Organizational balance

• What business case can you develop?
• How might improving work-life balance improve productivity?
• What examples of best practice in other companies can you dig up?
• Who might you enlist as internal supporters and champions.
• Explore online resources to gather facts and ideas.

How did things get this crazy?

• The squeeze on resources is a response to being bloated and uncompetitive.
• Being lean and mean created short term productivity gains.
• But burning people out can destroy an organization's future if it tries to operate too lean and mean for too long.
• Excessive cost cutting is often a symptom of having no ideas on how to gain competitive advantage in other ways, such as by innovating.
• Getting the most out of people should mean paying attention to their needs as whole people - not just driving them into the ground.
• Whinging about being overworked is a negative approach.
• How can you use the above suggestions to develop a more positive approach - one that is win-win for staff and organization alike?
• Are executives who cut costs merely in reaction to the stock market really leading the organization or just reacting to pressure?
• How is this situation a leadership opportunity for you?