You Can Have it All - Teena Ogbugoh

TEENA OGBUGOH - BUSINESS PROCESSES & PEOPLE TALK WITH TEENA

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Introduction

Employers expect more from their people, which leads to them feeling more pressure to achieve greater results. Consequently, this leads to longer working hours, and less time spent at home. As a business leader, you have a responsibility to help all your team juggle the demands of their work and personal lives. Even your most engaged employees may still be struggling to find balance. 

When thinking about what work life balance means, most of us envision equalizing a see-saw (with work on one side and the rest of your life on the other side).  And we think that we’re supposed to equalize both sides, focusing on the amount of time spent on each side of the see-saw. However, the truth is that work-life balance is a relative term to an individual and so defining it would be thinking about what truly matters and how the person prioritizes personal and professional life to find a balance.

Show Objectives – The Why
The show focus is to help business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders understand that they have a responsibility to the health of their employees; apart from the moral responsibility, stressed-out employees are less productive and more likely to make errors. This is crucial to organizational success because ensuring employees have the time they desire away from the office and enjoy their time spent in the office is the best way to retain talented employees and make them invested in the company.

​Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. Business owners shy away from giving employees options to address work and personal responsibilities.
2. The culture of the organization impacts work-life balance.
3. Misconception that it is the responsibility of the employee.
4. Performance of employees impact the organization’s performance.
5. Stress management and burnout is heightened.

What You Need to Know – The What

1. Doing everything alone leads to burnout.
2. Entrepreneurs should create work boundaries.
3. You should get comfortable saying no.
4. Organizations with work life balance embedded in their culture would have increased productivity.
5. Employee holiday should not be compromised.

What You Need to Do – The How

For the Business owner/Entrepreneur

1. Prioritize and re-prioritize.
2. Delegate your life.
3. Invest in you and learn something new.
4. Don’t just schedule work, schedule your life.
5. Set some boundaries.
6. Be present and consistent.

For the Employee

1. Flexible work environment.
2. Create a thriving growth culture.
3. Focus on productivity not hours.
4. Encourage time-off and holidays.
5. Introduce health and recreational support.

 
Welcome to the world of entrepreneurship! Envision>>Empower>>Execute

• Previous: Episode 11 – Leaders Equipping for Excellence – A true leader is one who reproduces leaders within the organization. Empowering people in the organization and Recognizing individual potentials for leadership role is a testament of a leader’s success.
• Next: Episode 13 – Realizing True Potential – Reviewing what is working in the business model/plan to understand the business growth and focus.

Written by: Teena Ogbugoh
The Founder of Joan Lugards Consulting Services; Executive Director for The John Maxwell Team one of the leading and largest global leadership and personal growth organization in the world; and the convener of Growth Mindset Leader Hub, a mentoring leadership and mindset group.

Teena serves as committee chair of the Youth Development Directorate on the President Advisory of The John Maxwell Team.

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