Maintaining Work-Life Balance
Micaila Sidick
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Maintaining Work-Life Balance
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Why is Work-Life Balance Important?
Video explains the importance of work-life balance and gives some ideas to start with.
Presentation
Introduction
Why You Need to Care About Work-Life Balance:
Work-life balance is important to help keep people from burning out in their jobs. It is important to have balance so you don't feel like work is taking over your life. Especially when working from home, it can feel like those parts of your life cross-over often. When working in your home it can feel difficult to keep the two separate.
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Presentation
Learning Objectives
What is Burnout
Understand burnout and the signs
Here is what we want you to take away from this e-learning:
Communication Control
Understanding how to best communicate with team while maintaining home time
Work-Life Boundaries
The support/collapse system and how to best set boundaries with work
How To Apply Boundaries
This will help with communication control as well
Why this is Important
How it is important to keep good work-life balance
Studies
Key Concepts
Some of the key things covered will be:
- Communication Control
- How to best regulate communication boundaries between work and home and how this helps people be better employees
- Work-Home Boundaries
- Support and Collapse Boundaries
- Stratergies to support work boundaries
Keep an eye out for:
How to set boundaries with work and improve communication
The importance of work life balance
Work-Life Balance
Learning sessions
Learning sessions
What is Important to Know about Work-Life Balance:
Work-Home Boundaries
Communication Control
Communication Control / 01
Learning sessions 01
Communication Control
Different types of communication
Information
Why it is important
Communication Control / 01
Different Types of Communication in Work
01
There are many ways we communicate in work and it can be hard to not know when to respond or when it's okay to not respond
Email
Messages
Video Call
This is the way a lot fo people communicate in work. More formal type of commnication, able to be accessed from anywhere. Important for any job.
Most jobs will have some sort of instant messaging, this will help with anything needed immediately.
This will be the most face-to-face interaction in remote-hybrid work. This will help you connect more personally with team members.
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Communication Control / 01
Communication Control
While technology is great, it can also be bad for people. It gives anyone we work with access to us at all times, which can be fantastic and draining. Communication Control is when you're able to be more effective in your job and able to coordinate better with other employees.
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How can you have Communication Control?
- Talking with coworkers about best times to have meetings
- Not replying to things outside of work hours besides emergencies
- Is related to boundary control
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Key ideas
example
Reflect
Communication Control / 01
Why is Communication Control Important:
It is important for employees to have control in a time when we use so much technology in any job. When working from home it can be hard to separate work and home, and this can be made more difficult when communication is happening at all hours.
Employees who have more comtrol over their communication in the workplace will be more effective employees overall. It was also create better communication between team members when there is clear communication about when they are available.
"Thus, to benefit from the advantages of communication technology use in the context of workplace flexibility, it is important that employees have control over their communication practices."
Learning sessions / 02
Learning sessions 02
Work-Home Boundaries
What are Work-Home Boundaries
How to Apply
Collapse v. support
Work-Home Boundaries / 02
What are Work-Home Boundaries
This can cause issues with family, friends or even just with yourself if you feel like you're always having to do work. This can lead to burnout in jobs.
"Previous research has shown that connectivity outside working hours blurs the boundaries between work and home and can cause work–home conflict "
key ideas
example
reflect
Work-Home Boundaries are important for any worker, but espeically people that work remote/hybrid jobs. When these two different spheres cross too often, it can be hard to feel like you have home time and work time separate. Boundaries are set by the employee to help keep their home time as home time, and not always have work mixing into their home sphere.
Work-Home Boundaries / 02
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Boundary Collapse
Boundary Support
This is when the boundaries between work and home are strong
This is when the boundaries between work and home aren't very strong
- Signaling Urgency
- Indicating expected response time in message
- Increasing Availability Awareness
- Use of availability tools such as a shared calendar
- Vacillating Between Domains
- Switching off notifications
- Respecting Private Time
- Not contacting collegues after hours
- Minimizing Statues Differences
- Shared experience of everyone working remotely
- Connecting for Well-Being
- Desire to always be informed
- Connectivity is a choice
- Connecting during peak periods
- Time-intensive collaboration at certain times of the month
Learning sessions / 03
How to use Bounday Support:
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Why is This Important
Why is Work-Life Balance Important:
Work-Life balance is important because it helps create more effective workers. It is essential for all employees to be able to balance all the things in their life, or it can lead to burnout. Boundaries and communication control are a very important part of maintaining work-life balance, especially in remote/hybrid positions wher you can be working from home.
Summary
Summary
Key Ideas:
Boundary Strategy
What is Burnout
Communication Control
Why is this Important
Understanding that good work-life balance is important to any worker
Understandig Burnout
Applying boundaries to when you can communicate
How to best control how you communicate at work
For more information
Bibliography
Links of interest
- Helping Others and Feeling Engaged in the Context of Workplace Flexibility: The Importance of Communication Control
Claartje L. ter Hoeven & Ward van Zoonen (2023), International Journal of Business Communication. Sage.
- Managing collapsed boundaries in global work
Anu Sivunen, Jennifer L. Gibbs & Jonna Leppäkumpu (2023). International Communication Association. Oxford.
What Is Burnout
- Working from home, work-family conflict, and the role of gender and gender role attitudes
Deniz Yucel & Heejung Chung (2021). Community, Work & Family. Routledge.
The Importance of Work-Life Balance
Burnout Quiz
WOW!
Learning unit completed
Good job!
Reflect on what you have learned in this module.
Thank you for completing! We hope you learned more about the importance of work-life balance and how to better maintain it in the future.
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Boundaries are important in any job to help you not feel like your job is running your entire life. It helps you have that time to rest.
Why is this Important:
- Helping with spending time at home
- Taking the time you need to rest
- Being the best worker you can be
- What have I learned?
- How did I learn it?
- What has been the easiest and the most difficult part?
- What was it useful for? Usefulness of what I have learned
- In what other situations can I use it?
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Key Ideas:
Our main focus here is how communication control can help you with better work-life balance but to also help you be a better employee overall.
- Setting up meeting times with coworkers to communicate effectively
- Help work-life balance by having control over when and how you will communicate about things
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Maintaining Work-Life Balance
Micaila Sidick
start
Maintaining Work-Life Balance
Home
Key Concepts
Learning sessions
Initial Presentation
For more information
Why Is This Important
Summary
Presentation
Why is Work-Life Balance Important?
Video explains the importance of work-life balance and gives some ideas to start with.
Presentation
Introduction
Why You Need to Care About Work-Life Balance:
Work-life balance is important to help keep people from burning out in their jobs. It is important to have balance so you don't feel like work is taking over your life. Especially when working from home, it can feel like those parts of your life cross-over often. When working in your home it can feel difficult to keep the two separate.
+ info
Presentation
Learning Objectives
What is Burnout
Understand burnout and the signs
Here is what we want you to take away from this e-learning:
Communication Control
Understanding how to best communicate with team while maintaining home time
Work-Life Boundaries
The support/collapse system and how to best set boundaries with work
How To Apply Boundaries
This will help with communication control as well
Why this is Important
How it is important to keep good work-life balance
Studies
Key Concepts
Some of the key things covered will be:
Keep an eye out for:
How to set boundaries with work and improve communication
The importance of work life balance
Work-Life Balance
Learning sessions
Learning sessions
What is Important to Know about Work-Life Balance:
Work-Home Boundaries
Communication Control
Communication Control / 01
Learning sessions 01
Communication Control
Different types of communication
Information
Why it is important
Communication Control / 01
Different Types of Communication in Work
01
There are many ways we communicate in work and it can be hard to not know when to respond or when it's okay to not respond
Email
Messages
Video Call
This is the way a lot fo people communicate in work. More formal type of commnication, able to be accessed from anywhere. Important for any job.
Most jobs will have some sort of instant messaging, this will help with anything needed immediately.
This will be the most face-to-face interaction in remote-hybrid work. This will help you connect more personally with team members.
+ info
+ info
+ info
Communication Control / 01
Communication Control
While technology is great, it can also be bad for people. It gives anyone we work with access to us at all times, which can be fantastic and draining. Communication Control is when you're able to be more effective in your job and able to coordinate better with other employees.
+ info
How can you have Communication Control?
+ info
Key ideas
example
Reflect
Communication Control / 01
Why is Communication Control Important:
It is important for employees to have control in a time when we use so much technology in any job. When working from home it can be hard to separate work and home, and this can be made more difficult when communication is happening at all hours.
Employees who have more comtrol over their communication in the workplace will be more effective employees overall. It was also create better communication between team members when there is clear communication about when they are available.
"Thus, to benefit from the advantages of communication technology use in the context of workplace flexibility, it is important that employees have control over their communication practices."
Learning sessions / 02
Learning sessions 02
Work-Home Boundaries
What are Work-Home Boundaries
How to Apply
Collapse v. support
Work-Home Boundaries / 02
What are Work-Home Boundaries
This can cause issues with family, friends or even just with yourself if you feel like you're always having to do work. This can lead to burnout in jobs.
"Previous research has shown that connectivity outside working hours blurs the boundaries between work and home and can cause work–home conflict "
key ideas
example
reflect
Work-Home Boundaries are important for any worker, but espeically people that work remote/hybrid jobs. When these two different spheres cross too often, it can be hard to feel like you have home time and work time separate. Boundaries are set by the employee to help keep their home time as home time, and not always have work mixing into their home sphere.
Work-Home Boundaries / 02
vs
Boundary Collapse
Boundary Support
This is when the boundaries between work and home are strong
This is when the boundaries between work and home aren't very strong
Learning sessions / 03
How to use Bounday Support:
+ info
Why is This Important
Why is Work-Life Balance Important:
Work-Life balance is important because it helps create more effective workers. It is essential for all employees to be able to balance all the things in their life, or it can lead to burnout. Boundaries and communication control are a very important part of maintaining work-life balance, especially in remote/hybrid positions wher you can be working from home.
Summary
Summary
Key Ideas:
Boundary Strategy
What is Burnout
Communication Control
Why is this Important
Understanding that good work-life balance is important to any worker
Understandig Burnout
Applying boundaries to when you can communicate
How to best control how you communicate at work
For more information
Bibliography
Links of interest
Claartje L. ter Hoeven & Ward van Zoonen (2023), International Journal of Business Communication. Sage.
Anu Sivunen, Jennifer L. Gibbs & Jonna Leppäkumpu (2023). International Communication Association. Oxford.
What Is Burnout
Deniz Yucel & Heejung Chung (2021). Community, Work & Family. Routledge.
The Importance of Work-Life Balance
Burnout Quiz
WOW!
Learning unit completed
Good job!
Reflect on what you have learned in this module.
Thank you for completing! We hope you learned more about the importance of work-life balance and how to better maintain it in the future.
back
Boundaries are important in any job to help you not feel like your job is running your entire life. It helps you have that time to rest.
Why is this Important:
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod.
Key Ideas:
Our main focus here is how communication control can help you with better work-life balance but to also help you be a better employee overall.