1. Work-Life Balance Stop Letting Time Manage You…
Mary M. Gullatte, PhD(c), RN, APRN, BC,AOCN
Chief Nursing Officer
Emory Crawford Long Hospital and Ambulatory Treatment Center, Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, GA

2. (C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007
S/S complex…Where R-U?
Making excuses for things that are left undone
Irritable
Can’t say NO to anyone or anything
Super women or man complex
Envious of others who leave work “early”
Guilt
Low self-esteem, feeling blue
Binge sleeping
Over eating “junk foods” at your desk
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

3. Work-Life Balance and Effectiveness
Objectives…at the end of this web cast the participant will be able to…
Compute individual hours of time spent in activities per week.
Learn strategies to improve time efficiency.
Manage multiple priorities in your life.
Develop a plan to create more value and balance in your day.
Identify ways to deal with distractions & interruptions.
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

4. Goals of Time Management
More Time for …
Family
Work place goals
Personal and professional goals
Play
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5. Goals of Time Management
More Time for …
Fun
Friends
Self, what have you done for U lately?
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

6. Work-Life Balance and Effectiveness
Time Flies When You Are…
I Spend Most of My Time At…
All Work and No Play…
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7. How Much Time Do You Have?
24 = 7
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

8. Personal Time Management Tool
How Do You Spend Your Time?
How Many Hours a Day Do You…
Watch TV
Study
Spend on Computer
Spend with Family
Spend with Friends
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

9. Personal Time Management Tool
How Do You Spend Your Time?
How Many Hours a Day Do You…
Sleep
Work at a Job
Commute to and From Work
Talk on the Phone
Personal Time (just for you)
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

10. How Do You Spend Your Time?
Calculate normal 5 or 7 day week
Take the activity
Estimate the total time in hours spent in that activity
Frequency (number of times a week, i.e., 5 or 7)
Sum for weekly total for each activity
Sum Total Hours
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

11. How do You Organize Your Time? Improving Time Efficiency
To Do List…paper & pencil or technology
Planner (paper or electronic)
What Value does a planner add?
Ends procrastination
Reduces stress
Adds value
Provides balance
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

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Work / Life Balance
Develop SMART Goals
S pecific
M easurable
A chievable
R elevant
T ime bound
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

13. Managing Multiple Priorities
Setting priorities using importance, validity, and urgency as a measures
Sorting through competing priorities based on validity and urgency
Distinguishing between validity and urgency
Define your limitations and learn to how to say “later” vs “no”
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

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Create Balance
Establish Boundaries
Prioritize (UIV)
Choose/select your activities
Honor your own time
purgatory
ABC method
A= most important (needed today)
B= next most important (due in a week)
C= least important (due in a month)
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

15. Saying Yes but you really mean NO…
How do you not say yes to a great opportunity ---knowing it will stress you out re time…
Do you say NO and feel guilty
Do you say No and not feel guilty
Do you just say Yes and work it in…business as usual….
Or do you say, “ cannot do it now, but can later” and pace yourself.
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

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YOU Control YOUR TIME…
What strategies are you taking away from this session?
What will you try?
What will be your test of change to take control of YOUR time?
What will be your measure of success?
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

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Time is Running Out!
Your Questions and Your thoughts…
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007

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Selected References
Gullatte, M. (2005). Nursing Management: Principles and Practice. ONS Publishing, Pittsburgh.
Sandberg, J. Through time consuming, to do lists are a way of life. The Wall Street Journal, 2004, 09,10.
Covey, S. (1994). First things first.
Morgenstern, J. (2004). Time management from the inside out: The fool-proof system for taking control of your schedule-and your life. 2nd.ed.NewYork: Henry Holt/owl books.
(C) M. Gullatte, RN, August 2007