Work Life Balancing

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how much is too much


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` For 41 years, my operating principle was;work hard, play hard and spend some time

as a father.

` I felt my life was perfectly balanced. It felt likeit had everything in it, all in the right amounts.

` Jack Welch


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L ife everything else


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` W ork-life balance" was coined to address the

unhealthy life choices that many people were making;they were choosing to neglect other important areasof their lives such as family, friends, and hobbies infavor of work-related chores and goals


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Work-life balance (satisfaction level chart)

Name: Code

Period Work Life Total 100% > 75% > 50% < 50%

1 100%

2 100%

3 100%

4 100%Total 400%

Average 100%

Satisfaction levelSplit as a %


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Work-life balance (satisfaction level chart)

N am e: C o d e A

Period Work L ife T otal 100% > 75% > 50% < 50%

1 60% 40% 100%

2 50% 50% 100%

3 75% 25% 100%

4 25% 75% 100%Total 210% 190% 400%

Average 53% 48% 100%

S atisfaction levelS plit as a %

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` But looking back, it is clear that the balance I

chose had consequences for the people aroundme at home and at the office. For instance, mykids were raised , largely alone, by their mother,Carolyn.

` My defense, if there is one, is that those werethe times. Fathers were different then. Ingeneral, it was assumed that wives stayed at

home to make everything run smoothly.` Jack Welch


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% of children with a stay-at-home mother

19%

60%

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10%

0%

0%

40%

50%

60%

70%80%

4%

0%

10%

0%

0%

40%

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70%

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% of women workingoutside the home


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Juggling activities


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S triving for a perfect balance


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Is it a 50 -50 split?

Or is a 70 -30 split?


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` Balance is elusive anddifficult to maintain.

` Compromises areconstantly made, with thescales of balance shiftingalong with the occasionallong workday or workassignment, family

obligations, or any one of a number of life s littlesurprises.


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` I hadn t read the newspaper with a cup of coffee orplayed with the dog or called an old friend.

` Every minute I was struggling with the logistics in order

to meet everyones s need but my own.` Technically, I was a good wife and mother and I was

good at my job. Everyone else was OK, but I wasmiserable. I had to quit or I was going to collapse.

` Today, she works from home. Her family has lessmoney, she misses he old life as a professional.

` But she feels she can breathe and laugh.


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Courage to say NO


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D on t miss all the fun


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STRESS at W ork extreme but not uncommon


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` Children are

more likely todayto come home toan empty house.

` And then spend

time with videogames , televisionand the internetwith littleguidance tooffset or controlthe messagescoming fromthese sources.

At home


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are we onthe edge


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` At ABC Inc employees can actually balance life and work. She views A BCInc as an extended family and everybody at the company helps out.

` It is not unusual to find her 9-year old daughter in the office doinghomework or having an after school fireside chat with the founder.

` W hen she is traveling, her daughter will call the office to ask forpermission to play Nintendo. The receptionist knows the routine andasks: "Have you finished your homework? Have you had your snack? OK,you can play Nintendo for 1/2 an hour". S he then leaves a voice message"I gave Tara permission to play Nintendo". Unheard of in most companies.

` S he finds time in her busy schedule to refine her skills on the guitar.

` S he has two daughters. She lives with her husband in, Connecticut.


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Each of them is happy in their own individual way

Indra Nooyi

Jack W elch

Maxine


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at peace

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