Balancing Personal and Professional Life

Overview

As competition continues to accelerate nationally and globally, the pressure to achieve and produce more in less time grows increasingly intense. As a result, work can flow over into personal and family time. If this occurs over a long period there can be negative consequences for both employer and employee, as well as for personal and family well-being. What is needed is focused and skillful thinking about priorities, time, productivity, and how to bring balance into both personal and professional life.


Objectives
Define balance and how you know if you have achieved it. List the key elements for creating balance. Determine ways to improve the management of stress, time, and multiple priorities. Describe methods for improving communication and creating quality personal and family time. In a Learning Summary, decide upon key points to remember. and select action steps for using this information in practical and immediate ways.
Format
This training includes experiential learning, conceptual information, discussion, visuals, and group interaction designed to teach and integrate the concepts. It also includes a training manual for each participant.

Topics Include
• Defining balance
• Health considerations and balance
• Assessing the balance in your life
• Determining where to focus your attention for greatest impact
• Selecting priorities and managing multiple priorities
• Stress assessment
• Stress management toolbox
• Using a time management system to support life balance
• Time management toolbox
• Effective communication strategies
• Communication toolbox

Benefits
Creating life balance is important personally in order to achieve goals, maintain health, sustain relationships, and preserve peace of mind. It is also essential from a professional perspective in order to maintain optimal productivity without going into burnout. This training offers an in-depth opportunity to evaluate the current state of one's life and redesign it to achieve greater health, productivity, and balance.

Who Should Attend
All in the organization.

Length of Time
Each session may be delivered in a two-hour, half-day, or full-day format.


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