Work-Life Balance Education

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The Ongoing Work-Life Challenge
100 Times as Many Daily Choices

1960’s 1980’s 2000’s

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 Not a One Time Fix

Work-Life Balance is not a problem to be solved.

It is an ongoing issue to be managed.

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 Who Manages It?

Two Legs of
Responsibility

The Organization The Individual

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•Policies • Responsibility
•Benefits • Choices
•Initiatives • Actions
•Opportunities • Results
•Improved with • Improved with
Education & Work Life
Work-Life
Education
Communication

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 Work-Life Balance Education
Leverages Both Legs of the Ladder
The Organization:
Improves awareness
and utilization of
current quality benefits
and
d policies.
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The Individual:
Positively impacts the
mindset and skill set of
managers and
employees to better
manage for themselves.
Why Work-Life Balance Training

Productivity 91% of managers and employees report

they are more productive after Work-Life Balance
Gains Training. - WorkLifeBalance.com Training Impact Surveys

Cost of turnover is 21% less in companies with

Turnover Costs
more positive Work-Life and Human Capital
Reduced Practices. - Watson Wyatt Human Capital Index

Work-Life Balance is #1 characteristic sought

Recruiting in employers by undergraduates.
Advantage Business Week Survey Sept. 2009
Work-Life Balance rated as #1 or #2 factor with
business school graduates – Aspen Institute Study
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Why Work-Life Balance Training
Three-fourths of workers want their employers to
Work-Life provide training of practical skills to help improve
Training their work-life balance.
Requested Chief Learning Officer Magazine
WorkLifeBalance.com Manager and Employee Survey

91% of working adults believe that employees

Impact on Ethical are more likely to behave ethically at work when
Behavior they have a good work-life balance.
Deloitte & Touche Survey

Key Boss is #1 reason employees quit. Employees

rate having a caring boss higher than money or
Management fringe benefits. Work-life key rating indicator.
Rating Issue Gallup Study of over two million employees
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 Employees With Positive Work Life
Balance Much More Likely to:
100

• Recommend their employers 90

as a place to work (88% vs. 80
64%)
70

60
• Rate their satisfaction with
their companies favorably 50

(89% vs. 68%) 40

30
• Be proud to work for their 20
employer (91% vs. 68%)
10

Sirota Survey Intelligence Research 0

from over 300,000 surveyed Recommend Favorable Proud
Employer
Neutral to Negative
Positive

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 Successful Work-Life Balance
Education:

1.Defines work-life balance – what it is

and is not – consistent with your
organization’s culture.

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 Successful Work-Life Balance
Education:

2. Increases awareness of your

organization’ss current work
organization work-life
life
benefits and policies.

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 Successful Work-Life Balance
Education:

3. Adds to managers’ and employees’ skill

set to better manage as individuals
individuals.

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 Successful Work-Life Balance
Education:

4. Increases individual accountability.

• No one size fits all
• Capacities and aspirations are
different
• Recognizes the best balance is
unique for each person
• Constantly changes with time
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 Successful Work-Life Balance
Education:

5. Provides a common language for

leaders and employees to better
manage work-life as an ongoing issue
together.

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 Why WorkLifeBalance.com
Training
Follow-Through Continued Usage Increased Highly
Productivity Recommended

97% 94% 91% 99%

of managers and of participants are of participants of participants
individual still using the tools continue to be recommend
after 2 months. more productive
participants expanding the
follow-through on at work. Average
reported
program to
identified others.
important work productivity
and personal increase is 24%.
objectives.

Source: Follow-up Surveys by WorkLifeBalance.com ©WorkLifeBalance.com, Inc.

Training for Leading Organizations
WorkLifeBalance.com Education

Each individual better defines

and achieves their own best
work-life balance.
Managers and employees better
manage work-life balance
d
decisions together
h on an ongoing
basis.
Awareness and utilization of
current work-life benefits is
increased.

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