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A Healthy Environment
Your coworkers may be working with you for a long time. They do not need to know – nor do they want to know – everything about your personal life. Everyone in your organization needs to see you as an emotionally stable, reliable, and strong person. They want to know that they can trust you with their products, services, and customers and that they can count on you to do your job well.
Your personal life reflects your current and past experiences. Many of your adult feelings and behavior stem from early childhood experiences. There are generally two types of environments: healthy/functional and unhealthy/dysfunctional, although families and workplaces can sometimes be a little of both.
We all have the ability to choose the environment in which we place ourselves. We can choose to stay, leave, change it, or accept it. It is up to you to make your environment healthy and functional. It is up to you to make a conscious decision and effort to be with people who enable you to create a healthy environment, challenge you to improve, and help you develop both personally and professionally.
People who seem to be the happiest and most satisfied in life have made a conscious effort to be in a healthy/functional environment in both their personal and professional lives. They assume responsibility for making good choices about the people with whom they spend their time.
Until next time...
Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/
What is Balance?
Employers say, "We need people who come to work ready to get the job done – people whose personal lives are stable enough that they can direct their attention and energy to their work, their customers, and their teammates."
Many employees say, "My private life is nobody's business." That's true – If you keep your personal life private. However, many employees spend a great deal of paid work time discussing personal issues that have nothing to do with their jobs. Most coworkers and managers resent this behavior because they don't have the time to get involved in solving other people's problems. They also do not feel qualified to act as someone else's therapist, counselor, parent, or confessor.
Assessing the Situation:
- How do you feel when someone begins discussing personal issues while you are trying to get your work done?.
- What techniques have you used to get an employee refocused and back to work?
- What could be the negative consequences of someone talking too openly about his/her personal life at work while at work?
- A healthy functional environment is one that is safe, has rules and boundaries, and where you are valued. At this time, would you consider your environment outside of work to be healthy and functional? Why or why not?
- What are some ways in which you can improve your home and personal life to enhance your work productivity?
Until next time...
Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/
Although organizations are looking for employees who work hard, they also want people who are able to create balance and harmony between their personal and professional lives. Studies show that people who have strong, personal commitments to family and friends are happier, healthier, and live longer. An important part of learning to work smarter, harder, faster, and better involves learning how to stay healthy in mind, body, and spirit so we can meet the challenges of today's workplace more efficiently and effectively than ever before.
Would you like more information regarding productivity and time management? We offer a Time Management Webinar to help you focus on what is truly important to you. Click HERE for more information.
Until next time...
Sheryl Tuchman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
http://tools2succeed.com/
