Focused on work-life strengthening for the business and the person, Executive Life Coaching is a strategic fit for an organization that embraces a Healthy Business Culture. It is an organizational and personal wellness service designed to facilitate the identification, achievement and sustenance of client goals. Investing in Executive Life Coaching demonstrates business knowledge that in order to give their best, employees need to be at their best. Key features include organizational enhancement, leadership development, team empowerment and work-life balance.
Through Executive Life Coaching WPC will assist employees in creating, achieving and sustaining their unique vision for the fulfillment of a balanced life. Committed to delivering a strong performance in the multiple roles of their lives, even the best of us experience periods of imbalance. This can be disruptive within ourselves, at work and/or at home. The key is not simply learning how to have it all, it is coming to know how best to manage all the dimensions of one’s life within the parameters of a personal value system and within the context of organizational demands.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Balancing Elder Care and Work
Balancing a relationship with someone you love who requires special care while also maintaining your job and your well-being involves complex responsibilities, understandable stress ... and potential fulfillment. As imparted by The National Council on Aging, the love for your family member and the satisfaction you gain from helping him/her, may coexist with resentment over a loss of privacy and a frustration with the belief that you have little or no control over what happens next. Clearly, the demands of your employment may not dissipate in concert with the demands of being a caregiver, and having an employer who respects the duality of your life is an asset.
Employees arrive at work as full human beings with responsibilities, priorities and needs that transcend, yet impact, the workplace. Recognizing this reality while maintaining a firm commitment to the achievement of organizational goals can lead to adopting Work-Life Initiatives as a Human Capital Strategy. In fact, these multi-faceted initiatives have become known as Business Imperatives.
As a component of dependent care activities, the provision of eldercare is a real issue for an increasing number of employees. Potential eldercare programming includes consultation, resource/referral, employee seminars, manager training, caregiver support groups, fairs, geriatric case management, respite care and adult day care. Workplace policies which have demonstrated a positive impact upon the fulfillment of eldercare responsibilities include flexible work arrangements, personal leaves of absence, sick leave in support of family care, vacation purchases/trades and dependent care voucher reimbursement.
Employees arrive at work as full human beings with responsibilities, priorities and needs that transcend, yet impact, the workplace. Recognizing this reality while maintaining a firm commitment to the achievement of organizational goals can lead to adopting Work-Life Initiatives as a Human Capital Strategy. In fact, these multi-faceted initiatives have become known as Business Imperatives.
As a component of dependent care activities, the provision of eldercare is a real issue for an increasing number of employees. Potential eldercare programming includes consultation, resource/referral, employee seminars, manager training, caregiver support groups, fairs, geriatric case management, respite care and adult day care. Workplace policies which have demonstrated a positive impact upon the fulfillment of eldercare responsibilities include flexible work arrangements, personal leaves of absence, sick leave in support of family care, vacation purchases/trades and dependent care voucher reimbursement.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Coaching the CEO: Leadership and Fulfillment
The July issue of Washington SmartCEO featured an insightful article by Jeanine Gajewski entitled, "The Coach Approach: Case Studies on the Effectiveness of Executive Coaching". Each CEO offered their vantage point on the choice to utilize executive coaching, the return on investment(ROI) and advice to others contemplating such a choice. Clear benefits experienced included leadership development, business improvement, gaining an external perspective and work-life balance. Following are two(2) sample excerpts quoted directly from the article.
Advice from the CEO of Inova Health System, Knox Singleton, stated, "My advice would be to think of oneself as a professional athlete or performer. Each performer who gets maximum performance has a coach. Objective assessment of how you are playing, and coaching on how to perform better, are essential to reaching your full potential."
ROI input from the CEO of U.S. Credit and Collections, Rod Smith, stated, "In some ways, my coach has a capacity to give me room to grieve, which is not necessarily executive coaching, but call it what you will. At one point, I was still hesitating on implementing my plan of leaving my business and through talking with my coach, I got really clear that after taking care of the business, actually making it more profitable and a healthier business, that I wanted to leave. I felt this freedom and this joy, and my coach, in many ways, helped facilitate that process."
The full document can be secured through http://www.smartceo.com/ .
Advice from the CEO of Inova Health System, Knox Singleton, stated, "My advice would be to think of oneself as a professional athlete or performer. Each performer who gets maximum performance has a coach. Objective assessment of how you are playing, and coaching on how to perform better, are essential to reaching your full potential."
ROI input from the CEO of U.S. Credit and Collections, Rod Smith, stated, "In some ways, my coach has a capacity to give me room to grieve, which is not necessarily executive coaching, but call it what you will. At one point, I was still hesitating on implementing my plan of leaving my business and through talking with my coach, I got really clear that after taking care of the business, actually making it more profitable and a healthier business, that I wanted to leave. I felt this freedom and this joy, and my coach, in many ways, helped facilitate that process."
The full document can be secured through http://www.smartceo.com/ .
Thursday, August 21, 2008
An Inner Voice
Within us lies an inner voice committed to directing us towards a more exceptional existence. Within us lies a choice to be made regarding whether or not to listen. The "sounds" of life sometimes get in the way thereby either drowning out the voice or distracting us from its' power. The choice, however, is each of ours to make ... to decide to reconnect, to decide to pay attention and/or to decide to live a full life in harmony with our spirit. Even when difficult ... there is value in the struggle. Even when difficult ... "Wellness Lies Within" (TM).
According to the National Wellness Institute, wellness has the following six dimensions: social, occupational, spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional. When partnering with Well Part Coaching LLC, the significance of relationships, career, finances, spiritual alignment, environment and life purpose is incorporated into personal transformation work.
According to the National Wellness Institute, wellness has the following six dimensions: social, occupational, spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional. When partnering with Well Part Coaching LLC, the significance of relationships, career, finances, spiritual alignment, environment and life purpose is incorporated into personal transformation work.
Employee Wellness: A Shared Responsibility
The promotion of personal health management is strengthened when an employer motivates employees to take responsibility for their own health. The motivation to pursue a healthier lifestyle can be inspired when health benefits as well as supportive policies, programs and environments reside within the workplace. Embracing personal accountability moves employees away from a mindset of entitlement towards a mindset of responsibility.
According to the National Wellness Institute, wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence. Choosing to be well is a protection both from and against the impact of stress. Whether good or bad, stress is inevitable. Following the "prescription" put forth by the National Wellness Councils of America, the best stress management program addresses the causes of stress with coping skills and the symptoms of stress with relaxation skills to promote optimal wellbeing.
According to the National Wellness Institute, wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence. Choosing to be well is a protection both from and against the impact of stress. Whether good or bad, stress is inevitable. Following the "prescription" put forth by the National Wellness Councils of America, the best stress management program addresses the causes of stress with coping skills and the symptoms of stress with relaxation skills to promote optimal wellbeing.
