What do you do if your work-life balance is suffering as a leader in Leadership Development Coaching?

One tool that works great in assessing your current situation is the "Wheel of Life." It's a visual tool that divides life into different segments, such as career, relationships, and health. It helps people evaluate their satisfaction in each area and identify areas for improvement to achieve balance and fulfillment.

Assess your work life balance ⚖️ is definitely key 🗝️ to identifying taking the necessary empowering positive steps to get back to wellbeing in order to function fully at your best

Managing boundaries is the biggest challenge with respect to work-life balance. Not because we don't know how to compartmentalize our work and life. That is something we learn and can reinforce as a pattern. It is tough because we expect these boundaries to always remain firm. It is tough because we believe that once formed the lines that separate our work from life and life from work, things will never flow into each other. But life is unpredictable. Accepting that boundaries are important but being agile about work-life integration as a reality will help. There will be times when work will seep into our life and vice versa. Navigating those times with resilience and knowing that those are beyond our circle of influence, will work better

Gerade wenn es um Thema Work-Life-Balance geht, hat mir die 4 Energie Quadranten von Tony Schwartz sehr geholfen. Sich zu fragen, wast hat mir in dieser Woche Energie gegeben und was hat mir Energie genommen. Und zwar auf die folgenden 4 Bereiche 1. physische Energie 2. Emotionale Energie 3. mentale Energie 4. Purpose Energie (was Sinnvolles gemacht zu haben). Je mehr die Energie raubenden Aktivitäten verringert werden, desto besser fühlt man sich.

In my experience, if we pay attention to our feedback systems, and we adjust accordingly, we can adjust and correct imbalances. I like to look at daily self-care habits, in addition to the systems we use to support ourselves in our lives. In the work arena, I also look at systems for communication, delegation, scheduling, limiting beliefs, and whether my clients are setting healthy boundaries. If you keep checklists of key habits, you can check in daily to see how you’re doing at restoring your work-life balance.

In addition to all that recommended one needs to pause and take a moment to assess, evaluate, reflect and reset. Reframing priorities and setting realistic boundaries is another important step to balance work and life. Prioritizing self care and family relationships is also very important. When the chips are down only family will remain constant. Structure, organize and properly delegate relative tasks and responsibilities. Ensure that you also maintain a mentor or have personal accountability partner. Finally. You need to know and accept situations, what you cannot change and what you can change, what you can do and what you cannot do. Never be afraid to ask for support and also to refer. No one person knows everything

The first step is feeling good about noticing that your balance has become skewed. This allows us in the present to choose differently.