how to manage work and life

7/28/2019 How to Manage Work and Life

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,Famil , & Personal Life!

, . .Chair and Professor

UWF De artment of Ps choloCo-Director, Center for Applied Psychology

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Have you ever gone to work and haddifficulty getting started because you aren ng a ou ngs a ome

Have you ever been grumpy at home

work?

day so you could everything done thatneeds to be acco lished?

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Recognizes the relationships between professionaland personal lives; not mutually exclusive.

Emphasizes the whole person.Acknowledges that every individual wants to be

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understood as a human being


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Juggling Home and Work

One of the greatest challenges to balancing work andhome life is job demands. Job demands include time

pressures and deadlines, long hours, unclear or

con c ng u es, av ng oo muc respons y, or work that is too tiring or boring

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I ou are reoccu ied with ersonaldifficulties in your life, your

work lace erformance andproductivity will suffer.

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a anc ng or anFamily/Personal Life

Its a Tough Job!!

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Changing Nature of theor orce

Workforce has more older employees56% are 40 or older today versus 38% in

Workforce has fewer younger employees

Workforce is more ethnically diverse21%

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**Data are from the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce, conducted bythe Families and Work Institute: NY, NY.


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Changing Nature of theor orce

85% of employees live with someone whothey consider family

More married employees live in dual earneromes n versus to ay

More married men with children haveemployed partners49% in 1977 versus

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Changing Nature of Theor orce

Almost half of employees have children under theage of 18

46% have children


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Women with young children are the fastest growing

Men are more involved in family and home careres onsibilities

60% of fathers under 35 are now shaping theircareer plans around family concerns; active fathering is

now a strong male life-goal (Working Mother, 2/93)

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mpac o anges an ren s

According to MetLife Caregiving 2006Costs Study:

16 million full-time U.S. employees

balance both careers and caregivingrespons es or paren s, spouses,children and other loved ones

e u ng a en ee m coemployers more than $7 billion per

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Is your life in balance?

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When work is e ective li e bene itsand when life is working, work

benefits.

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Your Goal: To Achieve

or - e ec vene

t s not a out t e un vers ty

creating your balance.Its not about taking more paidtime off.Its not about working at home totake care of children.

Its about being the best employee

place.Both UWF and every faculty andstaff member must work together

or e ec ve managemen opersonal and family life.Balance may not be achieved everyda ; the ke is to effectivel

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manage multiple demands.

ITS ABOUT BEING PART OF ASOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM


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Work-Life Effectiveness:

now your op on

Workplace FlexibilityHealth & Well-Bein

Paid & Unpaid Time-Off

Financial Support

Community InvolvementCulture Chan e Efforts mana ers

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Work-Life Effectiveness at UWFra eg es an o u ons

Strategies and Solutions may appear as:Policiesrograms

Servicesene sFacilities

, ,managers-

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Leadership approaches


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What can YOU do to improve your

wor - e e ec veness

The keys to work-life effectiveness lies in:surroundin oursel with su ort

being flexible, and

earn ng o manage an

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TimeWhere does it all go?

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How the average American

pen me ur ng e wee

Eating & sleeping 70 hrs.

Working 40 hrs.

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Recreation outside home 12 hrs.

Recreation at home 12 hrs.Family activities 12 hrs.

Home/personal maintenance 8 hrs.

Religious activities 4 hrs.Total per week (24 hrs x 7 days) 168 hrs.

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5%2%

Eating & Sleeping

Working

42%

7% Recreation outside

home

7%

7%

Family activities

24%

Commuting

Home/personal

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ma ntenance

Religious activities


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What about you?

ow o you pen your me

Complete a time log for 24 hours.What does the log tell you about yourself and youractivities?What did you enjoy?

What did you not enjoy?i you waste time?

Could you have used your time more effectively?

Were you able to spend time doing something youenjoyed? Why or why not?

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Know What You Want for

our e

How I use My TimeNow How I Want to UseMy Time

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u ng r ng r

I would like to spend more time doing:I would like to s end less time doin :

Steps I can take to make these

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Being Flexible: Are Flexible WorkArrangements A or you?

Understand the options available at UWFand their impact salary, benefits, vacation,career a vancemen , e c.

Skills Assessment. Do you have the skillseffectively in a flexible arrangement?

.Make a proposal.

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s s e prov s on o a var e y o ex e

work options that enable greatercusto ization over when where and howwork gets done.

Full-ti e o tions: lexti e teleco utinor telework (working remotely), andcompressed workweek.

Less-than-full-time options: job sharing,phased return from leave (maternity or

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o er , an regu ar ar - me wor .


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Flexible Work Arrangements:

ropo a o your uperv or

Have an open discussion.Decide how you will demonstrate that work

.Work towards a mutually acceptable plan.

end of this timeframe.Discuss how ou will continue tocommunicate.Explain plans to other employees.

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General Employee Checklist for

ropo a

Effect on Department/CompanyCoverage/Staffing/Workflow

Communication

Contin enciesCompensation, benefitsTimeframe

SupervisionMonitoring and Evaluation

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organizations in response to the growing-

resource and referral services.

past decade to include elder care support;i

backup dependent care services for bothchildren and elderly relatives.

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Stress reduction is the central premise ofwork-life effectiveness.Building resilience is a critical factor.

ocusing on t is category o wor - i esupport holds the most promise of

health care costs.O tions: Em lo ee assistance rograms

(EAPs), fitness center affiliations,workplace convenience services, on-site

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,wellness strategies.


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Providin financiall for oneself and loved ones fromnow through retirement is basic to work-lifeeffectiveness. Benefits and compensation professionalsrovide critical strate ies and ro rams to ensure work-

life effectiveness.

401K

Personal Financial Planning Service

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible Spending AccountVoluntary Benefits

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Accident insurance


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Use o Paid & Un aid Time O

community is the most fundamental element ofwork-life support.

Options:

Personal days/vacation Pai o i ays

Paid family leave for new parents (fathers as

Family Medical Leave

Others?

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s s one oma n n w c emp oyers an emp oyees

interests are in close alignment because both theworkforce and customers come from the community inw c e organ za on opera es.External community outreach & internal focus on

buildin a stron internal sense of communit .Formal ethics programs, shared (or catastrophic) leavebanks, and disaster relief funds are some creative wayso ta in care o each other

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Creating genuine support for work-lifeeffectiveness at all organizational levels

areas of culture change management,

new t es of mana ement trainin tocreate an optimally collegial, flexiblework environment and work redesign.

ere a grow ng n e ween wor -life effectiveness, diversity initiatives,womens advancement mentorin and

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networking.


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Additional strategies to improve

wor - e e ec veness

Negotiate change withyour supervisor.

Let things go (Dontsweat the small stuff).

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Learn to better

mana e our time.

.Get help.

Know the UWFAvoid procrastination.

Share the load.

resources available toyou.

u rs ngs rs .

.priorities.

Sim lif .

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Reclaiming Your Life

a e os ve eps o a n a n aHealthy Balance and

Manage Work-Life Effectiveness

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Thank you!

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