Your 'personal brand'
You know that you want to be more successful and yet you're not sure what more you can do to achieve this. Time is slipping by. You want to be noticed in this over-marketed, media-saturated world - inside your business or even globally. You may be feeling insufficiently recognised for the super-human efforts you've been making for years. Maybe you want to stand above your peer group? Just like businesses that spend billions investing in brand development it is possible to raise your own profile in positive ways.
Stress (pressure, anger, bullying)
Stress, pressure and bullying each block optimum performance at work in different ways. Stress and pressure are a part of everyday life and are not always a negative influence. Most people recognise that the adrenalin rush sportspeople get before competing increases their performance. Stress and pressure only becomes a drain on a person's physical or mental resources when they lose control of a situation.
Waste of time management
How we use our time is a critical skill if we are to consistently achieve the results we need in the workplace, or indeed, what we want to achieve in our lives. Almost every day we discover that our clients' employees are ineffective at managing their time and this applies equally to executives and managers as new entrants. Time management 'systems' offered in the market as solutions to time management problems today can be too complex and time consuming to use. In many cases they may be entirely inappropriate for your needs. If you are not careful, you can spend all of your time planning and organising your work and end up not delivering anything. OvationXL take a different approach by providing practical tips that can be implemented to great effect on Day One.
Work life balance
Work-life balance is about people having a measure of control over when, where and how they work. It is only properly achieved when an individual's right to a fulfilled life inside and outside paid work is accepted and respected. An ideal work life balance may seem a dream where there are constant family and peer pressures 'to be responsible' - or to be more and more successful or wealthy. It can sometimes seem impossible to place considerations such as one's own personal values, beliefs and good health into the equation.
Common work life conflicts include:
- People coping with illness (self, friend or relative).
- Supporting a young family or an elderly relative.
- Wealthy people working long hours whilst neglecting their families that they strive to support.
- Workforce posted to locations away from their loved ones.
- Re-training in a new skill.
- Separations/divorce.
- Need for a change of pace or direction.
- Perfectionists who find it hard to finish projects.
- Different types of workaholic.
Your new strengths and abilities
- Awareness of different options that could be acceptable, even favourable, to both employer and employee.
- Ability to present realistic solutions for both parties.
- Life back in control and able to be more productive and happy again.
Did you know?
Work-life balance policies and practice can be good for business. Some benefits can be directly measured financially and these include:
- Increased productivity.
- Improved recruitment and retention: BT saved 3m in recruitment costs in the year to March 2003, since 98% of women returned after maternity leave.
- Lower rates of absenteeism: The London Borough of Camden experienced a 2.5% reduction in the cost of sickness absence in the first year it introduced a work-life balance strategy.
- Reduced overheads: BT saved 52m in overheads in the year to March 2003 by increasing its number of home workers; this also means an annual saving of 10m in fuel costs.
- Improved customer experience.
- More motivated, satisfied and equitable workforce.
Who would benefit?
Anyone who's work is suffering due to any of life's pressures listed above.
To discuss a current or potential need, contact Robin Johnson at OvationXL
on 0845 260 7700 or