When life is busy, or all your energy is focused on a special project, it’s all too easy to find yourself “off balance,” not paying enough attention to important areas of your life. While you need to have drive and focus if you’re going to get things done, taking this too far can lead to Read More

Bright Horizons and the charity, National Childbirth Trust (NCT), has introduced a work-life balance program into their workplace. The program, Working Family Advantage, helps employers create a family-friendly culture in the workplace. It includes: One-to-one coaching sessions to help parents and carers find a work-life balance. Group training and development sessions to develop manager and Read More

Work isn’t only taking its toll on mothers, but also on dads and their families according to a new study. This survery found that 22% of fathers say their work has negatively affected relationships with their children, while 26% believe that their job has hurt relationships with significant others. The prolonged economic uncertainty seems to have affected Read More

Here are five things Human Resources and Professional Development teams can do to create a culture that supports employees working in today’s fast-paced technological workplace: Create a competency framework for employees that values skills such as client service, e.g. responding to client e-mails promptly, AND agility, e.g. carving out time during the day for uninterrupted Read More

Take a lunch break away from the workplace today!  Lunches low on gluten, and the Glycemic Index, and rich with fresh vegetables and fiber have been shown through research to boost metabolism and to help maintain a healthy energy level while helping avoid feelings of low energy and fatigue (the midday crash).

In April, Center for Work Life participated in a 5k in the beautiful downtown Windermere, Florida. We had the opportunity to have a booth and hand out water and banas to all of the runners. It was a great community event! We enjoyed getting to know people in the Windermere community better and to participate in Read More

Look for ways to sneak in a little fun. For example, if you have a cafeteria, you can transform lunchtimes into concert times inexpensively by inviting employees with musical instruments (and hopefully a modicum of talent) to play and/or sing for their colleagues.  Or you can have a more designated and official day or days Read More

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