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

2. 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…

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

4. 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?

5. 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

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

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

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

9. 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? - -

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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?

16. 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? - -

17. 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?

18. 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!!!
me and I will send you an electronic copy

19. Q & A and for More Information
Donnie Author, Coach, Consultant, Professor, Speaker Lead with Balance: How to Master Work-Life Balance in an Imbalanced Culture.