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Work-Life Balance for Leaders
About this episode:
Is achieving “balance” your New Year's Resolution – every year?
Are you tired of Work-Life Balance training that only deals with stress and time management at the personal level, and ignores issues of leadership, or productivity?
And the practical “real-life” pressures that we all encounter? Finally, is there a better way to balance work and life – and succeed in both?
Join Randall Craig as he challenges the conventional wisdom, and provides specific, action-oriented guidance on how you can define a balance that powers your career – yet still gives you a life.
• What can you do to preserve it?• How do you cut your burn rate, while still investing in critical areas?• And when things are very tight, what things can you do, right now, to “find” needed cashflow?
Part 1
Part 2
Topics Discussed (with timestamps)
• Is the quest for work-life balance and mirage or an achievable destination? (00:09)
• Leaders as role models for work-life balance: What should leaders share (or not share) with teams when trying to role model work life balance? (07:47)
• Perceptions of work-life balance for younger employees who prefer a flexible schedule: How does this impact mental health and burnout when employees don't allow themselves extended periods to detach from work? (13:14)
• Managing by minute vs managing by objectives (16:57)
• Work-life imbalance vs purely work dissatisfaction: When we feel our work isn't giving us energy (20:20)
• Stealing our own joy by making comparisons with others: The importance of finding a peer group of equals (25:01)
• Jeff Bezos said work-life balance is when both work and life give you energy: Do you agree? How would you measure if there is a work-life imbalance? (27:52)
• Is being called a "workaholic" an insult or praise? (00:25)
• What resources and frameworks can leaders use to create more balance at work? (02:52)
• Has the pressure on leaders changed? Or is the pressure leaders feel internal rather than cultural? (06:47)
• Has post-covid changes and technology changed complicated leadership? (08:15)
• Always being on call: Compartmentalization and the mental discipline to put things out of mind (13:07)
• Would you tackle work-life balance challenges with your coaching clients? Or would you see this as out of scope? (15:28)
• The role of a leader changes as an organization scales, but leaders don't always know how their role needs to change. Would this be part of a work-life imbalance, and can you help leaders navigate this? (18:25)
• Fear of failure and its impact on work-life balance (22:19)
• When the company can run without you: When a leader takes an extended I'm-not-available time away from work and the show goes on without them... (25:13)
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