What is Work Life Balance? How do organisations help employees? What are the implications? Why we should think about Life Balance instead. How to Set Goals to improve your life blance

2. Work Life Balance

3. Martin “ Work-life balance is about people having a measure of control over when, where and how they work. It is achieved when an individual’s right to a fulfilled life inside and outside work is accepted and respected as the norm – to the mutual benefit of the individual, business and society.” The Work Foundation What is Work-Life Balance?

5. The other impact Child of Our Time Research We know you have to work and that’s Ok but…… Don’t take stresses at work home Keep your promises Spend “focussed” and “hang around” time with us. The more time you spend, the better. Be there for your children – or else. Take care of your kids – one day they may have to take care of you.

6. Children WORK Life Balance WORK WORK Life

7. Wheel of Life

8. The Importance of Goal setting “ If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got!” Ed Foreman

9. Reticular Activating System

10. The GROW Model oal eality ptions ill / Way Forward G O R W

11. SMART Objectives pecific easurable chievable ealistic ime Constrained / A greed / R elevant S M A R T / O bservable

12. The Conscious and Unconscious Mind

14. What Specifically Do You Want? Specific (SMART) Goal (GROW) State in the positive

15. Where Are You Now? Specific (SMART) Reality (GROW)

16. How Will You Know When You Have Achieved It? Make it compelling Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic Measurable (SMART)

17. What Other Evidence Is There? Information that you can measure

18. What Will This Get For You? A goal is not a goal in itself – it simply serves to get you something that you want. Ask this more than once What else? What else? What else?

19. Is It Self Initiated? Are you in control? Agreed (SMART)

20. Context? Who do you want it with? Where do you want it? When do you want it? Specific (Smart)

21. What Resources Do You Need? Have you done it before? Do you know someone who has done it? Can you act as if you have it? Skills? Time? Money? Will/Way Forward (GROW)

22. What Will You Gain When You Achieve This? Will/Way Forward (GROW) What Will You Lose When You Achieve This?

23. What will happen if you get this? What won’t happen if you get this? What will happen if you don’t get this? What won’t happen if you don’t get this?

24. What Other Evidence Is There?