Time Management – National Work Life Week & Go Home on Time Day!
The fact that there is a National Work Life Week and a Go Home on Time Day demonstrates just how busy and hectic many of our lives now are. Who would ever have thought we’d need a week dedicated to reminding us all to stop working and spend more time with our families, friends and hobbies?
We, for one, are delighted there is a National Work Life Week and a Go Home on Time Day, as we’ve been dedicating quite a lot of our time and expertise to helping people achieve just that. We want you to have a fantastic work life balance and we want you to go home on time every day!
Mark 22nd-26th September on your calendar as that is when we are all going to make it happen.
How to honour National Work Life Week in your workplace
Work Life Week is all about doing what it takes to make sure you, your colleagues and your employees have the strategies and resources in place to make their life as balanced as possible. Some ideas on what you can do during the event include;
- Revisiting and updating your work life policies. How can you make it easier for your employees?
- Run internal competitions for the department, team or individual with the best working habits
- How about a prize for the boss who is most dedicated to helping their team achieve a great work life balance?
- Look into local community volunteering projects and offer to donate some of your and your employees’ working hours to the cause
- Consider introducing incentives such as free massages, fruit bowls, team lunches and similar to your workplace.
- Speak to us to find out how our business support and concierge services could help everyone in your organisation
- Keep an eye on the Working Families website for some of their high-profile activities and events due to take place during the week
Go Home on Time Day 2014
This year’s Go Home on Time Day is Wednesday 24th September. That’s plenty of notice to let you reshuffle your calendar, streamline some of your less efficient processes and get out of the office bang on time.
Starting now, think about how you can start to work more efficiently, how you can help your employees and colleagues to do so and how you are all going to make a concerted effort to make it happen every day, not just that Wednesday!
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In the meantime, here are a few top tips to get you on the right track:
- Start valuing your personal time and breaking that habit of staying in the office a couple of hours late every day. No matter who you are and what you do, your work is NOT the most important aspect of your life.
- Never schedule meetings for the last hour or so of the day – keep this time aside for tying up loose ends and preparing for tomorrow.
- Don’t take work home with you but DO use your commuting time to check, respond and delete emails using your phone or tablet. Just remember to switch it off as soon as you get home.
- Enlist our expert help to tweak those processes, stamp out those bad habits and make your life as productive and efficient as it can be. You’ll be surprised by how much free time you can harness when you put your mind (and our skills) to it!
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