Presented to:

Ms. Ravneet
Kaur
Presented by:
Dolly
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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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Balanced Living

Balance Your
Time
Manage Your Stress
Feed Your Body
Move Your Body
Rest Your Body
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MEANING
Worklife balanceis a concept including

proper prioritizing between "work"

(careerand ambition) and "lifestyle"(Health,
pleasure, leisure, familyandspiritual
development/meditation).

Balanced Living Definition

Stability, equality, harmony

Caring appropriately for all life areas
Dont over-do or under-do
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Work life balance is

resource allocation
Intervention
points

Myth 1
Work life balance means spending 50% of
your time at work and 50% of your time at
home

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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Myth 2
women desire more work life
balance than men

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

Myth 3
Work life balance is synonymous with work-

family balance or family support

vs
Realit
Equating work life balance and family support as
synonymous assumesy
only those with families desire
balance
Can lead to backlash to single employees or
employees without children

Reasons for
imbalance

Competition
Individual career

ambition
Global economy
Longer working
hours

Solutions
Dont overbook
Prioritize ruthlessly
Learn how to say NO
Organize
Use technology
Know it wont always
be perfect

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Tips from Balance

living
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.

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 youll see a big
payoff at work and home. says Gurmeet Singh, area
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director, India Maldives, Mariott Hotels.

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
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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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
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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Summary of Balanced Living

Balance Your Time

Manage Your Stress
Feed Your Body
Move Your Body
Rest Your Body
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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