You're struggling to balance work and personal time as a leader. How can you set boundaries effectively?
As a leader, protecting your personal time is crucial for maintaining balance. Here's how to set boundaries without compromising your role:
- Communicate expectations clearly with your team, emphasizing the value of everyone's time off.
- Schedule 'unavailable' periods in your calendar, allowing you to disconnect fully during these times.
- Delegate tasks appropriately to build a self-sufficient team that respects your need for personal space.
How have you managed to set effective boundaries in your leadership role?
You're struggling to balance work and personal time as a leader. How can you set boundaries effectively?
As a leader, protecting your personal time is crucial for maintaining balance. Here's how to set boundaries without compromising your role:
- Communicate expectations clearly with your team, emphasizing the value of everyone's time off.
- Schedule 'unavailable' periods in your calendar, allowing you to disconnect fully during these times.
- Delegate tasks appropriately to build a self-sufficient team that respects your need for personal space.
How have you managed to set effective boundaries in your leadership role?
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Initially, I struggled with the perceived need to be constantly available. The breakthrough came when I realised that by respecting my own boundaries, I was empowering my team to do the same. Now, I maintain dedicated family hours and encourage my team to establish their own. This creates a culture where personal time is protected. The result? A more engaged, creative, and resilient organisation.
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Control your tongue. Seriously. Start saying “yes, if” instead of no. Yes if = telling people the reality of what needs to happen in order to make large events happen. Let me explain. Nobody is missing a wedding or funeral of a close relative - everyone understands that commitment will take you out of work. Some people don’t understand why you prioritize a date night over work. Or Work over a date night with your life partners. So instead of saying no, explain what it would take to make their ask into a yes by saying “Yes, if….” Many times when people get a glimpse at what you are working with it will help them understand. This will also reduce the struggle you currently have of saying “yes” to every ask.
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Working in construction is often demanding. Sometimes, when placing concrete on the structure, you have to stay until the next day. The same goes for medical residents, who sometimes have to stay very long hours. Why do we do it? Responsibility or is it passion? Is it an obligation or a commitment? The truth is that we do it. Leaders are usually like this, and they fight despite their own lives, without realizing that personal life is part of leadership, it is a commitment and an obligation of their own. Sometimes we forget. When work is declared as a way of life, things tend to happen. We have to take charge of personal well-being.
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Respeito à agenda planejada, tanto sua como a dos seus colaboradores, é essencial. Programar reuniões de 45 min ao invés de 1 hora, 25 min ao invés de meia hora são exemplos que podem parecer óbvios, mas ajudam demais seu dia a dia. Poder ter a liberdade de dizer "minha agenda está bloqueada das 12hs às 14hs pq vou almoçar com a minha família". Trabalhar numa empresa q te possibilita isso com certeza irá te proporcionar este balanço. E não estou dizendo aqui que vc trabalhará menos!
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Create balance between professional and personal life some of the key is 1. We should encourage COULD mindset rather than SHOULD mind set 2. Be in the PRESENT 3. Avoid reacting immediately to the event 4. Being mindfulness and practicing meditation regularly to maintain mind peace 5. Continuous learning is an important factor to have growth and positive mindset to observation experience teaching and learning 6.#Workculture with #TaskLearning #Enjoyment #Autonomy #Reciprocity #Adaptatibily #Flexibility helps in #EffectivePerformance 7 open dialogue with #supportivecommunication and validity communication can help #Meditation #Mindfulness #Leader #Leadership #Emotions
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