Donnie Hutchinson @Donnie_Hutch www.donniehutchinson.com Work-Life Balance Donnie Hutchinson @Donnie_Hutch www.donniehutchinson.com

Donnie Hutchinson About Donnie Author - Lead with Balance: How to Master Work-Life Balance in an Imbalanced Culture. Co-Author: Diversity and Inclusion in the Global Workplace: Aligning Initiatives with Strategic Business Goals Professor at University of Dayton Work-Life Balance Coach Leadership & Business Consultant Receiving PhD Nov 2017 Studying WLB Married and father of four children …and a little bit more about your speaker…

Expectations and Learning What will make for a great workshop? What would you like to learn? Your Expectations:

What is Work-Life Balance? Integration? How about Optimization? Education Operates because of a conflict – Work and Home/Life When one role in life affects the other. Can be negative or positive Time constraints and lack of energy are two negative affects Let’s discuss examples What are some of your conflicts?

Four Pillars of Work-Life Balance Education The Four Pillars of Work-Life Balance (WLB) Work/Career Family & Friends Health Diet, exercise, sleep, self-care Spiritual Faith and Meditation Discovering ways to re-charge

Work-Life Balance Benefits Everyone Education Self Family/friends Professional relationships/ co-workers Employer/employees Community

Work-Life Balance Improvement Plan Training Reflection Exercises – Hands-on Activities Prepare to Reflect Example Reflect, Reset, Rebalance

Hands-on Reflection Exercises What’s important to you? What are your priorities in life? - -

Hands-on Reflection Exercises What do you need to do now that you will not be able to do in two years? What do you need to do now that you will not be able to do in five years? - -

WLB Improvement Plan Reset What’s holding you back? Self-forgiveness Too much to do at work Guilt Self-forgiveness Learned skill We cannot change the past We can live in the present – Carpe diem We create our future by choosing how to live in the present Positive Psychology Fake it until you make it – It Works!!! You have a better chance to behave yourself into a feeling than feel yourself into a behavior

WLB Improvement Plan Rebalance Focus on the execution of the task, not the goal Real life story example Professionals Balancing Life – One task at a time. Do something different

WLB Improvement Plan Training Enrichment & Spillover How something in one role spills-over and enriches one of our other life roles Examples: Let’s discuss

WLB Improvement Plan Training Partner-up: We are going to talk about our work- life balance Share your challenges and successes with work-life balance.

WLB Improvement Plan Training Partner-up: We are going to talk about our work- life balance Describe how a balanced life will bring greater satisfaction and happiness to you, your family, friends, co-workers, and employer.

WLB Improvement Plan Training Partner-up: We are going to talk about our work- life balance How could you make some changes so you can spend more time on what’s important to you and your life priorities?

Reflection on Your Answers What do you need to do now that you will not be able to do in two years? What do you need to do now that you will not be able to do in five years? - -

Lead with Balance Managers & Leaders P. 59 – 60 Inventory of your employees WLB needs. What can you do to help your direct reports attain greater WLB?

Ideas to Take Home and Use Ideas to Use: Prepare to Reflect Reflect, Reset, Rebalance What’s important to you and what are your life’s priorities? No regrets. What do you need to do NOW that you will not be able to do in two and five years? Begin writing in a reflection journal!!! Email me and I will send you an electronic copy

Q & A and for More Information Donnie Hutchinson @Donnie_Hutch Author, Coach, Consultant, Professor, Speaker 937-510-8960 Lead with Balance: How to Master Work-Life Balance in an Imbalanced Culture. www.donniehutchinson.com donnie@donniehutchinson.com