The Work-life Balance Trainer's Manual

This title suggests that finding a balance between life and work is a worthwhile pursuit. Margaret Adams provides 15 training activities for managers and employees and a detailed one-day workshop on the subject for any workforce.

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The nine-to-five day in the office may not be dead, but there's a great deal more to work-life balance than meets the eye. For the organization, work-life balance raises questions about your recruitment and employment strategies now and in the future. Do you have the flexibility that will attract the kind of recruits you need and to hold onto them once you have got them? How will they get to work and what will they find when they get there? Whether you're currently based in a crowded urban area or in a rural Greenfield site, the chances are that part-time working, remote or homeworking may appeal to some of your people and it may also overcome transport problems and the need to provide expensive office space for everyone, all of the time. The aspirations of many employees are changing too. New generations want to enjoy the benefits of their work, financial, social and intellectual but they want to enjoy their home life too. The activities in this text use case studies, discussions, games, planning activities and questionnaires to explore every aspect of work-life balance.
The manual includes a CD-ROM of supporting PowerPoint slides and pdf files of the photocopiable material to supplement the printed versions