 WORK NEAR HOME
“Try to cut down the commuting time.” says Pushkar Singh
Kataria, 38,VP,group HR, Vedanta Resources. At lunch
hour he heads home-10 minutes from his office.
 ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING CAN WAIT
Curb checking your Facebook profile or professional
network account to set a time during the day or week.
“You can save time and spend it on yourself,” says Anita Belani,
country head, Russel Reynolds.
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18.  PAMPER YOURSELF
Indulge yourself. Spend a couple of hours in the garden,
play with children, or cook. Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep
every night. “Pamper yourself a little more every day and you’ll
see a big payoff at work and home.” says Gurmeet Singh, area
director, India Maldives, Mariott Hotels.
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19. HR solutions for Work-life
Balance
On the job training
 Surveys of employee work /life issues
 Set priorities for all work
 Train line managers to recognize signs of overwork
 Seminars on work life balance
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20. HR solutions for Work-life
Balance
Make work more flexible
 Flexi time
 Job sharing
 Sponsoring employees’ family oriented activities
Allow for time off from work
 A formal leave policy
 Paid childbirth or adoption leave
 Allow employees to take leave for community service
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21. Benefits from work life balance
 Feel more rested and organized
 Working more productively and get more
accomplished, leading to greater career success
 More fulfillment from work
 Improving relationship with family and friend
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22. Benefits from work life balance
 Better physical and mental health
 Making choice about your priorities rather than
sacrificing any
 More leisure time to spend with loved ones or for
yourself
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23. “Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less
energy to go faster
and further when the wheels are in perfect
alignment
you perform better when your thoughts, feelings
emotions, goals
and values are in balance.”
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