“Balancing the Personal and Professional” is one of The Big Six Leadership Principles®, but what does that really mean? Healthy cultures are cultures where people understand the importance of living according to their values. If you map out what you do during the course of a day or week and compare it to your personal … Read more
The topic of today’s Two-Minute Leadership Talk, our final video in The Big Six® series, is “Balance.” What do I mean by that? I’m talking about the balance between the two spheres of Personal and Professional life. It’s more than just balancing the personal and the professional, though: it’s about maintaining energy. In this video, … Read more
I’ve always admired the gymnasts who could master the balance beam, because they seem so agile, conducting complex movements on a 4-inch wide strip of wood (to be precise, Wikipedia says the actual width is 3.9”). These athletes display remarkable grace and calm in the midst of what must be intense pressure to achieve perfection … Read more
As we’ve said before, companies that invest in their leaders are consistently more profitable than those that don’t. So if that’s the case then where should your investment go? One of the key goals you should establish is to attain higher levels of work/life balance across your leadership and those they lead. How do you … Read more
After some discussions and reflections, we have come to the realization that the concept of work-life balance is flawed – in fact, it’s simply wrong. OK, so what’s wrong with it? First, it implies that work and life are distinct entities, as though we enter a different universe when we go to work every day, … Read more
We spent years out of balance, and it’s a tough realization to come to understand that you can’t get a baseball season back years later, or a high school prom, or just a walk with your life partner on a quiet afternoon. Make the leadership commitment today to” Balance the Personal and Professional”.
