Instant Work Life Balance Recovery Strategies for Busy People

Work Life - Instant Work Life Balance Recovery Strategies for Busy People

If managing your time is important; then learning how to
manage your energy is vital. Here's why. Perhaps you can run
fast in your corporate world but how well can you recover
your energy? Elite athletes plan recovery cycles into their
intense training program. Over-training is madness and they
know it. Yet many corporate warriors have not made the
important connection between recovery and productivity, at
least not yet. You may be familiar with this scenario.

Joe did not get a good night's sleep. Too much on his mind.
He set the alarm for 5.30 am so he could prepare for the next
morning's management meeting. Half asleep, the alarm rattles
his nervous system. He checks his email before grabbing a
quick shower. He downs a coffee and is out the door before
his hair can dry.

The meeting goes OK, but only just. Lunch is fast food junk
and does nothing to nourish his body or mind. Forget his
soul! By mid afternoon, his concentration is lacking and he
is not the only one who notices. His boss cautions him to
'get with the program'. More pressure.

After a late evening working on another harrowing time driven
project, he staggers in the door of his apartment with another
version of fast food. There is still no real nourishment for
his body. A stiff drink or two and he is soon asleep in front
of an uncaring plasma TV.

Too much pressure, too little nourishment and no chance to
recover is a deadly combination. Be smart. Learn to recover
faster and more efficiently. Here's how

Plan to put 'recovery breaks' into your daily or weekly
routine. A recovery break is any activity that nourishes you,
your mind, body or spirit. These can be anything from a 5
minute walk in the sunshine to weekend gardening. It could be
a weekly workout in the gym, a game of golf or re-connecting
with a long lost hobby or passion. It could as simple as
leaving the office and having your healthy organic lunch in
the park.

One coaching client re-discovered her love of writing
children's stories as a way of balancing her demanding career
in law. Another found immense joy when he joined a singing
group. full story......

Business Building - How to Motivate Under-Performing Personnel

Emulate High Performers

Direct your staff to model the behaviors of their well
accomplished colleagues. The more you and your staff are
presented with these positive archetypes, the more likely
they are to model that behavior and exhibit the high
performance you seek. This applies internally and externally,
on a group and individual level. In addition to being modeled
from outside sources, successful techniques should be shared
by different groups within your organization. In order to
perform at peak level, your staff must know the details of
the methods that bring results. Take time or set up meetings
to share success stories where your staff can share their
most effective strategies.

Believe in Your People

The Law of Expectation plays a key role in managing people.
Simply stated, it says, "In life, you get what you expect."
So, expect the best from your staff in order for them to
perform at a high level. Given the proper resources and
direction, good people will perform at your level of
expectations. As someone they respect, the more you believe
in their ability, the more they will believe in their own
ability. Confidence breeds confidence and success breeds
success. Responsibility given to the right people will
communicate a message that you expect more of them and they
will perform to reach that level of greatness.

Set Realistic Goals

Employees should know at all times what they are striving
toward and being held accountable for. It is important that
your team has clearly defined goals set at the beginning of
any evaluation period. There is nothing as disheartening as
being evaluated without being given prior written goals. Also
important to note is that goals assigned to employees should
be attainable and influenced by factors within their control.
You should support your staff by providing them whatever
resources they may require for the attainment of their
objectives.

Incentive Programs

Incentive programs should encourage behaviors that benefit
the organization and promote its mission and values. They
should offer enticements for employees to launch new
initiatives that will directly or indirectly boost morale,
generate revenue, and reduce expenses. Incentive programs
work to create a corporate culture that promotes initiative,
teamwork, and the generation of ideas for productivity
enhancements. They assist in fostering the development of new
business, as well as the projects that affect the bottom line.
As the old saying goes, "You get more from what you encourage
and reward." Management is no exception. full story......