UWK - Work Life Balance Coaching

"Feedback: "There truly are ways to balance work & life! I work fewer overall hours but believe that I am now more effective and contribute more to my own Priorities goals and my organisation's goals (I used to often work 12 hour days)

I enjoy my work and co-workers more and am a stronger team player too. I am more satisfied with my life and what I am doing for it so I find more energy to give to my work.

Ute has helped me plan strategies to accomplish the things I have wanted to accomplish. Work/life balance coaching has left my life more integrated and considerably happier. I now have a new skill set to manage the multiple priorities and challenges that life -and life in my organisation present." C.T.

work-life balance coaching & training

The pace of life in the 21st century is fast, challenging and often stressful for many of us. Most people don't seem to have enough hours in the day to do everything they need to do, let alone do the things they want to do.

The British Government launched a work-life balance initiative in 2000 with the aim of achieving individual and corporate results without the burn out. However work-life effectiveness is still a foreign word for many people and despite recent law changes, flexible working is only slowly being integrated into our working lives.

The following paragraph is an extract from the 24-7 Work-Life Balance survey published in March 2004, by Keele University:

56.2% of respondents felt their workload had increased during the last 12 months.
62.2% of respondents felt their workload was out of control occasionally.
Of those who felt their workload was out of control most of the time, 91% suffered from work-related ill health.
Of those who felt out of control occasionally, 72% had been ill.
The most common forms of support services were counselling services: 23.4% and stress management training: 14.3%. The success rates remain fairly low at 16.3% and 10.9% respectively.

Do YOU know...

...how to get more time for doing what you value most?

...what matters most?
...where your time goes?
...how to change some habits in order to make more time?
...how to delegate?
...what good balance is for you and how to stay balanced?

Many people feel stressed by the amount pf pressure they are under and they can feel quite helpless as it seems they have no control over their time, their circumstances, their priorities.

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you” Carl Sandburg

When people have a measure of control over when, where and how they work, they enjoy much better quality of life and their organisations benefit through increased productivity, less absenteeism, and satisfied customers.

We help employees meet the demands of work and still be able to make more time for other things like family or interests, not only by giving them a fresh overview of their situation, but by helping them look at new options and possibilities. Through identifying priorities, setting goals, having new strategies to reach those goals, quality of life improves and people feel in control rather than life, the job, their diary or the clock controlling them.

To receive our "Top 10 tips for Work-Life Balance", please email us here. You are also welcome to download our "Top Tips To Help You Manage Stress"

For more information about the DTI's Work/Life Initiatives, go to: http://164.36.164.20/work-lifebalance/index.html