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Work-Life Balance: !Pulling Your Own Strings!Presentation to!Ruby Tuesdays!October 17, 2006!Bryan Hiebert!Faculty of EducationDivision of Applied Psychology!
Overview! ! Stress revisited! ! What is resilience?!!!Resilience comes in people! ! Some environments are more easyto be resilient in than others! ! Leaders are responsibility forcreating an environment !conducive to resilience and balance!!!22
Demands " Stress!DEMAND!Appraisal!- Demand!Nature!Intensity!- Coping Resources!- Consequences!3!
What is stress? – Revisited!DEMAND!Appraisal!- Demand!Nature!Intensity!- Coping Resources!- Consequences!Demand!Coping!4!
Avoid self-blame!5!
What is resilience?!The ability to bounce back (recover)when hit with unexpecteddemands out of out of the blue!Take things in stride!6!
Resilience Model! ! ! ! !Stressors!Environmental contexts!Person-environment transactional process!Internal resiliency factors!!!Personal agency!!!Peoples’ beliefs in their ability to control theirown functioning ! control what occurs in the environment!7!
Creating Resilience: !Who’s job is it?! ! It’s a leadership job!!! BUT don’t wait for your boss! ! Learn how to train your boss!!!Approach your boss with solutions,not problems!!!Stroke your boss, !what goes around comes around!!!You can make a difference in YOURemotional climate !8!
Who is in charge of your life anyway?! ! It depends on how you look at it! ! Can you count on others to !look out for your best interest?!!!Usually not!The answer needs to be ME!I’m in control!9!
Work – Life Balance:!Who’s in charge?!The answer needs to be ME!I’m in charge!10!
Watch your perspective!!11
Creating a Sense of Control! ! Start small!!!What you eat affects how you feel!!!Be hydrated! ! Give yourself permission tonegotiate demands! ! Be self-directed!12!
Perspective is Important!13!
Giving yourself voice!If you ask me !and nobody has !Don’t wait to be asked!14!
Creating Resilient Communities! ! 3 factors are predictably !difficult to deal with!!!Intense and unpleasant demands!!!Uncertainty (about outcomes)!!!Ambiguity (regarding expectations)! ! Not all demands are reasonable!15!
A Starting Point!All things !To all people!All the time!is !All over!16!
Plan for Balance! ! If you are a schedule person!!!Schedule your leisure time! ! Start with the small stuff! ! Create non-work-like balance points! ! Listen to your body!!!Before it sends you a message youcan’t ignore!17!
Keep your priorities on track!18!
Plan for Balance!It’s fun to have fun!but you have to know how!19!
Creating A Positive Climate! ! Say something nice to colleagues!!!Every day! ! Message seen is stronger thanmessage spoken! ! Need to model what we are trying toaccomplish! ! Walk the Talk! ! Create slogans to keep a positive focus!20!
Slogans to sustain a positive focus! ! No one can insult you!Without your permission! ! Stop Psychosclerosis!(hardening of the attitudes)! ! I will not should on my self today ! ! Change is inevitable!Growth is optional!21!
Say NO! to zero tolerance!Zero!Tolerance!A little tolerance is a good thing!!22
Creating a Resilient Workplace: !Who’s job is it?! ! It’s a leadership job to create ahealthy work environment! ! Model the goal – set a goodexample! ! Jump on mistakes !OR jump on successes!23!
Bosses want motivated employees!2 key factors for motivation! ! The goals must be valued(valuable)! ! The goal must be perceived asachievable (achievable)! ! Create a motivation-orientedenvironment!24!
A New Approach to Leadership! ! If it goes wrong,!!!say “I did it.” ! ! If it goes sort of OK,!!!say “we did it.” ! ! If it goes really well!!!say “you did it.” ! ! Reduce “Look at me, look at me.”!!!And replace it with “Look at us” !!!or better yet, “Look at them.”!25!
Control and Choice! ! Lobby for structural changes! ! Some people always will feel they !have no control! ! Many workers feel that the clocks arecontrolled in head office!!!Consider ditching the clock?! ! Demands gravitate towards competence!(so be prepared or be less competent)! ! Basic assertiveness helps keep balance! ! Bottom line !I need to be pulling my own strings!26!
Summary: Tell them what you told them! ! What is stress?!!!Stress comes in people ! ! What is resilience?!!!Resiliency comes in people! ! Work-life balance!!!I’m an active player in managing my life!!!How do you contribute to your own balance?!!!How do you interfere with it? ! ! Some environments are more conducive tobeing resilient and balanced!!!What have you done to !make your life more balanced? !27!
High above the hushed crowd, Rex tried to remain focused. Still he couldn’t shackone nagging thought, he was an old dog and this was a new trick.!28!
Work-Life Balance: !Pulling Your Own Strings!Presentation to!Ruby Tuesdays!October 17, 2006!Bryan Hiebert!Faculty of EducationDivision of Applied Psychology!
Work-Life Balance: ! Pulling Your Own Strings! Presentation to! Ruby Tuesdays! October 17, 2006! Bryan Hieb
