by Christine Marlet | Sep 17, 2024 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Work-Life Balance/Integration
The boundary between professional and personal life has evolved over the years, giving rise to new trends. This is due to the rise of the hybrid work mode, which has more or less merged the two spheres. Yes, working on the sofa while the washing machine is running has become a habit for some. That’s why today we’re talking about work-life integration rather than work-life balance. Here’s how we decipher this phenomenon.
by Christine Marlet | Sep 16, 2024 | All, Women in Entrepreneurship, Women in Leadership, Work-Life Balance/Integration
In fact self-care is a vital component of all caring attitudes and activities. In order to attend to the needs of others we need to make sure that we are “fit” enough. The illustration most often used to make this point is the aeroplane safety instruction: to make sure you put on your own oxygen mask before helping anyone else
by Christine Marlet | Sep 10, 2024 | All, Work-Life Balance/Integration
Work-life “balance” sets up an unhelpful dichotomy that isn’t particularly helpful or realistic. Here’s why individuals and organizations should prioritize work-life integration instead.
by Christine Marlet | Aug 29, 2024 | All, Fatherhood-Motherhood-Children Education, Work-Life Balance/Integration
On the one hand, since 2020, salaried employees have had wide access to telecommuting, and are enjoying the autonomy they’ve regained by deciding on their personal organization a few days a week.
On the other, freelancers, tired of the loneliness of independence, are seeking to group together in co-working facilities or in each other’s homes.
by Christine Marlet | Aug 29, 2024 | All, Gender Equality, Work-Life Balance/Integration
Many policies promote work-family balance, i.e. a balance between work and personal life. What has more effect, however, is not the policies, but the leadership. Going back to what we saw in the July 2024 seminar, the most important thing is human relations and the links we develop: whether or not we trust our bosses, whether or not we can tell them about our challenges.
by Christine Marlet | Aug 17, 2024 | All, Women in Leadership, Work-Life Balance/Integration
Research has definitively shown that overwork isn’t good for employees or their companies — and yet, in practice, it can be hard to overcome unhealthy work habits and reach a more sustainable work-life balance. To explore what it takes for busy professionals to make a change for the better, the authors conducted a series of interviews with mid- and senior-level managers at two global firms. They found that while the majority of respondents assumed working long hours was inevitable, a significant minority of them were able to resist this pressure and achieve a healthier balance through a process of increasing awareness, conscious reprioritizing, and implementation of public and private changes.
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