Chapter 11
Maintaining a work–life balance
The opening questions
- What do you understand by a ‘work–life balance’?
- If you maintained that balance, what would it look like?
- Where have you over-prioritised in the past?
Defining the ‘work–life balance’
The challenge of work–life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
(Stephen R. Covey, 2007)
Allen and Paddock (2015) define the work–life balance as the ability to approach all the roles one plays (e.g. parent, sibling, leader, architect … ) with a high level of attentiveness and care. However, while longer working hours was associated with less balance, spending time with children was associated with more. The use of the word ‘however’ is deliberate, ...
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